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Scotus Archive

Archives for June 2015

Politics
King v. Burwell: the most surprising thing about the Supreme Court term so farKing v. Burwell: the most surprising thing about the Supreme Court term so far
Politics

It’s Friday, Friday, got to get Supreme Court decisions on Friday.

By Sarah Kliff
Politics
King v. Burwell: Nobody will clean up the Supreme Court’s Obamacare messKing v. Burwell: Nobody will clean up the Supreme Court’s Obamacare mess
Politics

A ruling against Obamacare will unleash chaos. Don’t expect anyone to move quickly to fix it.

By Sarah Kliff
Politics
King v. Burwell: Did the Supreme Court already tip its hand?King v. Burwell: Did the Supreme Court already tip its hand?
Politics

Parsing language in new decisions might give a sense of where the justices landed on Obamacare.

By Sarah Kliff
Politics
King v. Burwell: The Supreme Court case that could gut Obamacare, explainedKing v. Burwell: The Supreme Court case that could gut Obamacare, explained
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Politics

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on Obamacare. And it could prove disastrous for the administration — and for millions of individuals and families who have found affordable coverage under the law.

By Sarah Kliff and Adrianna McIntyre
Politics
The Supreme Court’s hugely important new Obamacare case, explained in 3 sentencesThe Supreme Court’s hugely important new Obamacare case, explained in 3 sentences
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Politics

There are thousands of pages of legal briefs in the case. But you really just need to know these three key points.

By Sarah Kliff
Politics
Robots are better than humans at predicting Supreme Court decisionsRobots are better than humans at predicting Supreme Court decisions
Politics

Trust the statistical model. Seriously.

By Sarah Kliff
Explainers
The GOP has 5 plans to fix Obamacare if the Supreme Court blows it up. They’re all a mess.The GOP has 5 plans to fix Obamacare if the Supreme Court blows it up. They’re all a mess.
Explainers

When you try to repeal Obamacare and maintain the law’s subsidies, it turns out you end up with some very bizarre policy outcomes.

By Sarah Kliff
Health Care
Supreme Court will decide whether to end Obamacare subsidies for 6.4 million AmericansSupreme Court will decide whether to end Obamacare subsidies for 6.4 million Americans
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Health Care

This decision will be big.

By Sarah Kliff
Criminal Justice
This is almost certainly the first Supreme Court brief to cite NWA and Wu-TangThis is almost certainly the first Supreme Court brief to cite NWA and Wu-Tang
Criminal Justice

The Court threw out the conviction of a man charged with posting threatening rap lyrics to Facebook.

By Dylan Matthews