Supreme Court

Read about some of the main characters and themes in my upcoming book, Supreme Pressure: The Rejection of John J. Parker and the Birth of the Modern Supreme Court Confirmation Process.

In short: probably not.

But will it matter?

What do John Fogerty and Kobe Bryant have in common?

There have been several instances in our history where one person served as a kingmaker — or, in this case, a President maker.

Samuel Tilden lost the 1876 Election by one vote.

In honor of my tenth anniversary at the ABA Journal, I’ve compiled a list of my law and pop culture features:

I’ve talked about the coins I didn’t buy at the ANA World’s Fair of Money. So what about the ones I did buy?

When we think powerful Senate Majority Leaders, it’s usually Lyndon Johnson, Robert Taft, Mitch McConnell or Harry Reid. Why not Joe Robinson?

In light of Ted Cruz’s threat to shut down the government if Obamacare isn’t repealed, I figured I’d post the article I wrote in 2011 about his Senate campaign. Even then, …

This was originally going to run in the October issue of The American Lawyer, but it got killed for reasons unknown. I liked the story, though, and thought it would have been a good one, so I figured I’d post it here: