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May 23, 2017
Scott Lemieux
Why Clarence Thomas’s Rulings on Race Are so Idiosyncratic
The conservative justice this week joined the court’s four liberals in striking down two gerrymandered districts in North Carolina. How come?
May 16, 2017
Alex Shephard
Merrick Garland now has a lifetime appointment as a political prop.
May 15, 2017
Graham Vyse
The Supreme Court just delivered a blow to Republicans’ racist voter ID strategy.
April 24, 2017
Scott Lemieux
The 2016 Election Could Have Killed the Death Penalty
Instead, our broken system may well be entrenched for more than a generation.
April 18, 2017
Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Neil Gorsuch Is Poised to Swing a Landmark Church-State Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a case that could tip the balance of power towards religion over secularism.
April 7, 2017
Brian Beutler
Sorry, Mitch McConnell, THIS was the most consequential decision of your career.
April 7, 2017
Scott Lemieux
The Supreme Court Will Never Be the Same
Neil Gorsuch has been confirmed by the Senate. The filibuster is dead. And no one knows what happens next.
April 6, 2017
Brian Beutler
Mitch McConnell Abolished the Filibuster. Good!
There can be no more fitting capstone to the Senate majority leader's legacy of norm-breaking. And it will level the playing field once again.
April 5, 2017
Alex Shephard
Can you imagine how conservative media would have responded if Merrick Garland was caught plagiarizing?
April 4, 2017
Graham Vyse
Democrats Won’t Pay for Opposing Neil Gorsuch
History suggests that voters don't punish senators for their votes on Supreme Court nominees.
April 3, 2017
Alex Shephard
The smallest violin is playing for these Republicans crying about the Neil Gorsuch filibuster.
April 3, 2017
Clio Chang
The end of the Supreme Court filibuster is nigh.
March 24, 2017
Primary Concerns
This is What a Death Spiral Looks Like
A leading legal mind looks ahead to the coming fights over health care, in a Supreme Court that's about to swing right again.
March 22, 2017
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Is Winning Where It Matters Most
His political power lies in court appointments. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will be the first of many victories to come.
March 21, 2017
Graham Vyse
Al Franken is exasperated by Neil Gorsuch.
March 20, 2017
David H. Gans
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.
February 20, 2017
David H. Gans
A Murdered Mexican Boy and the Abuse of American Power at the Border
The Supreme Court hears a case on Tuesday that has tremendous implications under the Trump administration.
February 10, 2017
Primary Concerns
How Donald Trump Could Both Revolutionize the Judiciary And Destroy It
In episode 44 of Primary Concerns, Dahlia Lithwick mourns the climate of crisis and power politics engulfing the courts in the Trump era.
February 8, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump probably isn’t too happy with Neil Gorsuch right now.
February 6, 2017
Brian Beutler
Never Believe the Republicans’ B.S. Ever Again
Their silence on Trump reveals that their Obama-era sanctimony was fake.
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