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July 30, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Alarming Report Exposes Details of Chief Justice’s Pro-Trump Ruling
A new report reveals how Chief Justice John Roberts rewrote the playbook and helped Trump clinch a win with the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.
July 11, 2024
Grace Segers
The 2016 Election Reshaped the Supreme Court. So Will 2024.
Trump’s election permitted conservatives to cement their hold on the court. This year could be as important.
July 1, 2024
Holly Brewer
The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a King
The conservative justices have ignored history altogether and created a shocking new precedent: The president is above the law.
July 1, 2024
Edith Olmsted
The Disturbing Footnote in Supreme Court’s Trump Immunity Ruling
In a short footnote, Chief Justice John Roberts says the federal cases against Donald Trump cannot continue if he is elected.
July 1, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Supreme Court Immunity Ruling Destroys Independent Justice Department
Chief Justice John used Donald Trump’s immunity ruling to casually wreck the concept of an independent Department of Justice.
July 1, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Ketanji Brown Jackson Blasts Supreme Court Ruling That “Wreaks Havoc”
The Supreme Court justice ripped her conservative colleagues’ “flawed” decision to kneecap the federal government.
July 1, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Supreme Court Hands Donald Trump Ultimate Power in Immunity Ruling
The Supreme Court has sent the question of Donald Trump’s immunity back to a lower court, essentially scuppering any chance of a preelection trial.
June 28, 2024
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Upends the Separation of Powers
Killing off Chevron deference, the court moves power to the judicial branch, portending chaos.
June 27, 2024
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Continues Its War on Regulatory Agencies
Thursday’s ruling in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy avoided the worst-case scenarios.
June 27, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Sotomayor Torches Supreme Court’s Short-Sightedness in SEC Ruling
Justice Sonia Sotomayor called out her conservative colleagues for ignoring a “mountain of precedent.”
June 26, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Ketanji Brown Jackson Blasts “Absurd” Supreme Court Bribery Ruling
The Supreme Court justice took aim at her conservative colleagues’ supposed originalist beliefs.
June 24, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Supreme Court Sets Up Major Battle Over Transgender Health Care
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether states can ban gender-affirming care for minors.
June 21, 2024
Matt Ford
Is This the End of the Clarence Thomas Court?
In Friday’s ruling on domestic violence and the Second Amendment, the other eight justices rejected his approach to originalism.
June 20, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Supreme Court Makes a Good Ruling for Once on Taxing the Rich
The justices opened the door for legislation on a wealth tax.
June 14, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Sotomayor Brutally Slams Supreme Court’s Gun Hypocrisy in Dissent
The Supreme Court justice noted her conservative colleagues quickly abandoned their textualist principles in the ruling on bump stocks.
June 12, 2024
Matt Ford
The Real Lesson of the SCOTUS Tapes
Hint: It comes from what Roberts said, not Alito.
May 31, 2024
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The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
The Alito Scandal Just Got Worse. A Dem Senator Explains What’s Next.
As Chief Justice John Roberts refuses to meet with Democrats, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse addresses whether hearings involving Samuel Alito’s upside-down flag would be an appropriate next step.
May 30, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Chief Justice Roberts Kicks Democrats in Teeth Over Alito
Roberts is refusing to engage over Alito’s flags scandal.
April 24, 2024
Matt Ford
How to Fix the Right-Wing Racket in the Texas Courts
The Fifth Circuit's become little more than a junior varsity version of the Supreme Court. Sending some new judges to the Lone Star State will help put things right.
April 9, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Seriously? GOP State Official Threatens to Kick Biden Off the Ballot
Will the Supreme Court intervene like it did with Donald Trump?
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