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Scotus Archive

Archives for October 2021

Politics
The Supreme Court decides the religious right asked for too muchThe Supreme Court decides the religious right asked for too much
Politics

Maine’s vaccine mandate for health care workers survives a challenge from religious conservatives.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
The Supreme Court case that could gut America’s gun laws, explainedThe Supreme Court case that could gut America’s gun laws, explained
Politics

More than a century of gun laws are potentially on the chopping block.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
The Supreme Court’s very unusual new abortion orders, explainedThe Supreme Court’s very unusual new abortion orders, explained
Politics

The Court still won’t stop Texas from banning abortions, but it wants to bring this saga to a final resolution quickly.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
The future of vaccine mandates will likely come down to Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney BarrettThe future of vaccine mandates will likely come down to Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett
Politics

Thus far, the justices have not given much comfort to anti-vaxxers. That could change soon.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
The Supreme Court floats a startling expansion to police immunity from the lawThe Supreme Court floats a startling expansion to police immunity from the law
Politics

A new opinion suggests that “qualified immunity” could become much closer to absolute immunity from lawsuits.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
Texas’s anti-abortion law is back at SCOTUS. Here’s what’s different this time around.Texas’s anti-abortion law is back at SCOTUS. Here’s what’s different this time around.
Politics

The Biden administration’s last-ditch bid to restore abortion rights in Texas, explained.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
The Supreme Court takes a lie detector testThe Supreme Court takes a lie detector test
Politics

The justices say they are nonpartisan. Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center puts that to the test.

By Ian Millhiser
The Supreme Court confronts the CIA’s worst-kept secret
Politics

Can America’s legacy of torture be a “state secret” if it isn’t even a secret?

By Ian Millhiser
The nihilism of Neil Gorsuch
Politics

Trump’s first Supreme Court appointee’s radical vision to remake America, explained.

By Ian Millhiser