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June 15, 2023
Tori Otten
Supreme Court Delivers Major Win for Native Rights and Tribal Sovereignty
In a stunning ruling, the Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act.
June 14, 2023
David Shih
I’m an Asian American Helped by Affirmative Action. The Supreme Court Shouldn’t End It.
Campus diversity isn’t the only reason to keep the policy in place.
June 12, 2023
Prem Thakker
Ohio Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Republicans Trying to Stop Abortion Rights
Conservatives have been trying to stop efforts to protect abortion rights with a confusingly worded ballot.
June 8, 2023
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Stuns Everyone by Doing Something Good on Voting Rights
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined with the court’s liberals, but would they do it again?
June 8, 2023
Tori Otten
Supreme Court Makes It Easier for Dems to Retake the House With Voting Rights Ruling
The court’s decision affects congressional district maps across the country, and a few Republicans are in big trouble.
June 8, 2023
Tori Otten
Supreme Court Surprises Us All and Delivers Major Win for Voting Rights
The 5–4 decision ruled in favor of Black voters.
June 6, 2023
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Will Review a Trademark Claiming Trump Is “Too Small”
Thankfully, this is about the First Amendment, not the former president’s manhood.
June 5, 2023
Michael Tomasky
The Supreme Court Is Corrupt
Because
It’s Conservative
It isn’t a coincidence. The court is corrupt, both judicially and ethically, because of the extreme ideology six of its justices serve.
June 1, 2023
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Is Honing a New Weapon Against Federal Agencies
Justice Samuel Alito is inventing a new way for the high court to substitute its own judgment for that of lawmakers.
May 30, 2023
Magazine
Linda K. Wertheimer
Inside the Christian Legal Crusade to Revive School Prayer
Buoyed by the right-wing Supreme Court, Christian groups are laying the groundwork for public schools to veer back toward the 1960s.
May 27, 2023
Jason Linkins
Will the Debt Ceiling Deal Mortgage the Democrats’ Future in Washington?
Lawmakers might once again forestall a debt default, but not without teaching the GOP that they can get away with holding the economy hostage.
May 25, 2023
Matt Ford
Samuel Alito’s Colleagues Catch Him in a Judicial Contradiction
A case involving the EPA’s protection of wetlands somehow became a forum for some fiery justice-on-justice warfare over textualism.
May 25, 2023
Prem Thakker
Supreme Court Sides With Corporate America, Weakens Clean Water Act
The conservative court just made it easier for corporations to pollute our bodies of water.
May 24, 2023
Prem Thakker
John Roberts Would Like You to Pretty Please Stop Heckling Supreme Court Justices
The chief justice says you don’t need to be worried about the Supreme Court’s ethics. They’ll handle it themselves.
May 24, 2023
Matt Ford
The Lawsuit That Might Force Biden to Ignore the Debt Ceiling
An organization representing government workers is making a preemptive strike against the mounting default crisis.
May 23, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Ron DeSantis Is Plotting a 7–2 Supreme Court
And it’s entirely possible if he becomes president.
May 22, 2023
Matt Ford
What Neil Gorsuch Got Wrong About the Pandemic
The justice’s vision of the judiciary’s role in public health may be more dangerous than any Covid-era restriction.
May 18, 2023
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Says Andy Warhol’s 15 Minutes Are Up
The high court’s ruling on the nature of “transformative” works of art could have major ramifications for artists working today—as well as the A.I. enthusiasts looking toward tomorrow.
May 18, 2023
Matt Ford
Why Does the Second Amendment Only Apply to “Law-Abiding” Gun Owners?
A recent lower court ruling has neatly exposed the Supreme Court’s conservative majority’s funny ideas about the Bill of Rights.
May 17, 2023
Tori Otten
Some Rare, Temporary Good News From the Supreme Court on Guns
The Supreme Court has declined to block an assault weapons ban in Illinois ... for now.
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