supreme court

In Court

What If Supreme Court Strikes Down 1978 Law?

By Laura Stateler ’25
May 2, 2023

Policy

Affirmative Action Debate Heats Up Again

By Sean Doolittle ’24
February 13, 2023

Events

What’s Next for the Supreme Court? Two Views.

By Jamie Ehrlich ’23
November 8, 2022

Online Exclusives

McCoy Co-Authors Amicus Curiae Brief In Support of CFPB

BC Law Professor Patricia McCoy is one of three senior financial regulation scholars to author an Amicus Curiae Brief in the US Supreme Court case Seila Law LLC ...

January 28, 2020

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Brodin Judges SCOTUS Mooting at Harvard Law

The BC Law Professor was invited to participate in a November 1 mooting for the pending Supreme Court case Comcast Corp. v. Nat’l Assoc of ...

November 11, 2019

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The Confirmation ‘Circus’

Panelists say Kavanaugh's Supreme Court hearings expose the bare-knuckled politics behind the nomination.

By Maria Maier ’21
September 26, 2018

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‘The Battle for the Third Branch’

Scholars debate the future of the American judicial system under President Trump.

By Jaegun Lee ’20
September 27, 2017

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A ‘Travel Ban’ History Lesson

Constitutional rights versus presidential power: An unresolved question lingers still.

By Daniel Kanstroom
June 28, 2017

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SJC Upholds Earlier Ruling Granting Rosario New Trial

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has upheld an earlier court’s decision in the case of Victor Rosario, who was originally sentenced to life in prison ...

May 11, 2017

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When Courts Are Enlightened, Society Advances

Brazilian justice takes a broad view of constitutional interpretation.

By Felix A. Jimenez Botta
May 5, 2017