Bostock, Zarda, and R.G & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes: Affirming Equality and Challenging Textualism
If the Justices cannot agree on the meaning of “because of sex” in a statute enacted or amended in their lifetimes, then it is difficult to conclude that textualism can resolve legal disputes.
U.S. Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association: A Limited—and Perhaps Hollow—Victory for a Pipeline
The Supreme Court took up a brainteaser of statutory construction involving the jurisdictional boundaries between the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service.