The Supreme Court Used to be About Consensus, Not 5-4 Rulings
August 31, 2018 · Magazine, Politics, Supreme Court
The deeper issue in the Kavanaugh confirmation fight
Legal and Judicial Affairs Writer
Michael Schwartz
2 articles 2000–2018
Michael Schwartz is a writer who contributed to The Weekly Standard on legal and Supreme Court topics. His pieces for the magazine examined judicial history and the evolving dynamics of the nation's highest court.
The Secret of Footnote 17
December 25, 2000 · Magazine
LOST IN THE litigation shuffle that ended the presidential contest was the Florida Supreme Court's Monday, December 11, revised decision in Palm Beach County Canvassing Board v. Harris, the first case decided by it, and the case the U.S. Supreme Court remanded for clarification. This is a pity: Had…