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# 2019–2020 

Edited by [Trevor Burrus](https://www.cato.org/people/trevor-burrus) 

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In this annual review from the Cato Institute, Trevor Burrus, Ilya Shapiro and leading legal scholars analyze the 2019–2020 Supreme Court term, specifically the most important and far‐​reaching cases of the year, plus cases coming up. Now in its nineteenth edition, the *Review* is the first scholarly journal to appear after the term’s end and the only one grounded in the nation’s first principles, liberty, and limited government.

##### Foreword 

#### [The Roberts Court ](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/roberts-court)

By [Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro) 

##### Introduction 

#### [Introduction ](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/introduction)

By [Trevor Burrus](https://www.cato.org/people/trevor-burrus) 

##### Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture 

#### [Judicial Independence and the Roberts Court ](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/judicial-independence-roberts-court)

By Hon. Thomas Hardiman 

##### Executive Immunity 

#### [All the President’s Papers ](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/all-presidents-papers)

By Jonathan H. Adler 

##### The Electoral College 

#### [The Vexing Problem of Faithless Electors ](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/vexing-problem-faithless-electors)

By Keith E. Whittington 

##### Criminal Justice 

#### [“Still \[Not\] Crazy after All These Years”: *Kahler v. Kansas* and the Intersection of Criminal and Constitutional Law ](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/still-not-crazy-after-all-these-years-kahler-v-kansas-intersection)

By Paul J. Larkin, Jr. 

##### The Administrative State and the Executive Branch 

#### [The DACA Case: Agencies’ “Square Corners” and Reliance Interests in Immigration Law ](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/daca-case-agencies-square-corners-reliance-interests-immigration-law)

By Peter Margulies 

#### [The Removal Power: A Critical Guide ](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/removal-power-critical-guide)

By Ilan Wurman 

#### [*Liu v. SEC*: Limiting Disgorgement, but by How Much?](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/liu-v-sec-limiting-disgorgement-how-much)

By [Jennifer J. Schulp](https://www.cato.org/people/jennifer-j-schulp) 

#### [The Administrative State as a New Front in the Culture War: *Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania*](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/administrative-state-new-front-culture-war-little-sisters-poor-v)

By Tanner J. Bean and Robin Fretwell Wilson 

##### Government Accountability 

#### [The Disingenuous Demise and Death of *Bivens*](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/disingenuous-demise-death-bivens)

By Steve I. Vladeck 

##### The Bill of Rights 

#### [The Dimming of Blaine’s Legacy ](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/dimming-blaines-legacy)

By Clint Bolick 

#### [The *Heller*-ization of Originalism: *Ramos v. Louisiana* and the Problem of Frozen Context ](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/heller-ization-originalism-ramos-v-louisiana-problem-frozen-context)

By Nick Mosvick and Mitchell A. Mosvick 

##### Next Year 

#### [Looking Ahead: Déjà Vu at the Supreme Court ](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/looking-ahead-deja-vu-supreme-court)

By [Anastasia Boden](https://www.cato.org/people/anastasia-boden) 

##### Contributors 

#### [Contributors ](/supreme-court-review/2019-2020/contributors-0)

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