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Samuel Alito
July 11, 2018
Matt Ford
How the Supreme Court Kills
Roe
v.
Wade
With Anthony Kennedy's retirement, the high court may deliver a blow to abortion rights slowly—or all at once. Here are the potential scenarios.
June 27, 2018
Andrew Cohen
Anthony Kennedy Was No Moderate
The Supreme Court's swing vote ended his career the way he began it: as a true-blue conservative.
June 27, 2018
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Take Their Long-Awaited Shot at Unions
Wednesday's ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, Local 31 is a blow to organized labor—and a boon for the Republican Party.
June 26, 2018
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Upholds Presidential Bigotry
The justices signed off on Trump's travel ban at the cost of their own credibility—and perhaps emboldening him further.
June 25, 2018
Matt Ford
How Texas Republicans Got Away With a Racially Discriminatory Electoral Map
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld several gerrymandered districts.
June 22, 2018
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Cares About Your Digital Privacy
Friday's ruling was the latest to apply the Fourth Amendment to technology.
June 11, 2018
Matt Ford
Losing the Right
Not
to Vote
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld Ohio's aggressive effort to purge voters from its electoral rolls.
May 14, 2018
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court’s sports-betting ruling has major implications for states’ rights.
March 28, 2018
Matt Ford
Can the U.S. Supreme Court Stop Gerrymandering?
Waves of redistricting have allowed politicians to select their own voters, consolidating one-party power across America—mostly among the GOP.
March 9, 2018
Matt Ford
Trump can’t do much about violent video games, thanks to Antonin Scalia.
February 26, 2018
Matt Ford
Hobbling Unions in the Name of Free Speech
The Supreme Court's conservative justices were receptive to arguments Monday that public employees shouldn't be forced to pay union fees.
December 6, 2017
Stephanie Russell-Kraft
How Justice Kennedy Fell for a Right-Wing Meme
In a big gay rights case, the Supreme Court's swing vote appeared swayed by the idea that Christians are the real victims of oppression.
March 20, 2017
David H. Gans
Does Neil Gorsuch Believe in Liberty and Equality for All?
The judge's selective approach to constitutional originalism raises serious questions about his respect for the Second Founding after the Civil War.
July 13, 2016
Brian Beutler
What Is Ruth Bader Ginsburg Thinking?! Here’s What.
Her criticism of Trump was unwise, but it didn't set a dangerous precedent.
June 23, 2016
Scott Lemieux
How Anthony Kennedy Came Around on Affirmative Action
It took a very specific set of circumstances to get the Supreme Court justice to affirm the validity of race-based college admissions.
April 4, 2016
Scott Lemieux
Equal Representation Won a Qualified Victory at the Supreme Court
The justices ruled unanimously that Texas’s “one person, one vote” reapportionment is constitutional. But the war is far from over.
February 24, 2016
Scott Lemieux
Antonin Scalia and the Death of Originalism
Will Scalia’s grand constitutional theory have a lasting legacy on the Supreme Court?
June 29, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Justice Samuel Alito: Death Is Often Painful, So Why Shouldn't Lethal Injection Be?
April 29, 2015
Cristian Farias
Supreme Court Conservatives Accuse Death Penalty Opponents of “Guerrilla War”
A case about a lethal injection drug turns into a debate about capital punishment itself
March 11, 2015
Brian Beutler
The Wall Street Journal's Dishonest Crusade to Gut Obamacare Has One Huge Flaw
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