Laurence H. Tribe
Los Angeles Times
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Opinion: If the Supreme Court kills the Chevron doctrine, corporations will have even more power
If the conservative justices abandon the doctrine just because they have the votes, they will reinforce the message from Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health last year that relying on precedent is out the window. → Read More
The Texas-Sized Loophole That Brought the Abortion Pill to the Brink of Doom
Dimmed light may be what Judge Kacsmaryk prefers as he conducts his judicial process. → Read More
Mike Pence’s Real Reason for Challenging His Trump Special Counsel Subpoena
His purpose is transparent. → Read More
To Become Speaker, McCarthy Undercuts Law, Order, and Country
Harvard Law professor emeritus Laurence H. Tribe and former federal prosecutor Dennis Aftergut argue that newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy chose ambition over law, order, and country. Professor Tribe and Mr. Aftergut describe how Speaker McCarthy’s concessions to the radical Republicans put us over the brink and seriously endanger democracy. → Read More
The Special Counsel Investigating Trump Is Wasting No Time
A new subpoena is the latest step showing the DOJ’s man in charge is aggressively pursuing his target. → Read More
Op-Ed: A good turn of events, made possible by a still sturdy judicial branch
Five important legal rulings this week show that the nation’s courthouses remain central to preserving constitutional order. → Read More
A Constitutional Republic Demands a Constrained Judiciary:
Harvard Law professor emeritus Laurence H. Tribe comments on a decision by a federal judge in Texas vacating the Biden administration’s loan forgiveness program. Professor Tribe argues that Judge Mark... → Read More
Op-Ed: The evidence that Republicans are using technicalities to toss out Democratic ballots
There may not be a smoking gun. But when dealing with something as basic as the right to vote and to have one’s vote counted, circumstantial evidence this powerful ought to suffice. → Read More
Americans can stop political violence — if we choose
The point of remembering our agitated past is to gain hope, not despair. → Read More
Op-Ed: Justice Thomas refusal to recuse himself thumbs nose at the law
It does not matter whether Thomas imposed or denied Sen. Lindsey Graham’s desired stay of a Georgia subpoena; he wasn’t supposed to rule at all. → Read More
Op-Ed: The problem with pork producers seeking to undo California's farming law
If the Supreme Court adopts the position advocated by pork producers, many other state laws might end up on the chopping block. → Read More
The Trump judge ruling on the Mar-a-Lago affair is defying established law
Why is a young, ideologically-driven judge with a lifetime appointment to the bench allowed to ignore legal precedents? → Read More
The Big Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Another Jan. 6 Has One Potentially Fatal Flaw
The perfect cannot be the enemy of the good, but this still needs fixing. → Read More
Georgia DA’s Trump investigation is making history
We were lucky last time. A multitude of law-abiding individuals and fortunate events stopped the “quiet” phase of the coup to keep Donald Trump in power. That could well change in 2024. → Read More
Op-Ed: The Supreme Court is poised to cut the heart out of majority rule
If the court's conservatives adopt the independent state legislature theory, they would be making up law to create an outcome of one-party rule. → Read More
Does Justice Clarence Thomas want to overturn a landmark freedom of the press ruling?
On Monday, the supreme court justice issued a worrying signal about his commitment to maintaining press freedoms → Read More
Op-Ed: The insurrection won't end until Trump is prosecuted
Holding Trump accountable — and disqualifying him from future office — would not be a partisan act, but one needed to preserve the republic. → Read More
Some Questions for the Alito Five
In light of Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org., which would overrule Roe v. Wade and its progeny, UChicago Law professor emeritus Albert W. Alschuler and Harva... → Read More
Don’t believe those who say ending Roe v Wade will leave society largely intact
If the high court adopts Alito’s draft opinion, it will be a legal tidal wave that sweeps away a swath of rights unlike anything America has ever seen → Read More
The new Supreme Court’s iron fist
If the right of a woman to decide whether to have a baby won’t qualify as a guaranteed right, then neither will most of the rights you have long assumed are yours. → Read More