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November 20, 2024
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Trump Is Gunning for Birthright Citizenship—and Testing the High Court
The president-elect has targeted the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship protections for deletion. The Supreme Court might grant his wish.
April 24, 2024
Matt Ford
How to Fix the Right-Wing Racket in the Texas Courts
The Fifth Circuit's become little more than a junior varsity version of the Supreme Court. Sending some new judges to the Lone Star State will help put things right.
August 17, 2023
Matt Ford
How the Supreme Court Could Ban the Abortion Pill
A conservative judge advanced a new legal theory in the recent mifepristone ruling. But will it prove to be too radical for the high court?
October 6, 2022
Matt Ford
Maybe Federal Law Clerk Hiring Practices Should—Just Spitballing Here—Be More Normal?
A recent spat between a judge and Yale Law School forces us to consider whether the federal judiciary should continue to be a spoils system for the well connected.
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