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Circuit City v. Adams is one of the most indefensible decisions of the modern era. Its shadow hangs over the Court this month.
Republican judges appear unwilling to acknowledge that they do not command the United States military.
Republicans face a significant, but temporary, defeat in the Supreme Court.
A pair of cases on the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” could eviscerate legal safeguards protecting free and fair elections.
The CIA’s worst-kept secret will remain a “state secret.”
The Court’s Republican supermajority will hear a case about the Commerce Clause. God help us.
What’s the remedy if a federal official violates your constitutional rights? The answer may soon be nothing.
Turns out incoherent legal doctrines are hard to apply.
Jackson is a conventionally qualified judge with a strong background in criminal justice reform.
Nothing is at stake in West Virginia v. EPA — yet somehow everything is at stake.
This is unlikely to go well for LGBTQ people.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett appears to be quite unfamiliar with her own judicial record, and that of her colleagues.
Trump Judge Lee Rudofsky’s decision could completely neutralize the Voting Rights Act when the GOP controls the White House.
Republicans get their dream nominees, while Democrats struggle to confirm moderates.
The bill is a victory for workers, and a big loss for Republicans on the Supreme Court.
The Court’s median justice just made it much harder to stop attacks on the right to vote.
The Court takes up its first big redistricting case since Republicans gained a 6-3 supermajority. What could go wrong?
It hasn’t slowed down on “religious liberty” since Amy Coney Barrett joined the Court.
The Court’s new death penalty order is almost too cruel to be believed.
Breyer’s best work was often the work you never knew about.
Biden promised to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Now he has his chance.
What’s next in the Senate, now that Justice Stephen Breyer is stepping down.
The West Virginia senator has become even more important.
The conservative Court adds more cases to its growing culture war docket.
For once, the Supreme Court shows restraint.
A case, brought by Ted Cruz, could effectively wind up legalizing bribery.
The case presents a genuinely difficult free speech dispute.
The Court is barely even pretending to be engaged in legal reasoning.
Ted Cruz wants the Court to kill an important anti-corruption law.
The Court’s Republican majority seems very concerned with reining in Biden’s power to fight a deadly pandemic.
Brnovich v. Isaacson could trigger a flood of decisions reinstating long-dead anti-abortion laws.
The Court doesn’t just threaten the public health, it threatens democracy itself.
The disturbing implications of a GOP judge’s ruling against the military’s vaccination requirement, explained.
Our batting average in forecasting 2021.
More than a year after Trump’s defeat, Biden is forced to share power with increasingly partisan judges.
Biden’s vaccination policies could save many lives. The Court could toss them out anyway.
Trump is no longer president. Will the Supreme Court keep bending the law to protect him?
There are worse things than a hypocritical Court.
Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion is sneaky, underhanded, and a big blow to abortion rights.
Carson v. Makin appears likely to end in another transformative victory for the religious right.