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May 28, 2014
David R. Dow
The Supreme Court's Empty Defense of the Intellectually Disabled
States ignored a prior ruling outlawing executions—and the justices let them get away with it
May 15, 2014
Lane Florsheim
How Texas Keeps Putting the Intellectually Disabled on Death Row
The Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional but gave states wiggle room
May 8, 2014
Simon Lazarus, Tom Donnelly
It May Already Be Too Late to Confirm a Replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg
May 1, 2014
Brian Beutler
Scalia's Epic Blunder Exposes His Partisan Hackery
April 25, 2014
David Fontana
Sonia Sotomayor Is a National Treasure
'The Sotomayor Style' is how America should talk about fairness
April 23, 2014
Jeffrey Rosen
Liberals Should Be Happy About the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision
April 22, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Roberts Court: States Can Ban Affirmative Action
April 21, 2014
Sam Kleiner
The Government Shouldn't Be Forced to Put "Jerusalem, Israel" in U.S. Passports
April 7, 2014
Simon Lazarus
Hannitys on the Bench
Right-wing judges are recycling sound bites from Fox News—and might still destroy Obamacare
April 4, 2014
Mark Schmitt
John Roberts Didn't Kill Campaign Finance Rules. Modern Politics Did.
April 2, 2014
Alec MacGillis
The Stunning Chutzpah of the Supreme Court's New Elimination of Campaign Contribution Limits
March 25, 2014
Sam Kleiner
The Hobby Lobby Case May Turn Out to Be a Dud
March 25, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
The Hobby Lobby President Is Also Building a Bible Museum for Over $70 Million
March 25, 2014
Jeffrey Rosen
The End of Anti-Discrimination
The stakes in Tuesday's Hobby Lobby arguments couldn't be higher
March 24, 2014
Tom Donnelly
Can Liberals Trust John Roberts to Rescue Obamacare Again?
A pro-Hobby Lobby ruling would be his most radical decision
March 24, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
A Reagan-Appointed Judge Weighed in for Same-Sex Marriage in Michigan
December 18, 2013
Marc Tracy
Justice Ginsburg Is Wrong: She Should Step Down
December 17, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen
Inside the Stunning Court Smackdown on NSA Spying
December 9, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
How Many People in Your State Are Dying From Downwind Air Pollution?
December 6, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen
Don't Rule Out the New Obamacare Court Challenges

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