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It’s Not Too Late for Congress to Undo One of the Worst Supreme Court Decisions of the Last Term
Passing the bill would mark significant bipartisan resistance to the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda.
Conservatives Perfected the Ideal Legal Tactic. It’s Time for Liberals to Use It.
While Heller was built on phony history, it reflected a genuine, hard-fought shift in public understanding.
We Won the Greatest Civil Rights Victory of Our Generation. Here Are Some Lessons for the Next One.
In his 2016 book Engines of Liberty, David Cole explores the question of how constitutional change happens.
Trump’s Desperate Attempt to Get the Supreme Court to Reverse Itself on Voting Chaos
The doctrine at the center of all this has a name: the Purcell principle.
The Supreme Court Is Towering Over Our Lives. Here Are Three Quick Fixes.
Its reputation is at an all-time low, and for good reason.
The Supreme Court’s Tolerance Will Be Tested by Alaska Beer Confiscation Case
Does the Eighth Amendment's ban on excessive fines actually stop the government from taking anything?
Slavery Outlived the Civil War. How It Actually Ended Will Surprise You.
Turner was one of many Black parents whose demands for their children’s freedom defined the scope of the 13th Amendment’s…
Their Loved Ones Died to Give Us the Voting Rights Act. They Have a Message for the Supreme Court.
Slate spoke with a number of surviving family members of civil rights martyrs. All of them were devastated by the…
We Faced Down Trump’s Secret Police in Minneapolis. Here’s How We Did It.
“Terrible things are happening outside. Families are torn apart; men, women, and children are separated.”