by Hunter Stark | Oct 9, 2026 | Boston University
On April 29th, 2026 the United States Supreme Court gave the decision for the case, Louisiana v. Callais, which ruled that Louisiana’s congressional map, which included two majority African American, and majority Democratic, districts, as unconstitutional, labeling...
by Isabelle Frazier | Oct 2, 2026 | Boston University
Trump’s March 2026 executive order on mail voting is best understood as constitutional hardball, in Levitsky and Ziblatt’s sense, rather than as ordinary election-security policy. It is dangerous because it moves control over who may receive a ballot from...
by James Nelson | Apr 30, 2026 | Suffolk University
In July 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark decision granting presidents broad immunity from prosecution for actions taken while in office. In Trump v. United States (2024), the court stated that its decision was solely for clarification of...
by Qiunn Novick | Apr 27, 2026 | Tulane University
In 2024, the then-President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, passed a sweeping overhaul of the judiciary in Mexico. The 2024 judicial reforms introduced a dramatic overhaul of Mexico’s judicial system, eroding judicial independence and reducing the Supreme...
by Sadie Kennedy | Apr 25, 2026 | Boston University
The US Supreme Court has used the shadow docket, a process to issue emergency orders, incessantly in the last few years. Since the start of Trump’s second term, this expedited process has been used to grant the president more than 20 victories on issues such as...
