Brutus, writing in The Antifederalist Papers, had this to say about judges: There is no power above them, to control any of their decisions. There is no authority that can remove them, and they cannot be controlled by the laws of the legislature. In short, they are independent of the people, of the legislature, and of every power under heaven. Men placed in this situation will generally soon feel themselves independent of heaven itself. Now Trump has announced his nominee for the Supreme Court. To examine these new development, Jeff Deist interviews Allen Mendenhall, a lawyer, PhD, and director of … Continue reading Allen Mendenhall: Trump’s Supreme Court