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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

SCOTUSBlog

Yet his record is not unblemished: He distrusted immigrants from China and even voted to deny citizenship to their U.S.-born Ferguson , he called out the majority for willfully ignoring the true intent of the Louisiana Separate Car Act. Harlan’s dissent proved influential in changing the constitutional law of the nation.

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Biden’s Bad Run: Is The Biden Administration Doing Worse Than The Trump Administration In The Courts?

JonathanTurley

Indeed, the Biden administration has been found to have violated the Constitution in a surprising array of cases in a surprisingly short period of time. Across the country, trial courts have been finding constitutional violations by the Biden administration in areas ranging from immigration to the environment to pandemic relief.

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