Louisiana v. Missouri: A Lawsuit So American It Could Start a Trade War Over Crawfish and Meth By the time the Supreme Court agreed to hear Louisiana v. Missouri, the rest of the planet had already filed it under “only in the United States,” somewhere between deep-fried butter and presidential Twitter feuds. On paper it…
Brett Kavanaugh’s ascent to the United States Supreme Court in 2018 was less a judicial appointment and more a live-fire exercise in American self-parody, watched by the rest of the planet with the same fascination reserved for slow-motion bus crashes or a particularly spicy episode of reality television. From cafés in Paris to conference rooms…
Supreme Court, Supreme Leader, Supreme Pizza—somewhere in the bureaucratic ether the word “supreme” has been upgraded from adjective to sovereign noun, and the planet is dutifully genuflecting. From the marble colonnades of Washington to the neon alleyways of Tokyo, “supreme” has become the ultimate linguistic passport: it opens doors, empties wallets, and occasionally topples governments….
