The Constitution does not establish a judicial dictatorship.

The Constitution does not establish a judicial dictatorship.

The case against ultimate judicial rule

Podcast Episode · 5-4 · September 25 · 43m

Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan’s new book challenges the supremacy of judicial review over democracy itself.

Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan’s new book challenges the supremacy of judicial review over democracy itself.

Schlesinger Library collection offers scholars a closer look at Lani Guinier's work on voting rights, race, education, and equality.

The case against ultimate judicial rule

The Legal Theory Bookworm recommends Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People by Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan. Here is a description: Does the U.S. Constitution force us to live under the rule of nine robed lawyers? Many Americans assume that it does. It is commonly said that the Supreme Court has always had the power to decide what the Constitution means and to strike down any act of Congress that violates the justices’ dictates.

In the third installment of our Hot Supreme Court Reform September series, Leah sits down with Daphna Renan and Nikolas Bowie to discuss how judicial supremacy became the default operating system of t...

Podcast Episode · 5-4 · September 25 · 43m

Podcast Episode · Strict Scrutiny · S7 Bonus · 51m

The Supreme Court was never meant to have the last word on self-government.

Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan analyze the tension between the Supreme Court’s tremendous power and the democratic values upon which our nation was founded.

Does the U.S. Constitution force us to live under the rule of nine robed lawyers? Many Americans assume that it does. It is commonly said that the Supreme Court has always had the power to decide what...

A false mythology put the justices on top. The people could knock them down.

Join Revolutionary Spaces and GBH at the Old South Meeting House on September 1, 2026 for our public program honoring Constitution Day.

Join Revolutionary Spaces and GBH at the Old South Meeting House on September 1, 2026 for our public program honoring Constitution Day.

Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan analyze the tension between the Supreme Court’s tremendous power and the democratic values upon which our nation was founded.

A false mythology put the justices on top. The people could knock them down.

If the court is curling up anywhere, it is at the feet of a presidency increasingly unchecked by law.

If the court is curling up anywhere, it is at the feet of a presidency increasingly unchecked by law.

If the court is curling up anywhere, it is at the feet of a presidency increasingly unchecked by law.

From two acclaimed legal scholars, a new history of the Supreme Court that overturns our most basic assumptions about its role in our democracy, showing how it seized the power it now wields., Suprema...

The case against ultimate judicial rule