Three Judges Just Dared SCOTUS to Say What It Really Thinks About Black Voting Rights
admin A federal court in Alabama on Tuesday ruled, yet again, that the state had illegally discriminated against Black voters.
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Trump’s Attacks on the Lawyer Who Argued Birthright Citizenship Give the Game Away
Last month, Cecillia Wang, the head of the ACLU, asked the Supreme Court to preserve the legal principle.
Two Conservatives Justices Just Took a Surprising Step to Save a Death Row Inmate’s Life. Why?
Four justices dissented, hinting at a sharp conflict behind the scenes.
Sam Alito’s Math on “Color-Blindness” Doesn’t Check Out
The math will not change. The only question is whether our laws will reckon with it.
The Supreme Court Weighs How Much Google Surveillance Can Be Used Against You in Court
Those questions do not have clean answers. But the instinct underlying the Fourth Amendment remains surprisingly stable across centuries.
Justice Jackson Seems to Be Warning Us About the Supreme Court’s Next Voting Rights Target
In more fallout from its decision last month to kill the Voting Rights Act, SCOTUS issued two orders that follow…
Republicans Are Trying to Kill the Abortion Pill. They Don’t Stand a Chance.
They can bring all the lawsuits they want, but the genie is already out of the bottle.
Is the Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling Actually a Feint?
Last week the Supreme Court temporarily ended the latest crisis around mifepristone. Don't be fooled.
Becoming Justice Gorsuch
When I reached deep into his past, a clear story emerged.
Can You Spot Justice Neil Gorsuch?
Only 6 percent of Americans actually know who he is.