Supreme Court Sidesteps Three Major Constitutional Questions
July 17, 2026·20 days ago·via Harvard Law School

SCOTUSblog reports the Supreme Court has deliberately avoided confronting three profound constitutional provisions during recent terms. This judicial restraint - or avoidance, depending on your view - leaves critical constitutional questions unresolved and allows ambiguity to persist where clarity is needed. When the highest court refuses to tackle fundamental constitutional issues, it creates a vacuum that gets filled by lower courts, bureaucrats, and political actors. Read more about this...