The Court of Supremely Bad Faith
This term, the conservative justices are dreaming up alternate realities to justify their preordained conclusions.
Samuel Alito
Conservatives’ Coming War on the Warren Court
Led by Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court's originalists are taking aim at the landmark precedents set by liberal justices decades ago.
Domineque Ray Died So the Death Penalty Could Live
The Supreme Court's conservative majority will stop at nothing to preserve capital punishment in America.
How One Murder Could Reshape Oklahoma
The Supreme Court may declare that half the state is still Indian country under federal law.
America Is Stuck With the Death Penalty for (at Least) a Generation
With Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement, the national fight to abolish capital punishment will have to go local.
How the Supreme Court Kills Roe v. Wade
With Anthony Kennedy's retirement, the high court may deliver a blow to abortion rights slowly—or all at once. Here are the potential scenarios.
Anthony Kennedy Was No Moderate
The Supreme Court's swing vote ended his career the way he began it: as a true-blue conservative.
The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Take Their Long-Awaited Shot at Unions
Wednesday's ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, Local 31 is a blow to organized labor—and a boon for the Republican Party.
The Supreme Court Upholds Presidential Bigotry
The justices signed off on Trump's travel ban at the cost of their own credibility—and perhaps emboldening him further.
How Texas Republicans Got Away With a Racially Discriminatory Electoral Map
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld several gerrymandered districts.
The Supreme Court Cares About Your Digital Privacy
Friday's ruling was the latest to apply the Fourth Amendment to technology.
Losing the Right Not to Vote
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld Ohio's aggressive effort to purge voters from its electoral rolls.
Can the U.S. Supreme Court Stop Gerrymandering?
Waves of redistricting have allowed politicians to select their own voters, consolidating one-party power across America—mostly among the GOP.
Hobbling Unions in the Name of Free Speech
The Supreme Court's conservative justices were receptive to arguments Monday that public employees shouldn't be forced to pay union fees.
How Justice Kennedy Fell for a Right-Wing Meme
In a big gay rights case, the Supreme Court's swing vote appeared swayed by the idea that Christians are the real victims of oppression.
Does Neil Gorsuch Believe in Liberty and Equality for All?
The judge's selective approach to constitutional originalism raises serious questions about his respect for the Second Founding after the Civil War.
What Is Ruth Bader Ginsburg Thinking?! Here’s What.
Her criticism of Trump was unwise, but it didn't set a dangerous precedent.
How Anthony Kennedy Came Around on Affirmative Action
It took a very specific set of circumstances to get the Supreme Court justice to affirm the validity of race-based college admissions.
Equal Representation Won a Qualified Victory at the Supreme Court
The justices ruled unanimously that Texas’s “one person, one vote” reapportionment is constitutional. But the war is far from over.
