by Maggie Habib | Oct 22, 2020 | University of Chicago
On Monday, the Supreme Court split four to four in a decision on whether Pennsylvania absentee ballots received up to three days after election day could be counted, allowing the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s earlier affirmative ruling to stand. The...
by Tad Montesano | Oct 21, 2020 | Williams College
Since 2015, Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party has engaged in a systematic effort to remake their courts in the name of unrooting corruption and promoting the people’s interest. Many countries claim to use judiciary reform to stabilize democracy. In the...
by Samuel Riley | Oct 20, 2020 | Williams College
It is no secret to pro-democracy advocates and authoritarian rulers alike that an independent judiciary is a fundamental protection against authoritarian regression. Indeed, an independent judiciary provides vital checks on legislative and executive power, blocking...
by J.C. Gonzalez | Oct 13, 2020 | University of Georgia
Dating back to Chief Justice John Marshall’s revolutionary decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803), the United States Supreme Court has actively avoided being used as a pawn in political brinksmanship. Maintaining the integrity and legitimacy of the courts has been a...
by Shiva Kangeyan | Apr 29, 2019 | University of Chicago
The Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court decision occurred in June 2013. The premise of the case was that Shelby County, Alabama sued the federal government over sections 5 and 4(b) of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, saying that those two clauses violated both Article 4...
