Tang writes frequently about the Supreme Court for broader audiences. His essays have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Slate, and elsewhere:
— “The Supreme Court Has Opened the Door to Discrimination. Here’s How States Can Slam It Shut” (July 1, 2023)
— “Did the Supreme Court’s Leak Investigation Let the Justices Off the Hook?” (January 20, 2023)
— “There’s A Way to Outmaneuver the Supreme Court, and Maine Has Found It” (June 23, 2022)
— “(Threaten to) Pack the Courts” (Oct. 27, 2020)
— “A Constitutional Right to Literacy for Detroit’s Kids?” (Apr. 26, 2020) (with Ethan Hutt and Daniel Klasik)
— “Conservative Hypocrisy Makes Its Case at the Supreme Court” (Nov. 26, 2019)
— “Trump’s Old Legal Arguments Are Coming Back to Haunt Him,” (October 30, 2023)
— “The Supreme COurt’s First Case is a Brutal Grammatical Test,” (October 1, 2023)
— “‘Is FIsh Meat?’ One Justice’s Answer Shows Why the Supreme Court is So Broken” (August 10, 2023)
— “Originalism on Trial at the Supreme Court” (November 3, 2022)
— “What Justice Alito Can Learn From A 114-Year-Old Sex Abuse Scandal” (June 2, 2022)
— “Will the Supreme Court Call Out the Administration’s Lies About DACA?” (Nov. 6, 2019)
— “Do States Have the Right to Seize Vehicles for Minor Offenses? The Supreme Court is Set to Decide” (Nov. 26, 2018)
— “Kennedy’s Retirement Also Jeopardizes Public Education for Undocumented Children” (July 5, 2018)
— “The Simple Principle That Can Fix American Law” (Apr. 2, 2021)
— “What if the Court Saw Other Rights as Generously as Gun Rights?” (Mar. 7, 2020)
— “A Middle Ground on Abortion That Originalists Should Embrace” (Oct. 26, 2021)
— “Just One Supreme Court Case Could Blow Up Unions, Child Protection and Anti-Discrimination Law” (Mar. 18, 2021)
— “Trump Wants A Pause on His Jan. 6 Trial. The Supreme Court Should Barrel Ahead,” (February 13, 2024)
— “Three Words You Won’t Hear From Today’s Supreme Court” (August 6, 2023)
— “Would A Nationwide Abortion Ban Be Constitutional?” (April 20, 2023)
— “The Supreme Court Will End Affirmative Action. What Happens Next?” (October 30, 2022)
— “The Supreme Court Flunks Abortion History” (May 5, 2022)
— “Here’s How Biden Can Fix the Supreme Court’s Terrible Mistake in the Vax-or-Mask Case” (Jan. 15, 2022)
— “Did the Supreme Court Tip Its Hand On the Blockbuster Gun Case It’s Hearing Wednesday?” (Nov. 1, 2021)
— “The New Supreme Court is Sending Surprisingly Centrist Signals” (Nov. 25, 2020)
— “The Coming Supreme Court Power Grab,” Politico (Oct. 2, 2023)
— “The Supreme Court Is Infected With the ‘Most Damaging’ Human Bias,” Politico (Aug. 30, 2023)
Other Pieces
— “The Supreme Court’s Ethics ScanDals Reveal A Deeper Rot,” San Francisco Chronicle (Sept. 18, 2023)
— “SCOTUS: Union Organizers Cannot Access California Farms,” NPR’s All Things Considered (June 23, 2021) (Interview)
— “Why Supreme Court Case About Cheerleader’s Snapchat Rant Matters To Students Everywhere,” USA Today (Apr. 28, 2021)
— “A US Border Patrol Agent Shot Their Unarmed, 15-Year-Old Son. Will the Supreme Court Deny the Hernandez Family Their Day in Court?,” The Hill (Nov. 3, 2019)
— “A Tax Cut for Workers and Financial Security for Their Unions,” The American Prospect (July 11, 2018)
— “There’s A Simple Way to Neutralize Janus—If State Legislators Have The Will,” Salon (June 28, 2018)