The Supreme Court Approves the Country’s Worst Voting Restrictions in North Carolina The Supreme Court Approves the Country’s Worst Voting Restrictions in North Carolina
The country’s worst voter suppression law is now in effect for the midterms.
Oct 9, 2014 / Ari Berman
Shelf Life Shelf Life
How did “one person, one vote” become the rule for statehouses across the country?
Oct 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
The Battle Over Abortion Access Is Nearing the Supreme Court The Battle Over Abortion Access Is Nearing the Supreme Court
Clinics in Texas that were recently forced to stop providing abortions because of sweeping new regulations have filed an emergency appeal to the court.
Oct 7, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Gay Marriage Is a Reality in 5 States After a Supreme Court Ruling Gay Marriage Is a Reality in 5 States After a Supreme Court Ruling
Marriage licenses will be issued immediately after the Court declined to hear challenges.
Oct 6, 2014 / George Zornick
It’s Official: Corporations Are Religious People It’s Official: Corporations Are Religious People
The Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision is a victory for the forces of nonsense.
Jul 9, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
If Christian Corporations Have Religious Rights, What About Muslim Prisoners? If Christian Corporations Have Religious Rights, What About Muslim Prisoners?
The US government has until Tuesday evening to explain to a federal judge why men held at Guantánamo do not have the same religious freedoms as Hobby Lobby.
Jul 8, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
How Consumers Are Getting Screwed by Court-Enforced Arbitration How Consumers Are Getting Screwed by Court-Enforced Arbitration
The Supreme Court has given financial institutions and employers a license to do wrong—and it’s hitting the poor especially hard.
Jul 8, 2014 / Herman Schwartz
Why the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Hurts Women Most Why the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Hurts Women Most
The Hobby Lobby case is more clearly aimed at women, but Harris v. Quinn may prove even more consequential for the lives of working women.
Jul 7, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof
It only took a day for the Court’s “limited” Hobby Lobby decision to start to crack open.
Jul 2, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
The One Supreme Court Decision We Can Celebrate The One Supreme Court Decision We Can Celebrate
In ruling that police may not search cellphones without a warrant, the Court brought the Fourth Amendment into the twenty-first century.
Jul 2, 2014 / David Cole