Supreme Court Sidesteps Three Major Constitutional Questions
July 17, 2026·about 2 hours 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...