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March 16, 2016
Brian Beutler
Why Would Obama Nominate an Old White Guy to the Supreme Court?
There are a few reasons. Political calculation isn't one of them.
March 16, 2016
Lawrence Goldstone
The Republican Party Is Doomed If It Denies Obama’s Supreme Court Pick
March 2, 2016
Ryan Kearney
The Hulk Hogan v. Gawker trial hasn’t even begun, and already it’s a Florida Man classic.
February 19, 2016
Simon Lazarus
How John Roberts Can Save the Supreme Court
Senate Republicans plan to paralyze the nomination process. Here's a way forward for the chief justice this year.
February 17, 2016
MagazineDavid Dayen
How to Solve America’s Constitutional Crisis: End the Permanent Campaign
Non-stop electioneering inevitably overshadows our existing government.
February 16, 2016
Brian Beutler
How to Make Sense of All the Post-Scalia B.S.
A plea for cross-ideological understanding.
February 14, 2016
Lawrence Goldstone
Antonin Scalia’s Death Is a Huge Opportunity for Hillary Clinton
February 14, 2016
Steven Cohen
Obama will nominate a replacement for Scalia, a “towering legal figure” who “influenced a generation of thinkers.”
February 14, 2016
Ryan Kearney
Bill Clinton: “I always kind of liked Justice Scalia.”
February 14, 2016
Ryan Kearney
The leading conspiracy theory about Antonin Scalia’s death: Obama did it.
February 3, 2016
PodcastMikaela Lefrak
Serial’s Adnan Syed is back in court today to fight for a new trial.
January 20, 2016
Noah Berlatsky
Child Sex Workers’ Biggest Threat: The Police
January 8, 2016
Laura Marsh
Making a Murderer’s Dean Strang doesn’t like looking at himself.
January 7, 2016
Suzy Khimm
No, a monkey can’t copyright a selfie.
January 4, 2016
Sarah Weinman
Making a Murderer’s Lawyer Hero
Dean Strang wrote a book about a 1917 miscarriage of justice in Milwaukee. The parallels with Steven Avery's case are striking.
November 30, 2015
Ryan Kearney
Yet another Texas university will remain a gun-free zone.
November 3, 2015
Daniel LaChance
Death Row Prisoners Have Plenty of Time to Find God, But Few Find Mercy
October 30, 2015
Spencer Amdur
The Supreme Court Takes On the All-White Jury
The high court on Monday will confront a sordid history of juror suppression
October 5, 2015
Melvin I. Urofsky
Will the Supreme Court’s New Term Deliver the Next Great Dissent?
October 2, 2015
Lawrence Goldstone
Citizens United's Legal Roots Lie in the Jim Crow Supreme Court

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