William Yeomans

William Yeomans, a fellow in law and government at American University’s Washington College of Law, spent twenty-six years at the Justice Department. He has served as Senator Edward Kennedy’s chief counsel, legal director of Alliance for Justice and director of programs for the American Constitution Society.

Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court Nomination Protest

Senate Democrats Can Block Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Senate Democrats Can Block Trump’s Supreme Court Pick

If Democrats can hold onto 41 of their 48 votes, they can postpone a final floor vote indefinitely.

Feb 1, 2017 / William Yeomans

Crosstown commute: From 1978 to 1999, a busing program helped improve the racial mix in Seattle’s public schools. (Credit: Museum of History & Industry, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection [2000.107])

Parents Tried to Desegregate Their Schools. The Roberts Court Said No. Parents Tried to Desegregate Their Schools. The Roberts Court Said No.

The conservative majority rewrote decades of equal protection law in the name of a fictional color-blind Constitution.

Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / William Yeomans

How the Roberts Supreme Court Has Strengthened the Powerful and Screwed Everyone Else

How the Roberts Supreme Court Has Strengthened the Powerful and Screwed Everyone Else How the Roberts Supreme Court Has Strengthened the Powerful and Screwed Everyone Else

From criminal justice to workers’ and voting rights to campaign finance, it has defied customs that buttress the Court’s legitimacy.

Jan 28, 2015 / Nan Aron, William Yeomans, and Michelle D. Schwartz

How the Right Packed the Court How the Right Packed the Court

The long-term campaign to roll back the New Deal.

Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / William Yeomans