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The future of transgender rights – and equal protection – hangs on US v Skrmetti

Zein Murib - December 9, 2024

What we learned from the Supreme Court’s oral arguments in this important case.

The Supreme Court’s immunity decision sidesteps history

Andrew Rudalevige - July 4, 2024

Those who framed the Constitution agreed that unchecked presidential power was a terrible idea.

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.

It’s the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 2023

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

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