Zack Smith is a senior legal fellow and manager of the Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Program in The Heritage Foundation's Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
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The U.S. Supreme Court acted in the best interests of the voters of South Carolina on Monday by dissolving a preliminary injunction issued by a… Read More
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This op-ed is part of a series exploring the writings and jurisprudence of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the president’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court…. Read More
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By now, we’re all familiar with President Donald Trump’s 2016 pledge to nominate someone from his list of potential Supreme Court nominees. In fact, the president updated his list last month, not long before the unexpected… Read More
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A beautiful aspect of American democracy is the separation of powers. The different branches of government are assigned specific functions, and are limited to the… Read More
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser can’t decide what she wants. A year ago, she advocated for criminal justice measures that even The Washington Post’s editorial board… Read More
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President Donald Trump recently announced that by Sept. 1 he would release “a new list” of conservative Supreme Court nominees, “which may include some, or… Read More
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President Donald Trump took action five days ago to provide some coronavirus relief for Americans, saying he wasn’t going to wait for Congress. He signed… Read More
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Riots have rocked Portland, Oregon, nightly for almost two straight months. Other U.S. cities have suffered similar violence, albeit more sporadically. The rioting has nothing to… Read More
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On the last day of the Supreme Court’s pandemic-extended term, the court declared that nearly half the state of Oklahoma remained reservation land. This thrust… Read More
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One bad decision can be a mistake. Two is a pattern. In late May, Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the Supreme Court’s four liberal… Read More
