Which Justice Writes the Most Important Decisions on the Supreme Court?

Chief Justice John Roberts heralded the significance of one of the biggest cases from last term, Trump v. United States, with the words, “This case poses a question of lasting significance: When may a former President be prosecuted for official acts taken during his Presidency? Our Nation has never before needed an answer. But in…

When the Stars Don’t Align for Justices Kavanaugh and Roberts

In an almost declaratory manner as he singularly conveys on the Court, Chief Justice John Roberts expounded in the majority opinion in Trump v. United States, “[t]his case is the first criminal prosecution in our Nation’s history of a former President for actions taken during his Presidency…Doing so requires careful assessment of the scope of…