Articles by Lawrence Goldstone

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A Sad Sequel: Bigotry Against Asian-Americans Is Hardly New
On February 22, the Washington Post reported, “A spate of high-profile assaults on Asian Americans h...
25 Feb, 2021
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OPINION: Forget Court Packing; We Need to Talk About Limiting Judicial Review
Joe Biden, if he wins the presidency, has promised to create a bipartisan commission to recommend ch...
28 Oct, 2020
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8 min read
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OPINION: Forget Court Packing; We Need to Talk About Limiting Judicial Review
Judicial review does not appear in the Constitution. As former Justice Antonin Scalia admitted, “The Constitution of the United States nowhere says that the Supreme Court shall be the last word on what the Constitution means…"...
28 Oct, 2020
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The Constitution: Not As Easy As It Looks
There is a good deal of mention of the Constitution on social media these days; frequently, in short...
03 Jul, 2020
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6 min read
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Will John Roberts Save Democracy?
Lawrence Goldstone is the author of numerous books and articles on Constitutional Law, most recently...
29 Jun, 2020
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4 min read
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Racism and Closed Primaries: A History Intertwined
That voter suppression is antithetical to democracy seems axiomatic, particularly if democracy is de...
19 Jun, 2020
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6 min read