The latest on SB4, the Texas push to control the U.S. border Andrea Silva - April 9, 2024 State efforts to override federal immigration policies tend to backfire, research shows.
Sunday is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities Kelebogile Zvobgo - December 1, 2023 Here’s a recap of some of the year’s highs and lows.
Supreme Court justices aren’t pretending to respect each other Julie Novkov - June 26, 2022 The justices like to present themselves as collegial. The Dobbs opinions suggest that collegiality is cracking.
You’ve seen the leaked opinion overturning Roe. Here’s what comes next. Julie Novkov - May 3, 2022 Opinions have been leaked before, but this one is different.
Republican senators used racially coded language to question Ketanji Brown Jackson. There’s history to that. Sharon Wright Austin - March 28, 2022 Compare that to the language senators used to grill Constance Baker Motley in 1966, slowing down her confirmation as the first Black female federal judge.
Why aren’t there more Black female judges on the federal bench? Gbemende Johnson - February 22, 2022 Biden has nominated more than ever — but Black women face many obstacles in legal careers
The Supreme Court’s vaccine mandate ruling shows it’s ready to second-guess government policy Stephen I. Vladeck - January 18, 2022 For decades, the court deferred to the government’s judgment. Now it’s heading back to the Lochner era.
The Supreme Court is taking suspect science seriously. Conservative groups have worked for years for that. Joshua C. Wilson and Alison Gash - December 14, 2021 Various organizations fight science by peddling doubt and discord on topics such as climate change, covid-19 and abortion
If the Supreme Court undermines Roe v. Wade, contraception could be banned Rachel VanSickle-Ward and Kevin Wallsten - December 10, 2021 Constitutional protections for birth control could be on shaky ground.
The Supreme Court might overturn Roe. It took decades of scorched-earth conservative politics to get here. Joshua C. Wilson and Amanda Hollis-Brusky - December 2, 2021 Upholding Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban could severely damage American belief in the court’s legitimacy.
Boston now has an Asian American woman as mayor. Why are so few women of color in elected office? Christian Dyogi Phillips - November 23, 2021 My research examines why women of color reach the ballot less often than men of color, White women and White men
Sotomayor said people of color feel pressure to prove themselves every day. She’s right, our research finds. Susan Haire, Robert K. Christensen, Laura Moyer, and John Szmer - October 26, 2021 When women or people of color write majority appeals court opinions, they ground their reasoning more thoroughly in precedent.
The Supreme Court faces more pandemic questions this term. Here are 4 takeaways from last year’s rulings. Kyle Thomson, Herschel Nachlis, Annika Begley, and Amy Park - September 23, 2021 The court is skeptical about restrictions on religion and about mandates from ‘the administrative state’
Biden reverses Trump’s ‘Muslim ban.’ Americans support the decision. Nazita Lajevardi, Loren Collingwood, and Kassra AR Oskooii - January 26, 2021 In 2017, rallies and protests persuaded a big proportion of citizens that the ban was ‘un-American'
Native Americans won an unusual legal victory at the Supreme Court. Congress could undo it. Todd Curry and Rebecca Reid - July 28, 2020 Justice Neil M. Gorsuch regularly rules in favor of indigenous rights
What’s behind the fight over Wisconsin’s primary? The Supreme Court’s gerrymandering ruling. Luis E. Fuentes-Rohwer and Guy-Uriel E. Charles - April 20, 2020 In Rucho v. Common Cause, the court could have curbed extreme partisanship.
Trump attacked the Supreme Court again. Here are 4 things to know. Paul Collins and Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha - February 26, 2020 Previous presidents treated the court quite differently — even when they attacked its decisions.
Pete Buttigieg is the first U.S. presidential candidate in a same-sex marriage. Here are 3 reasons that matters. Adam McMahon - April 9, 2019 Kavin Burkhalter, a volunteer coordinator for Democratic presidential candidate Pete
No, it’s not just theater. Here’s what to expect from the Kavanaugh hearings this week Justin Wedeking - September 4, 2018 [caption id="attachment_77332" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump speaks with Brett M.
Will the Supreme Court really lurch rightward with Trump’s next appointment? Michael Bailey - July 2, 2018 Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s announced retirement has led many to
The Supreme Court’s ‘travel ban’ decision is what you’d expect if this were a normal presidency Andrew Rudalevige - June 27, 2018 [caption id="attachment_75035" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People protest the Supreme Court ruling
Are Trump’s judicial nominees really being confirmed at a record pace? The answer is complicated. Rorie Solberg and Eric Waltenburg - June 14, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74499" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), center,
Still trying to understand the wedding cake case? Here are your answers. John Sides - June 6, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74197" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A demonstrator holds a sign supporting David
Neil Gorsuch could be the most conservative justice on the Supreme Court Ryan Black and Ryan Owens - March 20, 2017 Today begins Senate confirmation hearings for Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump's
The Supreme Court, not just three female justices, spoke loudly on women’s reproductive rights Laura Moyer - June 29, 2016 [caption id="attachment_43125" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Lead plaintiff Amy Hagstrom-Miller, left, president
The Supreme Court asks its four questions on Obama’s immigration initiative. Well, two of them. Andrew Rudalevige - April 21, 2016 [caption id="attachment_39458" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Supporters of President Obama's executive actions
How American voters really can influence Merrick Garland’s confirmation battle Justin Phillips, John Kastellec, and Jeffrey Lax - March 18, 2016 Now that President Obama has nominated Merrick Garland to replace
If Obama appoints Scalia’s successor, the Supreme Court will really jump leftward David Cottrell and Charles Shipan - February 15, 2016 [caption id="attachment_35782" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Flowers are placed in front of
How Supreme Court justices 'benchslapped' each other in the Hobby Lobby case Amanda Hollis-Brusky - July 1, 2014 [caption id="attachment_12497" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The justices of the U.S. Supreme
How Supreme Court justices ‘benchslapped’ each other in the Hobby Lobby case Amanda Hollis-Brusky - July 1, 2014 [caption id="attachment_12497" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The justices of the U.S. Supreme
Abortion clinics are not defenseless, but there is reason for caution Joshua Tucker - June 29, 2014 [caption id="attachment_12411" align="aligncenter" width="620"] People leave the Supreme Court in
6 points to ponder from the recess appointments oral arguments Andrew Rudalevige - January 14, 2014 [caption id="attachment_5280" align="alignleft" width="300" special=""] Solicitor General Donald Verrilli faces
Why aren’t Asians Republicans? For one thing, more than half of them live in California, New York, New Jersey, and Hawaii Andrew Gelman - November 27, 2012 Conservative data cruncher Charles Murray asks, "Why aren’t Asians Republicans?":
Who won the election for Obama? Andrew Gelman - November 7, 2012 Mike Bloomberg and Chris Christie. Sonia Sotomayor. Paul Ryan. Those
Evaluating Forecasts of the Supreme Court’s Health Care Ruling John Sides - July 19, 2012 This is a guest post by my colleague Brandon Bartels.
Predicting Anthony Kennedy John Sides - July 13, 2012 Veronika Polakova of the American Enterprise Institute sends along the
Defining Dissidence Down David Karol - May 10, 2012 In all the coverage of Senator Richard Lugar's crushing 20-point
Do Popular Presidents = Popular Supreme Court Nominees? John Sides - August 6, 2010 Glenn Greenwald: bq. In other words, the supposedly safe, moderate-appearing,
Transcript of Obama Q&A with House GOP Andrew Rudalevige - January 29, 2010 For those old-fashioned (i.e., still have real jobs) types who
Partisan Bias in Evaluations of the Supreme Court John Sides - June 24, 2009 Gallup has released data showing that partisan evaluations of the
Hooray for Data! Sotomayor and Rulings on Race Joshua Tucker - June 17, 2009 Remember Sonia Sotomayor? She was someone the media was talking
Jeffrey Rosen leaves the blogosphere Henry Farrell - June 1, 2009 Our estimable GWU law school colleague, Jeffrey Rosen, tells NPR
Political and social equality then and now Andrew Gelman - May 31, 2009 In a review of a recent book by Edmund Morgan,
One of those casual causal claims that irritate political scientists Andrew Gelman - May 30, 2009 Michael Kinsley goes over the top with this one: It's
Do Supreme Court Battles Affect Public Opinion of Presidents or Parties? Joshua Tucker - May 26, 2009 One of our "goals here at the Monkey Cage":https://themonkeycage.org/2007/11/why_this_blog.html is
Sotomayor nominated; would be first Hispanic on Supreme Court Andrew Gelman - May 26, 2009 Somehow this all reminds me of a hilarious Veronica Geng