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Neil Gorsuch
June 9, 2017
David Dayen
Trump’s Judicial Picks Are Keeping Republicans Happy—and Quiet
In a rare show of competency, he's tapped five times as many judges as Obama had at this point—and conservatives are delighted.
April 24, 2017
Scott Lemieux
The 2016 Election Could Have Killed the Death Penalty
Instead, our broken system may well be entrenched for more than a generation.
April 21, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump is freaking out about his first 100 days.
April 18, 2017
Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Neil Gorsuch Is Poised to Swing a Landmark Church-State Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a case that could tip the balance of power towards religion over secularism.
April 7, 2017
Brian Beutler
Sorry, Mitch McConnell, THIS was the most consequential decision of your career.
April 7, 2017
Scott Lemieux
The Supreme Court Will Never Be the Same
Neil Gorsuch has been confirmed by the Senate. The filibuster is dead. And no one knows what happens next.
April 6, 2017
Clio Chang
The Republicans have pulled off the heist of the century
to fill
Antonin Scalia’s seat.
April 6, 2017
Brian Beutler
Mitch McConnell Abolished the Filibuster. Good!
There can be no more fitting capstone to the Senate majority leader's legacy of norm-breaking. And it will level the playing field once again.
April 5, 2017
Alex Shephard
Can you imagine how conservative media would have responded if Merrick Garland was caught plagiarizing?
April 4, 2017
Sukjong Hong
Bill O’Reilly is starting to bleed advertisers.
April 4, 2017
Graham Vyse
Democrats Won’t Pay for Opposing Neil Gorsuch
History suggests that voters don't punish senators for their votes on Supreme Court nominees.
April 3, 2017
Alex Shephard
The smallest violin is playing for these Republicans crying about the Neil Gorsuch filibuster.
April 3, 2017
Clio Chang
The end of the Supreme Court filibuster is nigh.
March 31, 2017
Jeet Heer
Democrats Will Lose a War of Obstruction With Republicans
Neil Gorsuch's nomination has put Democrats in a bind. But if they adopt Mitch McConnell's playbook, their progressive agenda will suffer greatly.
March 24, 2017
Primary Concerns
This is What a Death Spiral Looks Like
A leading legal mind looks ahead to the coming fights over health care, in a Supreme Court that's about to swing right again.
March 23, 2017
Jeet Heer
Al Franken Should Stay Exactly Where He Is
A presidential bandwagon is forming for the breakout Democratic star of the Trump era. But the Senate is where he belongs.
March 23, 2017
Alex Shephard
Democrats will use the filibuster to try to block Neil Gorsuch after all.
March 22, 2017
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Is Winning Where It Matters Most
His political power lies in court appointments. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will be the first of many victories to come.
March 21, 2017
Graham Vyse
Al Franken is exasperated by Neil Gorsuch.
March 21, 2017
Alex Shephard
Neil Gorsuch will be our first lit bro Supreme Court justice.
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