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Collins Writes Washington Post OpEd on Past Presidents' Treatment of Supreme Court

Once again, President Trump has picked a fight with the Supreme Court. The president’s latest battle with the court began with a pair of tweets urging Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor to recuse themselves from all cases involving “Trump, or Trump related, matters.” The president followed up in a news conference, claiming that the reasons for having Ginsburg and Sotomayor not participate in cases involving the president are “very obvious.” Read more...

Paul M. Collins Jr., professor of legal studies and political science, has published a new book, The President and the Supreme Court: Going Public on Judicial Decisions from Washington to Trump. Collins co-wrote the book with Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, professor and department chair of the Department of Political Science, University of North Texas.  

 

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