One of the most enduring principles of constitutional and statutory interpretation is that laws generally operate prospectively rather than retrospectively. In simple terms, the law looks forward, not ...

The United States Constitution remains one of the highest protections of individual freedoms; however, these rights remain frequently ignored, eroded, or denied despite protections for current and ...

I recently read Judge Jeffrey Sutton's excellent new book, 51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law. As readers may know, the book argues for a rejuvenation of ...

For several years, I have been thinking about the doctrine of severability -- what happens when courts conclude that a part of a law is unconstitutional? I have come to believe that this is ...

The following welcome message was shared with incoming students in Robert P. George’s Fall 2025 Constitutional Interpretation course at Princeton University. Dear Enrollees in Politics 315: ...

This opinion column was submitted by W. West Allen, national president of the Federal Bar Association and the first Nevada attorney to head a national bar association. The U.S. Constitution is the ...

For 49 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has struggled to justify its decision in Roe v. Wade. But it was difficult to defend the indefensible. Even the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg expressed serious ...