Supreme Court

You Can Be Prosecuted for Clearing Your Browser History

You Can Be Prosecuted for Clearing Your Browser History You Can Be Prosecuted for Clearing Your Browser History

Khairullozhori Matanov, a friend of the Boston bomber, is being sentenced under a law whose purview is growing disturbingly wide.

Jun 2, 2015 / Juliana DeVries

The Conservatives Who Gutted the Voting Rights Act Are Now Challenging ‘One Person, One Vote’

The Conservatives Who Gutted the Voting Rights Act Are Now Challenging ‘One Person, One Vote’ The Conservatives Who Gutted the Voting Rights Act Are Now Challenging ‘One Person, One Vote’

The newest challenge to voting rights would be a dramatic powergrab for the GOP.

May 28, 2015 / Ari Berman

It All Comes Down to Justice Kennedy

It All Comes Down to Justice Kennedy It All Comes Down to Justice Kennedy

The man in the middle raised concerns about overturning millennia of tradition, but he also emphasized the dignity legal marriage confers to same-sex couples.

Apr 29, 2015 / Nan D. Hunter

SCOTUS Will Likely Legalize Same-Sex Marriage—but the Fight Over Marriage Is Not Done Yet

SCOTUS Will Likely Legalize Same-Sex Marriage—but the Fight Over Marriage Is Not Done Yet SCOTUS Will Likely Legalize Same-Sex Marriage—but the Fight Over Marriage Is Not Done Yet

A win for LGBT advocates would be historic, but uncertainty over religious exemptions and the status of domestic partnerships and civil unions remains.

Apr 21, 2015 / Nan D. Hunter

Theocracy Versus Democracy

Theocracy Versus Democracy Theocracy Versus Democracy

How the reckless Hobby Lobby decision has excited the imagination of the right wing.

Apr 3, 2015 / William Greider

Obamacare’s Latest Test: Partisan Hackery

Obamacare’s Latest Test: Partisan Hackery Obamacare’s Latest Test: Partisan Hackery

If only there was some way to know what the authors of the Affordable Care Act really intended.

Mar 10, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

The Sham Lawsuit That Could Eviscerate Obamacare

The Sham Lawsuit That Could Eviscerate Obamacare The Sham Lawsuit That Could Eviscerate Obamacare

The lack of structural integrity in the case before the Supreme Court, along with its bleak implications, has become even more obvious in the past week.

Feb 5, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

How the Roberts Supreme Court Has Strengthened the Powerful and Screwed Everyone Else

How the Roberts Supreme Court Has Strengthened the Powerful and Screwed Everyone Else How the Roberts Supreme Court Has Strengthened the Powerful and Screwed Everyone Else

From criminal justice to workers’ and voting rights to campaign finance, it has defied customs that buttress the Court’s legitimacy.

Jan 28, 2015 / Nan Aron, William Yeomans, and Michelle D. Schwartz

The Twilight of the Gay-Marriage Movement

The Twilight of the Gay-Marriage Movement The Twilight of the Gay-Marriage Movement

By this time next year, marriage equality will be the law of the land.

Jan 17, 2015 / Gabriel Arana

Antonin Scalia: Torture’s Not Torture Unless He Says It Is

Antonin Scalia: Torture’s Not Torture Unless He Says It Is Antonin Scalia: Torture’s Not Torture Unless He Says It Is

The Supreme Court justice might need to brush up on his Eighth Amendment.

Jan 5, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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