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October 12, 2022
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Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Shows No Signs of Slaking Its Thirst for Capital Punishment
A pair of death penalty decisions reaffirms a sad fact about the high court: There is a majority of justices who want to keep the executions coming.
March 3, 2022
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Matt Ford
Welcome to the Supreme Court’s Phantom Docket
The Roberts court is taking up cases with phantasmal litigants and speculative complaints. But how it resolves them could have a massive impact on American life.
February 9, 2022
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Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Is Even More Conservative Than You Think
Long before the 6–3 court hands down rulings, the cases it chooses to hear have a tidal effect on the nation’s ideological drift.
January 5, 2022
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Matt Ford
Can John Roberts Save the Supreme Court From Itself?
The chief justice’s veiled end-of-year remarks seem to indicate that if the high court cannot reform itself, reform will be forced upon it.
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