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September 28, 2023
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Tells Alabama to Pound Sand
The high court had little to say in the face of the state’s defiance, but that silence spoke volumes.
September 26, 2023
Matt Ford
A Right-Wing Judge Aims to Undo Free Speech, One Drag Show at a Time
Puritanical Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk doesn’t like the way everyone interprets the First Amendment.
September 21, 2023
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court May Overturn the Error That Made Major League Baseball Rich
A pair of minor league clubs are asking the court to reverse the league’s lucrative 101-year-old antitrust exemption.
September 20, 2023
Matt Ford
Will the Supreme Court Weigh In on a Law Before It’s Even Passed?
The conservative legal movement wants the court to preemptively kill a major liberal policy idea.
September 18, 2023
Matt Ford
Hunter Biden’s Best Allies Could Be the Supreme Court’s Conservatives
The court’s right-wing bloc has lately applied a “history-and-tradition” test to Second Amendment cases—and it might help the younger Biden avoid jail time.
September 14, 2023
Matt Ford
Wisconsin’s Gerrymandering Is Sparking a Constitutional Crisis
Badger State Republicans’ desire to hold onto power is running afoul of democracy.
July 20, 2023
Matt Ford
The Big Story of the Supreme Court’s Next Term
The justices will have a chance to further disrupt the balance of power between the courts, Congress, and the White House.
July 18, 2023
Matt Ford
The Deeper Meaning Behind Vivek Ramaswamy’s Supreme Court Short List
It’s the latest sign that the high court is the epicenter of U.S. politics.
July 21, 2013
Noam Scheiber
The Last Days of Big Law
The money is drying up—and America's most storied firms are terrified
February 27, 2013
Alec MacGillis
"Until this generation of people dies out."
Think the Voting Rights Act is outdated? Come to South Carolina.
February 8, 2013
Simon Lazarus
Obama is Wrapping Himself in the Constitution. Finally.
January 28, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen
The War Over Recess Appointments Is Not for the Supreme Court to Settle
January 22, 2013
Linda Hirshman
Roe v. Wade Is More Popular Than Ever—A Fact the Supreme Court Is Unlikely to Ignore
January 14, 2013
Eliza Gray
Charles Cooper: The Other Superlawyer in the Gay Marriage Case
December 21, 2012
Ada Calhoun
The Rise of DIY Abortions
An Idaho woman could change the course of American abortion law.
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