Gorsuch is scheduled to speak to the right-wing Federalist Society. Americans find such speeches inappropriate.
Americans don’t approve of justices appearing with politicians, our research finds.
The Supreme Court is taking suspect science seriously. Conservative groups have worked for years for that.
Various organizations fight science by peddling doubt and discord on topics such as climate change, covid-19 and abortion
The Supreme Court might overturn Roe. It took decades of scorched-earth conservative politics to get here.
Upholding Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban could severely damage American belief in the court’s legitimacy.
The Supreme Court faces more pandemic questions this term. Here are 4 takeaways from last year’s rulings.
The court is skeptical about restrictions on religion and about mandates from ‘the administrative state’
Everyone focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court. But state supreme courts affect as many rights and lives.
From Florida to Texas to California, state supreme courts dramatically influence lives and elections as they rule on matters from voting rights to mask mandates
In the Texas abortion law, conservatives adopted the progressive playbook and used it against them
Conservatives have built up an army of lawyers and organizations that can use “private rights of action” to enforce their goals, much as civil rights lawyers and groups do.
Biden said he’ll work to advance transgender rights. Here are 4 things to know.
What is the state of transgender rights and protections in the U.S. and internationally?
How the Christian right helped get Amy Coney Barrett nominated to the Supreme Court
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Trump’s values are abhorrent to the Federalist Society of conservative lawyers. That doesn’t stop them from helping him.
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Donald Trump blames liberal judges for thwarting him on sanctuary cities. He should blame conservative lawyers instead.
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Here are two ways that Breyer’s wonky opinion in Whole Woman’s Health could transform abortion politics
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Here’s why originalism won’t be buried with Scalia
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How Supreme Court justices 'benchslapped' each other in the Hobby Lobby case
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How Supreme Court justices ‘benchslapped’ each other in the Hobby Lobby case
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