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October 12, 2022
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Shows No Signs of Slaking Its Thirst for Capital Punishment
A pair of death penalty decisions reaffirms a sad fact about the high court: There is a majority of justices who want to keep the executions coming.
March 3, 2022
Matt Ford
Welcome to the Supreme Court’s Phantom Docket
The Roberts court is taking up cases with phantasmal litigants and speculative complaints. But how it resolves them could have a massive impact on American life.
February 9, 2022
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Is Even More Conservative Than You Think
Long before the 6–3 court hands down rulings, the cases it chooses to hear have a tidal effect on the nation’s ideological drift.
January 5, 2022
Matt Ford
Can John Roberts Save the Supreme Court From Itself?
The chief justice’s veiled end-of-year remarks seem to indicate that if the high court cannot reform itself, reform will be forced upon it.
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