Supreme Court

If Christian Corporations Have Religious Rights, What About Muslim Prisoners?

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 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 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 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 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

After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions

After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions

After one of Supreme Court’s most anti-union rulings in recent years, is there still time for organized labor to save itself?

Jul 2, 2014 / Eileen Boris, Jennifer Klein, Joel Rogers, Joshua Freeman, and Jane McAlevey

Where Will the Slippery Slope of ‘Hobby Lobby’ End?

Where Will the Slippery Slope of ‘Hobby Lobby’ End? Where Will the Slippery Slope of ‘Hobby Lobby’ End?

There’s no telling how far religious exemptions will go under Justice Alito’s ruling.

Jul 2, 2014 / Column / Katha Pollitt

How the Supreme Court Undermined Women’s Citizenship

How the Supreme Court Undermined Women’s Citizenship How the Supreme Court Undermined Women’s Citizenship

The court’s decision to invalidate the abortion clinic buffer zone limits the privacy women require as participants in a democracy.

Jul 2, 2014 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Supreme Court Says Police Need a Warrant to Search Your Phone

Supreme Court Says Police Need a Warrant to Search Your Phone Supreme Court Says Police Need a Warrant to Search Your Phone

But will they apply the same logic to the NSA’s massive surveillance dragnet?

Jun 26, 2014 / Robert Scheer

Supreme Court Kills the Old Robocop Dream

Supreme Court Kills the Old Robocop Dream Supreme Court Kills the Old Robocop Dream

The justices didn’t quote Christian Parenti, but they should have.

Jun 25, 2014 / Richard Kreitner

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