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May 30, 2019
Adam Eichen
Democracy Fights Back
Republican attempts at voter suppression have inspired a movement to restore and expand access to the polls.
May 29, 2019
Matt Ford
The Judges Who See Through Trump’s B.S.
The Supreme Court might buy the president's twisted legal theories, but the lower courts see more clearly.
May 20, 2019
Magazine
Robert Westbrook
Socialism and the Democracy Deficit
The quest for radical equality in the American grain
May 17, 2019
Matt Ford
The House of Roberts
If America is becoming a monarchy, it's not Trump who's king.
April 30, 2019
Matt Ford
The RBG Election
Another four years of Trump will widen the conservative tilt of the Supreme Court. So why aren't the Democratic candidates talking about it?
April 24, 2019
Matt Ford
The Court of Supremely Bad Faith
This term, the conservative justices are dreaming up alternate realities to justify their preordained conclusions.
April 16, 2019
Emily Atkin
Should Offshore Oil Workers Get Paid While They Sleep?
When the Supreme Court hears arguments in Parker Drilling, the future of states' rights to regulate the oil industry could hang in the balance.
April 9, 2019
Matt Ford
Will John Roberts Let Trump Hide His Tax Returns Forever?
The president is building a constitutional case to keep the documents out of Congress' hands.
April 2, 2019
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court’s Twisted Devotion to the Death Penalty
The conservative justices' convoluted opinions are undermining the court's legitimacy more than any confirmation battle could.
March 18, 2019
Matt Ford
Would the Green New Deal Survive the Supreme Court?
Chief Justice John Roberts may have the final say on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's ambitious plan to fight global warming.
March 15, 2019
Tim Burns
Court-Packing Is Not a Threat to American Democracy. It’s Constitutional.
Congress is allowed to change the size of the Supreme Court, and it has done so seven times. The country survived just fine.
March 12, 2019
Matt Ford
The Weak Case for Packing the Supreme Court
American democracy can't afford for yet another critical institution to be crippled by partisan warfare.
March 4, 2019
Matt Ford
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.
February 27, 2019
Matt Ford
What This Massive Cross Really Stands For
The Supreme Court will decide whether Maryland taxpayers should have to support the Christian symbol.
February 21, 2019
Matt Ford
American Democracy Is on the Supreme Court Docket
Three cases being heard this term could amplify the imbalance of power and influence in U.S. politics.
February 12, 2019
Matt Ford
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.
January 7, 2019
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John Fabian Witt
The Operative
How John Marshall built the Supreme Court around his political agenda
December 10, 2018
Matt Ford
Is the Supreme Court avoiding abortion cases?
December 6, 2018
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court’s Double-Jeopardy Dilemma
Does it help or harm justice when state and federal governments can separately prosecute a defendant for the same crime?
December 5, 2018
Matt Ford
The Real Impact of George H. W. Bush’s Presidency
The consequences of his Supreme Court picks are still felt today—as Trump's will be for decades to come.
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