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The 9th Circuit live-streams all of its arguments. Will that spread?

Christopher D. Kromphardt - September 13, 2022

Many federal appeals courts have been live-streaming audio, at a minimum, during the pandemic. They may or may not continue.

Conservative Republican women have led the fight to restrict abortion

Rebecca J. Kreitzer, Emily U. Schilling, and Abigail A. Matthews - September 9, 2021

Democrats like to say Republicans are waging a ‘war on women.’ That erases the conservative Republican women who have been working to ban abortion.

We compared the Supreme Court with other democracies’ high courts. More justices would improve its work.

Sivaram Cheruvu, Matthew J. Gabel, James F. Spriggs II, Jay N. Krehbiel, and Clifford J. Carrubba - May 10, 2021

More justices could produce more opinions — and improve consistency in U.S. law.

Amy Coney Barrett is conservative. New data shows us how conservative.

Morgan L.W. Hazelton, Matthew E.K. Hall, Jeffrey J. Harden, and Jason Windett - October 21, 2020

Her confirmation would shift the Supreme Court further ideologically than any other appointment in the past 40 years.

The Senate confirmed Eric Miller to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals — despite his home state senators’ objections. That’s new.

Sarah Binder - February 28, 2019

Here’s what you need to know about the ‘blue slip’ — and how Republicans rejected yet another Senate tradition.

Exactly how conservative are the judges on Trump’s short list for the Supreme Court? Take a look at this one chart.

Kevin Cope - July 7, 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/segments/whos-on-president-trumps-list-to-replace-justice-kennedy/2018/06/29/2fdeaa42-7bb8-11e8-ac4e-421ef7165923_video.html?utm_term=.2ffa5915075c How will President Trump’s replacement for Justice Anthony M.

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