He is unquestionably one of the most important figures in the history of American law.

She is unquestionably an intelligent person and a competent lawyer. But she's had very little experience in constitutional law.

When it comes to discrimination, Americans pride ourselves on how far we've come. Racial segregation is history. Explicit sex discrimination is banned. Same-sex marriage is the law of the land. But amidst all the progress, the male-female wage gap persists, and it's big.

My feeling on the Republican side, unfortunately, is they just want to make him look like an American hero who is both the most brilliant person in the world and the nicest person in the world.

As a matter of history, the Fourteenth Amendment was not understood to ban segregation on the basis of race.

At least since 1947, the historical record seems to support a simple conclusion: If you want the American economy to grow, you ought to put a Democrat in the Oval Office.