National Constitution Center

• You’d think it would be easy to tell the difference between the two, but judicial scholars will tell you it’s more difficult than you might think.
• Even though they were viewing the same facts and working with the same laws, “It may well have been the most divided court in Supreme Court history,” Pritchett wrote at the time.
• His work led to a wave of scholars searching for personal attitudes and judicial ideologies as a determinant of Supreme Court voting behavior.

Measuring ideologies

• Their research, and work by judicial scholar Lee Epstein, shows many cases where justices crossed traditional judicial ideologies on Supreme Court rulings in the 2021-22 term.
• And according to SCOTUSblog, an average of 48% of Supreme Court rulings from 2010 to 2018 were unanimous.
• Scholars have noticed that labeling justices’ ideologies based upon their voting records in court rulings can involve flawed logic.

Times change

• Another challenge with labeling justices’ views is that politics change over time.
• “You probably would classify it as conservative because it seems to patronize and protect women.
• The justices unanimously struck down that conviction, saying it unconstitutionally restricted free speech based on the content of that speech.
• A conservative could also claim victory because the ruling restricts the power of local governments.

Shifting considerations

• For instance, Gorsuch votes along conservative lines on economic issues but on more liberal grounds on issues involving Native American rights.
• But he also wrote the majority decision in the 2020 ruling on McGirt v. Oklahoma, which upheld sovereignty promises the federal government made to several tribes in 19th century treaties.
• The justices themselves often reject the idea of judicial partisanship.
• Roberts again rejected the criticism: “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,” he wrote in a statement to The Associated Press.

• Derek A. Webb has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Professional Service , which honors an American Inn of Court member in practice 10 years or fewer for their excellence in public interest or pro bono activities.
• Webb, a research scholar at Yale Law School, will receive the award in October at the 2023 American Inns of Court Celebration of Excellence at the Supreme Court of the United States.
• “Derek amply demonstrated a willingness to ‘go the extra mile’ for his clients.”
  Before heading to Yale, Webb was the dean’s visiting scholar at Georgetown University Law Center.
• In 2012, he won the American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Prize for Writing for an essay on the original meaning of civility.

• As with all Mint House properties, apartments will feature full kitchens, expansive living areas, in-unit laundry and contactless and mobile-first check-in.
• Mint House at The Divine Lorraine Hotel has a close partnership with the neighboring Met Philadelphia, which will soon host the likes of Ringo Starr, Alicia Keys and Amy Schumer."
• "I am truly excited about the partnership with Mint House at The Ledger, says Peter d'Aubermont of Heights Advisors."
• Today, Mint House has more than 22 artfully designed, tech-first properties in more than 15 major U.S. cities including New York, Miami, Austin, Denver and Nashville.

• We the People: The Radical Notion of Democracy will be on view from July 2, 2022 to January 2, 2023.
• The exhibition gives visitors the opportunity, through art, to explore the significance of the world's longest-surviving written charter of government and reflect on the relevance of the U.S. Constitution in the lives of Americans today.
• Art has long been a powerful platform for uplifting the inherent ideals of the U.S. Constitution, says Nordstrand.
• In February 2020, the museum opened a satellite contemporary art space in downtown Bentonville called the Momentary (507 SE E Street).