“The Most Powerful Court in the World” is thorough, nuanced, evenhanded and, above all, eminently readable. The book’s title is a nod to Alexis de Tocqueville, who observed in “Democracy ...

Stuart Banner is the Norman Abrams distinguished professor of law at UCLA and author of “The Most Powerful Court in the World: A History of the Supreme Court of the United States.” The Supreme ...

The International Criminal Court’s recent issuance of arrest warrants ... and North Korea are not among them. Indeed, the world’s major military powers, accustomed to the privileged role ...