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Sandra Day O'Connor
October 4, 2018
Matt Ford
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens: Brett Kavanaugh isn’t qualified for the Supreme Court.
August 27, 2018
Matt Ford
Elizabeth Warren vs. the Roberts Court
The Massachusetts senator has a big plan to clean up Washington, but the Supreme Court has proven hostile to anti-corruption laws.
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.
April 30, 2013
Linda Hirshman
When Justice O'Connor Thought a Bush Was "Vital for the Court"
An old letter suggests she too once saw the Supreme Court as a political body
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