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Supreme Court
June 25, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Welcome to South Carolina, John Roberts
June 24, 2013
Robert Knowles, Rachel E. VanLandingham
Affirmative, Sir! (And Ma'am!)
The U.S. military needs affirmative action now more than ever
June 24, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen, Michael McConnell
Debating the Court's Affirmative Action Decision
An exchange
June 19, 2013
Adam Winkler
Is DOMA Headed for Disaster?
A limited ruling would be a constitutional trainwreck
June 13, 2013
Jeff Guo
The Supreme Court Reveals its Ignorance of Genetics
June 6, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen
Show Me the Memo
Obama should share his legal justification for collecting Verizon's phone records
June 4, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen
A Damning Dissent: Scalia's Smartest, Wittiest Ruling of All Time
Justice Antonin Scalia was at his finest in criticizing the Court over its approval of DNA swabs
June 3, 2013
Tim Wu
The Right to Evade Regulation
How corporations hijacked the First Amendment
May 23, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen
Julius Genachowski: The Exit Interview
The outgoing FCC boss on net neutrality, political polarization, and free speech
May 13, 2013
Simon Lazarus
The Supreme Court is About to Get Another Chance to Gut Obamacare
A new case in federal courts, if successful, would maim health-care reform
April 18, 2013
Race-Based Affirmative Action Makes Things Worse, Not Better
April 4, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Amusing Alarm Over Obama's 2014 Fixation
March 29, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen
Flip-Flopping Federalists
On Obamacare, conservative judges were glad to limit Congress' power. To uphold DOMA, they'll need to do the opposite.
March 27, 2013
Linda Hirshman
A Delay on Gay Marriage Isn't a Defeat
Equality activists shouldn't worry if the Supreme Court punts the issue
March 26, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen
The Laughable Argument Against Gay Marriage
The Supreme Court justices will eventually have to reckon with 'responsible procreation'
March 26, 2013
David Fontana
No, a Sweeping Gay Marriage Ruling Won't Trigger a Backlash
March 5, 2013
Chuck Thompson
Is Racism Worse in the South?
John Roberts's question frames the Voting Rights Act case. Too bad there's no answer.
March 4, 2013
Blaine Greteman
Will the End of Race-Based Affirmative Action Improve Diversity?
February 27, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen
Does the Government Deserve Your DNA?
The crucial privacy case before the Supreme Court
February 27, 2013
Alec MacGillis
"Until this generation of people dies out."
Think the Voting Rights Act is outdated? Come to South Carolina.

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