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U.S. Supreme Court
October 14, 2020
MagazineJeff Shesol
The Case Against Packing the Court
A costly fight over the number of Supreme Court justices could put a stop to any real hope for reform under Joe Biden.
October 12, 2020
MagazineAlex Shephard
Oligarch of the Month: Leonard Leo
The Washington insider has been working for decades to put conservatives on the state and federal bench.
October 24, 2018
MagazineMatt Ford
Can State Courts Save the Liberal Agenda?
Trump has seized the federal bench, but there's hope for Democrats in the lower judiciary.
August 23, 2018
MagazineWin McCormack
False Concepts of Liberty
How to argue with a Koch brother
August 31, 2015
Brian Beutler
The Rehabilitationists
How a small band of determined legal academics set out to persuade the Supreme Court to undo the New Deal—and have almost won.
August 10, 2012
Richard D.Kahlenberg
President Obama’s Affirmative Action Problem and What He Should Do About It
April 26, 2012
Jill Wilson
The Real Immigration Debate Isn’t About the Law
March 22, 2012
Jonathan Cohn
If Medicare Is OK, Obamacare Should Be Too
September 27, 2011
Carol S. Steiker, Jordan M. Steiker
Why Death Penalty Opponents Are Closer to Their Goal Than They Realize
September 13, 2011
Alec MacGillis
Perry vs. the Lap Dance Lobby
September 7, 2011
Jonathan Cohn
Why Do Republicans Hate Democracy?
September 2, 2011
Carol S. Steiker, Jordan M. Steiker
Don’t Blame Perry for Texas’s Execution Addiction. He Doesn’t Have Much to Do With It.
July 11, 2011
Christine Stansell
Meet the Anti-Abortion Group Pushing Presidential Politics to the Extreme Right
July 8, 2011
Simon van Zuylen-Wood
Is John Paul Stevens Right that Americans are Healthier than Ever?
May 5, 2011
Richard A. Posner
The Court of Celebrity
February 17, 2011
Eliza Gray
An All-Out Assault on Immigration
December 13, 2010
Jonathan Cohn
Reform 2, Repeal 1: Judge Rules Against Affordable Care Act (Updated)
September 13, 2010
E.J. Dionne Jr.
Citizens Confounded
July 26, 2010
Martin Peretz
Looking For A Country In Which To Store A Guantanamo Prisoner
July 5, 2010
E.J. Dionne Jr.
Ceding the Court

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