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Today a majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices are either self-described originalists or strongly lean toward originalism. Yet less than 50 years ago, originalism was considered a fringe movement, hardly taken seriously by most legal scholars.

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Yielding to pressure from hard-line members of the GOP House caucus, on Sept. 12, 2023, U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy directed the top Republicans in Congress to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The Republicans allege that the president committed financial wrongdoing with foreign businesses.

Texas is back, the Alabama dynasty might be crumbling and other takeaways from Week 2 of the college football season.

Virginia hopes its first home football game in 10 months is the high point of a long, emotional journey that started in a horrific way

The argument is contrary to the text and original meaning of the Constitution, goes aginst precedent, and would have absurd consequences if accepted by courts.

"In view of this constitutional authority, this Court should construe the Rivers and Harbors Act narrowly to avoid the constitutional questions presented by the interaction between the State’s constitutional authority to repel invasions and the Rivers and Harbors Act."

RB Bernstein, who died this year, offers a fine, concise case for seeing Alexander Hamilton as the father of the US government

Tom Izzo is never afraid of putting together a tough schedule and that will again be the case for the Spartans during the 2023-24 season

Hunter Biden, the younger son of U.S. President Joe Biden, is expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges as part of a recently announced deal with the Justice Department that will help him avoid the federal charges for possessing a gun while using illegal drugs.

Scalia was right: "The only thing that will 'confine' the Court's holding is its sense of what it can get away with."