Making sense of the Supreme Court’s historic year Amanda Hollis-Brusky - December 26, 2022 The TMC 2022 roundups: U.S. Supreme Court
Are gun laws constitutional? Courts must now look at history to decide. Jacob D. Charles - June 30, 2022 Would the founders have regulated high-capacity magazines? Courts will be struggling to apply the Supreme Court’s latest Second Amendment decision for years.
Discharge, ‘They Declare It’: The Week In One Song Christopher Federico - June 24, 2022 SCOTUS declares a further extension of gun rights.
Justice Breyer announced he will retire. Here’s what happens next. Paul Collins and Lori Ringhand - January 27, 2022 If Biden fulfills his promise to appoint a Black woman, he’ll make the Supreme Court more representative of the U.S. population
Supreme Court justices sounded suspicious of New York’s gun law. Here’s what might come next. Jacob D. Charles - November 4, 2021 Will the court listen to empirical evidence about safety, or just strike down any regulations that didn’t exist in the 18th century?
Three reasons the U.S. hasn’t passed more gun regulations (and one reason this time might be different). Eulalie Laschever and David Meyer - May 6, 2021 The NRA is in free fall.
The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a Second Amendment case. That’s bad news for gun regulation advocates. Amanda Hollis-Brusky - April 27, 2021 But if its decision goes too far, the Supreme Court might be handing ammunition to liberals who want to overhaul the court.
Senators treat female Supreme Court nominees differently. Here’s the evidence. Paul Collins, Lori Ringhand, and Christina L. Boyd - September 28, 2020 Our research looks at every question and answer in confirmation hearings since 1939
Prosecutors claim that a ‘boogaloo’ killed two cops. What’s a boogaloo? Yonatan Lupu, Rhys Leahy, and Nicolás Velásquez Hernandez - June 16, 2020 The loosely organized far-right movement is associated with a distinctive look and discordant politics
Why ‘constitutionalist sheriffs’ won’t enforce coronavirus restrictions Zoe Nemerever - April 22, 2020 For years, these locally elected officials have been leading rebellions against government authority.