Supreme Court

Brexit’s Unlikely Lessons for Hillary Clinton

Brexit’s Unlikely Lessons for Hillary Clinton Brexit’s Unlikely Lessons for Hillary Clinton

Ari Berman on the GOP’s war on voting rights, Zoë Carpenter on the Supreme Court and abortion, and D.D. Guttenplan on Brexit and Trump.

Jun 30, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Hellerstedt

The Supreme Court’s Dramatic Left Turn The Supreme Court’s Dramatic Left Turn

Scalia’s death and Kennedy’s willingness to change his mind had enormous consequences.

Jun 29, 2016 / David Cole

Bob McDonnell

The Supreme Court That Allowed Corporations to Buy Elections Has Now Approved the Bribing of Governors The Supreme Court That Allowed Corporations to Buy Elections Has Now Approved the Bribing of Governors

The High Court’s decision in the McDonnell case says it’s okay for billionaires to buy the services of elected officials with lavish “gifts.”

Jun 28, 2016 / John Nichols

The Supreme Court Has Spoken: Texas Can’t Use Pseudoscience to Restrict Abortion

The Supreme Court Has Spoken: Texas Can’t Use Pseudoscience to Restrict Abortion The Supreme Court Has Spoken: Texas Can’t Use Pseudoscience to Restrict Abortion

The majority ruled that neither of two regulations on abortion providers “offers medical benefits sufficient to justify the burdens upon access that each imposes.”

Jun 27, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

A young man yells during a demonstration at the Supreme Court

For Immigrants, the Obama Era Has Been Long and Maddening For Immigrants, the Obama Era Has Been Long and Maddening

And in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling, there is no good answer to the question, What now?

Jun 27, 2016 / Julianne Hing

Obama Speaks On the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Won’t Let Obama’s Immigration Executive Action Proceed The Supreme Court Won’t Let Obama’s Immigration Executive Action Proceed

The ruling means 4 million undocumented immigrants remain in limbo.

Jun 23, 2016 / Julianne Hing

Burger_Nixon

A Supreme Legacy A Supreme Legacy

The conservative legacy of the Burger Court lives on in the precedents it set.

Jun 23, 2016 / Thomas Healy

Merrick Garland

This Is Precisely the Right Time for the Senate to Consider Judge Garland’s Supreme Court Nomination This Is Precisely the Right Time for the Senate to Consider Judge Garland’s Supreme Court Nomination

The American Bar Association has given President Obama’s pick its highest rating.

Jun 22, 2016 / John Nichols

The Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Could Decide the 2016 Election

The Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Could Decide the 2016 Election The Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Could Decide the 2016 Election

States with new voting restrictions have 70 percent of the electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

Jun 21, 2016 / Ari Berman

MTA Ads

The MTA’s Ban on ‘Political’ Ads Has Turned It Into the Free-Speech Police The MTA’s Ban on ‘Political’ Ads Has Turned It Into the Free-Speech Police

Should the New York City transportation agency, and others across the nation, be in the business of deciding what riders are allowed to see?

Jun 21, 2016 / Allegra Kirkland

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