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June 23, 2023
Matt Ford
Clarence Thomas Wants to Demolish Indian Law
The conservative justice is on course for an originalist fight with Neil Gorsuch.
June 19, 2023
Michael Tomasky
“They Aren’t Going Anywhere”: Michael Waldman on How We Deal With This Supreme Court
The head of the Brennan Center for Law and Justice has a new book—and a lot of thoughts on these upcoming, controversial court decisions.
June 15, 2023
Matt Ford
Neil Gorsuch Tries to Save Indian Law From the Supreme Court
The conservative justice helped the tribes win while also speaking to future jurisprudence.
June 5, 2023
Michael Tomasky
The Supreme Court Is Corrupt
Because
It’s Conservative
It isn’t a coincidence. The court is corrupt, both judicially and ethically, because of the extreme ideology six of its justices serve.
June 1, 2023
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Is Honing a New Weapon Against Federal Agencies
Justice Samuel Alito is inventing a new way for the high court to substitute its own judgment for that of lawmakers.
May 25, 2023
Matt Ford
Samuel Alito’s Colleagues Catch Him in a Judicial Contradiction
A case involving the EPA’s protection of wetlands somehow became a forum for some fiery justice-on-justice warfare over textualism.
May 24, 2023
Matt Ford
The Lawsuit That Might Force Biden to Ignore the Debt Ceiling
An organization representing government workers is making a preemptive strike against the mounting default crisis.
May 23, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Ron DeSantis Is Plotting a 7–2 Supreme Court
And it’s entirely possible if he becomes president.
May 22, 2023
Matt Ford
What Neil Gorsuch Got Wrong About the Pandemic
The justice’s vision of the judiciary’s role in public health may be more dangerous than any Covid-era restriction.
May 18, 2023
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Says Andy Warhol’s 15 Minutes Are Up
The high court’s ruling on the nature of “transformative” works of art could have major ramifications for artists working today—as well as the A.I. enthusiasts looking toward tomorrow.
May 18, 2023
Matt Ford
Why Does the Second Amendment Only Apply to “Law-Abiding” Gun Owners?
A recent lower court ruling has neatly exposed the Supreme Court’s conservative majority’s funny ideas about the Bill of Rights.
May 16, 2023
Matt Ford
Who Gets to Own a Gun in America?
A recent Supreme Court ruling on gun rights is leading to interesting results in the lower courts.
May 15, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Why Clarence Thomas’s Troubles Have Just Begun
Two of the more aggressive Senate Democrats are asking Thomas and Harlan Crow questions. And they have a lot of ways to get answers.
May 12, 2023
Matt Ford
Neil Gorsuch’s Ruling Against the Pork Industry Contained a Telling Confession
Intentionally or not, the justice revealed a certain amount of awareness of how the high court’s conservative majority—and its power—is perceived.
May 11, 2023
Matt Ford
George Santos Can’t Even Do Corruption Right
The charges leveled against the New York lawmaker highlight how little thought he put into his grift.
May 10, 2023
Matt Ford
The Right’s Stupefying Defense of the Supreme Court
Conservatives are up in arms that the high court has become embroiled in a legitimacy crisis.
May 8, 2023
Matt Ford
How Clarence Thomas Keeps the Influence Machine Running
The justice has consistently ruled in ways that favor political favor-traders.
May 3, 2023
Matt Ford
A Republican Attorney General Is Asking the Supreme Court to Save Richard Glossip’s Life. It May Not Be Enough.
He has the evidence on his side, but the high court usually can’t be dissuaded from upholding a death penalty conviction.
May 2, 2023
Michael Tomasky
The Supreme Court Is Out of Control
Join us in an urgent project to track the dangerous ideas and decisions of this activist court.
May 1, 2023
Matt Ford
Is This the Supreme Court Case That Kills the “Administrative State”?
The justices have agreed to hear a case that could make it easier to kneecap federal agencies.
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