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The Supermajority - How the Supreme Court Divided America

The Brennan Center has convened a council of expert historians from leading institutions nationwide to help change the national legal conversation on history and the Constitution. Below, you will find a regularly updated collection of their op-eds and media appearances on these issues.

Op-Eds by Council Members

  • Jane Manners on presidential immunity from prosecution, The Hill
  • Holly Brewer on presidential immunity from prosecution, The New Republic
  • Noah Rosenblum on SEC v. Jarkesy, The Atlantic
  • Holly Brewer and Laura Edwards on U.S. v. Rahimi, Washington Monthly
  • Jennifer Tucker on U.S. v. Rahimi, CNN
  • Holly Brewer and Tom Wolf on presidential immunity from prosecution, Newsweek
  • Rosemarie Zagarri on presidential immunity from prosecution, Ford Forum
  • Jane Manners on presidential immunity from prosecution, Los Angeles Times
  • Alex Keyssar and Tom Wolf on the Supreme Court’s 2023 term and originalism, Newsweek
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MSNBC

Jack Rakove on Presidential Immunity

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning Stanford history professor Jack Rakove to discuss Donald Trump's understanding of presidential immunity and the friend-of-the-court brief to the Supreme Court on presidential immunity Rakove helped draft.

Media Appearances by Council Members

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NPR

Holly Brewer on Insurrection and SCOTUS Oral Arguments

NPR’s The Colin McEnroe Show is joined by historian Holly Brewer to discuss Donald Trump’s claims of presidential immunity.