Antonin Scalia Archives

Stephen Breyer speaks during the 2008 Law School Commencement. Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring from the Supreme Court. Photo by Northeastern University

What does Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement mean for the Supreme Court?

Biden has a chance to make history with his Supreme Court pick, but he'll need the deadlocked Senate’s approval. Will he get it?

by Tanner Stening January 26, 2022

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 14, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP Photo by Susan Walsh, Pool

Amy Coney Barrett is poised to continue Antonin Scalia’s legacy on the Supreme Court

The Senate is expected to squeak out a vote to send Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court today. Her confirmation, says Dan Urman—who teaches a course at Northeastern on Constitutional law and the modern U.S. Supreme Court—could represent the biggest ideological shift on the court in decades.

by Molly Callahan October 23, 2020

President Donald Trump announced Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court at the White House on Saturday. AP Photo by Alex Brandon

Could the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett backfire on Republicans?

President Donald Trump’s controversial selection of Judge Amy Coney Barrett has deepened the U.S. partisan divide in a way that may influence the election in November, says Dan Urman, a Constitutional law expert at Northeastern.

by Ian Thomsen September 26, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died at her home in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18 from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer, will be memorialized as an iconic figure who faced and overcame discrimination in her personal life to make history as the second woman to ever serve on the Supreme Court. AP Photo/Craig Fritz

Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves behind an unmatched legacy. How might her death shape the 2020 election and beyond?

The 87-year-old Supreme Court Justice will be memorialized as an iconic figure who faced and overcame discrimination to make history as the second woman to ever serve on the nation’s highest court. “Ginsburg basically changed the way that the Supreme Court and American culture understand gender equality and the meaning of sex-based discrimination,” says Dan Urman, a Constitutional law expert at Northeastern.

by Khalida Sarwari September 20, 2020

SCOTUS nomination: The legal and political landscape ahead

President Obama on Wednesday nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Here, Northeastern faculty members Dan Urman and Wendy Parmet answer some important questions.

by Greg St. Martin March 17, 2016

3Qs: Justice Scalia’s legacy, and what his death means for politics and the law

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death touched off a political debate that could define President Obama’s final year in office and bring drama to an already contentious presidential primary. Professor Michael Meltsner, a constitutional law expert, called Scalia’s death “a great blow to Republicans” and “a gift to Hillary Clinton.”

by Matthew McDonald February 16, 2016

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