Ilya Shapiro

Ilya Shapiro is the director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute. He is also author of the forthcoming "Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites" and writes the Shapiro’s Gavel newsletter on Substack.

Abortion case could cost judges their jobs for ruling correctly

OPINION June 17

Abortion case could cost judges their jobs for ruling correctly

Judges made the correct ruling on an abortion case and that jeopardizes their careers. Left-wing activists are coming after them. Courts aren't set up to fend off partisan attacks.

Unanimous Supreme Court in Colorado vs. Trump tells us this about our legal elites

OPINION March 8

Unanimous Supreme Court in Colorado vs. Trump tells us this about our legal elites

There’s a certain elegance to the off-ramp that all nine justices chose, forestalling further partisan toxicity and avoiding any labeling of a “MAGA court" and the like.

Supreme Court could finally fire racialist university bureaucrats

OPINION November 3, 2022

Supreme Court could finally fire racialist university bureaucrats

The Supreme Court could help promote national unity and equal opportunity.

Universities embrace academia's woke insanity to crush free speech

OPINION August 4, 2022

Universities embrace academia's woke insanity to crush free speech

Universities crush free speech and embrace academia's woke insanity by shutting down conservative opinion. Top institutions bow to their leftist students.

The Supreme Court leaker must pay

OPINION May 18, 2022

The Supreme Court leaker must pay

Nearly two weeks after Politico published Justice Samuel Alito’s draft majority opinion in the term’s big abortion case, we still don’t know who the leaker is. That’s unfortunate, to say the least, not because our tabloid curiosity hasn’t been satisfied but because this is the most serious threat to the Supreme Court’s integrity in living memory.