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Decision Season
July 1, 2014
David Paul Kuhn
John Roberts' Supreme Court Is as Polarized as Ever
Don't be misled by the unanimous decisions
July 1, 2014
David H. Gans
The Roberts Court Thinks Corporations Have More Rights Than You Do
The chief justice continues his First Amendment revolution
June 26, 2014
Sam Kleiner
Obama's NLRB Defeat Was a Victory for Pragmatism
June 26, 2014
Margo Schlanger
Justice Alito Would Be Just Fine if Congress Undid Yesterday's Landmark Privacy Decision
The twisted logic of his concurring opinion
June 26, 2014
Margot Kaminski
The Supreme Court's Cloud-Computing Confusion
The justices issue two very different decisions on two very similar technologies
June 26, 2014
Jeffrey Rosen
The Supreme Court's Cell Phone Case Went Even Further than Privacy Advocates Had Hoped
June 25, 2014
Tim Wu
The Supreme Court Thinks You're Better Off Paying $150/Month for Cable
The depressing takeaway of the Aereo decision
June 25, 2014
Simon Lazarus
Even Justice Scalia Recognizes Climate Change Is a Huge Problem
And he was willing to legislate from the bench to fix it
June 16, 2014
Adam Winkler
Maybe the Supreme Court Isn't as Pro-Gun as We Thought
Justice Kennedy rejects an audacious new NRA argument
May 28, 2014
Margo Schlanger
The Supreme Court Gives a Subtle Boost to Free Speech
A Secret Service ruling isn't the setback it may seem
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

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