Noah Feldman

Noah Feldman is a Bloomberg 抖阴ap columnist. He is a professor of law at Harvard University and was a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter.

Feldman: Trump has hijacked Roger Stone’s sentencing

February 11, 2020 at 4:28 p.m.

Following a presidential tweet, Donald Trump鈥檚 Department of Justice is poised to betray Robert Mueller鈥檚 independence -- after the fact. Reportedly, Justice will retract the sentencing recommendation that was made...

A woman holds up a sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 5, 2017, as the court hears the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case.

Feldman: The Supreme Court’s past decade could be liberals’ last gasp

January 1, 2020 at 1:45 p.m.

The 2010s will go down in history as a contradictory period at the Supreme Court. The decade featured one liberal decision -- the gay marriage case, Obergefell v. Hodges 鈥�...

President Donald Trump listens during a roundtable on school choice in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Feldman: The legal strategy behind keeping impeachment simple

December 10, 2019 at 3:06 p.m.

The House Judiciary Committee plans to consider two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. It is now close to a foregone conclusion that Trump will be impeached.

In this Monday, March 11, 2019 file photo, Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex leave after the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in London. Guinness World Records said Wednesday, April 3 that a new Instagram account opened by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan is the fastest-ever to gain 1 million followers. The account, which was opened Tuesday, reached the 1 million mark in under six hours, easily beating a record held by Korean pop sensation Kang Daniel.

Feldman: Harry and Meghan鈥檚 lawsuit truly could be bad for free speech

November 27, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.

As a loyal American, I naturally want to side with the Duchess of Sussex (n茅e Meghan Markle) in her growing feud with the British tabloid press. Yet the lawsuit that...

Pro-choice and pro-life activists demonstrate on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. In a 5-3 decision, the court struck down one of the nation's toughest restrictions on abortion.

Feldman: Clarence Thomas tries and fails to start a climactic abortion fight 聽

May 29, 2019 at 8:01 a.m.

Abortion rights aren't appreciably more in danger after Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on two Indiana laws than they were before. But it's clear that the drums are beating --...

In this Oct. 5, 2018 photo the U. S. Supreme Court building stands quietly before dawn in Washington. The Supreme Court won’t let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. New Justice Brett Kavanaugh and three other conservative justices sided with the administration. The court’s order Friday leaves in place lower court rulings that blocked President Donald Trump’s proclamation in November automatically denying asylum to people who enter the country from Mexico without going through official border crossings. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Feldman: Kavanaugh resists Trump (somewhat, at least for now)

January 22, 2019 at 3:17 p.m.

In two separate but similar cases Tuesday, the Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump a setback on immigration and a victory on transgender troops. In particular, the court's actions...

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls on a member of the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Washington. Sanders announced that President Donald Trump will remove the security clearance from former Obama administration CIA director John Brennan, a vocal critic of the president, and the administration will be reviewing the security clearances for a number of other former officials. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Feldman: Democracy needs the press as the ‘opposition party’

August 20, 2018 at 2:44 p.m.

It's not a bad thing for opinion journalism, including the editorial boards of major newspapers, to see themselves as the opposition to Trump.

FILE – This April 23, 2018, file photo shows the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court says states can force online shoppers to pay sales tax. The 5-4 ruling Thursday is a win for states, who said they were losing out on billions of dollars annually under two decades-old Supreme Court decisions that impacted online sales tax collection. The high court ruled Thursday to overturn those decisions. (AP Photo/Jessica Gresko, File)

Conservatives get to say what free speech means

June 29, 2018 at 11:56 a.m.

In a blow to public-sector unions, the U.S. Supreme Court has used the First Amendment to reverse a 40-year-old precedent that allows the collection of fees from nonunion members who...

Special counsel Robert Mueller, left, and President Donald Trump.

Feldman: What if Trump fires Mueller and Mueller says no?

April 13, 2018 at 12:01 p.m.

What if Donald Trump tries to fire Robert Mueller -- and fails? The scenario isn't far-fetched.

The U.S. Supreme Court could soon decide whether the drawing of electoral districts can be too political.

Feldman: Second Amendment repeal would hurt Constitution

March 30, 2018 at 12:38 p.m.

It would be a mistake to attempt a repeal of the Second Amendment. The Constitution is weakened if we respond to bad Supreme Court precedent by trying to amend it...

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