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May 21, 2024
Timothy Noah
The Bozells Helped Build Conservatism. Their Scion Will Go to Prison.
The Capitol rioter comes from a storied conservative family. He lied spectacularly on the stand, and is now paying the price.
April 25, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
This 1873 Law Could Be Used to Ban Abortion. Why Not Repeal It?
Some Democrats reportedly want to introduce a bill to protect the right to abortion against the antiquated Comstock Act. But others are hesitating.
March 28, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
The Telling Backstory of One Doctor-Plaintiff in the Mifepristone Case
Tyler Johnson used his position as state senator to try to get a serious malpractice suit sealed, and has a long history of trying to ban health care he disapproves of.
March 13, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
Ron DeSantis’s Anti-LGBTQ Regime Is Crumbling
A court settlement has curtailed the “Don’t Say Gay” law while multiple anti-gay bills stall in the legislature.
March 12, 2024
Nick Tabor
Sick Because of Roundup? These Bills Could Make Suing Impossible.
High-profile lawsuits have accused pesticides of causing cancer and Parkinson’s. But three states are now considering bills that would prevent these lawsuits.
March 10, 2024
Aaron Regunberg
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David Arkush
The Case for Prosecuting Fossil Fuel Companies for Homicide
They knew what would happen. They kept selling fossil fuels and misleading the public anyway.
March 7, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
Who Exactly Is Behind the Supreme Court’s Big Mifepristone Case?
The Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine claims to be an organization of doctors worried about mifepristone. The paper trail is more ambiguous.
January 31, 2024
Timothy Noah
How Elon Musk’s Zany Compensation Arrangement Got Blown Up in Court
According to a judge, the Tesla boss isn't worth what the firm pays him.
November 29, 2023
Matt Ford
If Trump Wins Again, There May Be No Stopping Him
If a presidential candidate is telling you that he wants to end the republic, believe him.
April 12, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
Conservatives Are Turning to a 150-Year-Old Obscenity Law to Outlaw Abortion
With the Comstock Act of 1873 coming back to life, reproductive care, LGBTQ protections, and a host of other civil rights are now at risk.
July 25, 2022
Timothy Noah
The Next GOP President Will Replace Civil Servants With Political Hacks, Wreaking Havoc on the Government
Trump fumbled it in 2020. The Republicans will try again next time they win the White House.
April 22, 2022
Timothy Noah
Why Biden Had to Challenge That Trump Judge’s Dim-Witted Mask Mandate Ruling
It’s not just about health. It’s also about not letting reactionary hacks dismantle the regulatory state.
March 9, 2021
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Samuel Moyn
Why Do Americans Have So Few Rights?
How we came to rely on the courts, instead of the democratic process, for justice
November 12, 2014
Danny Vinik
Ferguson Is on Edge Again as a Grand Jury Decides on the Michael Brown Case
October 7, 2014
Danny Vinik
A Historic (Non-) Decision by the Supreme Court: Same-Sex Marriage Will Soon Be Legal in 30 States
August 29, 2014
Danny Vinik
FedEx Refuses to Treat Your Friendly Delivery Guy Like a Real Employee
And an important new court ruling could change that
August 23, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Sequestration's Latest Victim: The American Justice System
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