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Daphna Renan

@daphnarenan.bsky.social

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Law professor at Harvard.

Author with Niko Bowie of Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People (W.W. Norton, Sept. 15, 2026).
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@lareviewofbooks.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 1:29 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

"Every once in a while, a book comes along that is so transformative and so persuasive that it has the potential to shape our institutions and our democracy."

Leah M. Litman reviews "Supremacy": https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/supremacy-court-replaced-goverment-bowie-renan-judicial-review

the cover of Supremacy
@ryanlcooper.comOct 5, 2026, 2:32 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

the new book Supremacy is the most clarifying and clearsighted book about the Supreme Court I've ever read. and somewhat to my surprise it's by two Harvard Law profs! prospect.org/2026/10/05/o...

@ddayen.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 1:57 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

It's opening day of the Supreme Court session. A new book by @nikobowie.bsky.social & @daphnarenan.bsky.social demonstrate beyond question that the Constitution did not mean to establish a system of judicial supremacy in which the Court exercises dictatorial powers.
@ryanlcooper.com has a review.

@petersagal.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 2:14 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

Yesterday, had an illuminating convo with @daphnarenan.bsky.social about her book “Supremacy,” (co-authored with @nikobowie.bsky.social) with Don Verelli, who found the book as revelatory and surprising as I did — and he’s a former Solicitor General.

www.chicagohumanities.org/events/atten...

@petersagal.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 11:33 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

Studying @daphnarenan.bsky.social and @nikobowie.bsky.social’s book SUPREMACY for our event on Sunday and it is astonishing how quickly the Republican Party began to transform after the Civil War.


IT DID NOT TAKE LONG for Lost Cause arguments to creep into Republican discourse. In 1867, when Henry Raymond became the most prominent Republican editor to oppose Reconstruction, his language echoed Pollard's. Although Raymond had initially been critical of white Southerners for asking the Court to resist Congress's authority, he nevertheless agreed with Pollard that black suffrage was "subversive of that system of 'regulated, American liberty'... which our fathers gave us, which is embodied in the Constitution of the United States, and which has been respected and maintained by the unbroken practice and traditions of the successive administrations of our Government from the very beginning of its history." Raymond added that if radical Republicans had their way, "the party which has thrust negro suffrage upon the South shall not shrink from forcing it upon the North." He therefore defended the Court as a necessary obstacle to "Congressional suprem-defended the Court as a necessary obstacle to "Congressional suprem. acy" and to the radical goal of constructing "absolute political equality» on the graves of the states.
The Times's early attacks on Congress were parried by most other Republicans, including Horace Greeley of the New-York Tribune. Yet Greeley also began to question whether the Constitution permitted Congress to permanently dictate the affairs of white Southerners. Even as he endorsed the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, Greeley traveled to Pollard's hometown of Richmond to sign the bail bond that freed Jefterson
Davis.
@lpeblog.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 2:19 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

On the hit podcast 5-4, @nikobowie.bsky.social and @daphnarenan.bsky.social discuss their new book, Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People.

@paulrosenberg.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 7:56 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

Super duper!!!

@gs-badger.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 1:10 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

“Every once in a while, a book comes along that is so transformative and so persuasive that it has the potential to shape our institutions and our democracy. Supremacy is one such book.”

@leahlitman.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 12:53 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

I reviewed SUPREMACY for the Los Angeles Review of Books! @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/supr...

@nikobowie.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 4:56 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

@leahlitman.bsky.social makes the case for Supremacy (the book, not the idea!) in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social:

@nikobowie.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 7:34 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

I'm grateful to Radcliffe and the Schlesinger Library for ensuring that my mom's work will be accessible to her many students, past and future

@daphnarenan.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 2:54 AM

If you're in Chicago, join me on 10/4 for a conversation about Supremacy -- @nikobowie.bsky.social and my new book -- with @petersagal.bsky.social and Don Verrilli at the Chicago Humanities Festival! Two of the greats, and I can't wait to discuss with them the case against ultimate judicial rule.

@dskamper.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 6:53 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

Just finished @nikobowie.bsky.social and @daphnarenan.bsky.social’s new book, Supremacy, and I cannot recommend it enough. Clear, compelling, and accessible, it makes a powerful case for democratic constitutionalism. Outstanding stuff.

@lsolum.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 1:15 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

Legal Theory Bookworm: “Supremacy” by Bowie & Renan

The Legal Theory Bookworm recommends Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People…...

https://legaltheoryblog.com/2026/09/19/legal-theory-bookworm-supremacy-by-bowie-renan/

@stacy22mom.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 8:14 AMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

Listened to a podcast which interviewed authors of a new book about history of the scotus & how Congress historically has taken back power from the courts when they overstepped.

It really was eye opening & I hope EVERY Democrat in Congress reads it.
Highly recommend:
audioboom.com/posts/894941...

@daphnarenan.bsky.socialSep 25, 2026, 3:51 PM

Really appreciated this conversation with @fivefourpod.bsky.social about why five justices shouldn’t have supreme power over our laws and the path forward.

@nikobowie.bsky.socialSep 25, 2026, 12:56 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

I think I managed not to sound too starstruck being on @fivefourpod.bsky.social with @daphnarenan.bsky.social

@kateshaw.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 5:54 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

And check out the conversation @nikobowie.bsky.social & @daphnarenan.bsky.social recently had with @leahlitman.bsky.social on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social as part of our Supreme Court reform series !

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

@kateshaw.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 5:49 PMReposted by @daphnarenan.bsky.social

So great to be in conversation with @nikobowie.bsky.social & @daphnarenan.bsky.social about their fantastic new book. Seriously pick up a copy if you haven’t; it will make you rethink a lot of what you thought you knew about the supreme court and its role in our democracy

@daphnarenan.bsky.socialSep 21, 2026, 3:26 AM

A great conversation about how the Court took supreme power over the Constitution and how the people and our representatives in Congress can take it back. As the legendary @sifill.bsky.social has said, it is “planting time.”

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