The Respect for Marriage Act won’t fully protect same-sex parents Alison Gash - December 8, 2022 If the Supreme Court overturns Obergefell, officials in some states could again refuse to recognize the parental authority of two moms or two dads
What influences the Supreme Court? Here’s what we learned. Rachael K. Hinkle and Morgan L.W. Hazelton - October 2, 2022 The reasoning in amicus briefs shows up in the decisions. Lawyers’ experience makes a big difference as well.
Justice Dept. needed luck to win Mar-a-Lago case. It shouldn’t be that way. Joshua C. Fjelstul - September 23, 2022 A panel of three judges heard the case. If three different judges had been randomly selected, it could have gone the other way.
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.
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 Fifth Circuit halted Biden’s vaccine mandate. Here’s what the lawsuits are arguing. Miranda Yaver - November 9, 2021 Within hours after the Biden administration issued the mandate, states and employers had filed more than half a dozen lawsuits against it.
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.
Conservative Christians and anti-porn feminists want to shut down online pornography. That doesn’t make them allies. Nancy Whittier and Kelsy Burke - October 3, 2021 This week, Backpage.com’s owners face a status hearing. But the stakes go beyond what happens in court.
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.
How the Christian right helped get Amy Coney Barrett nominated to the Supreme Court Henry Farrell - October 15, 2020 A Q&A with the authors of the new book “Separate But Faithful: The Christian Right’s Radical Struggle to Transform Law and Legal Culture.”
In Florida, courts might restore voting rights for more than 770,000 citizens Victoria Shineman - September 4, 2020 Jones v. DeSantis could affect constitutional rights, the election and how well former inmates re-integrate into society.
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
The opioid litigation has more than 2,000 plaintiffs. Here’s what that means behind the scenes. Paul Nolette and Colin Provost - September 20, 2019 There’s a lot of conflict and cooperation involved in tackling complex public health challenges in court
If more states start using Ohio’s system, how many voters will be purged? Michael Herron and Daniel Smith - June 17, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74576" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A rally outside the Supreme Court
Trump appoints lots of white men to be federal judges. Here’s why it matters. Rachael Hinkle and Michael Nelson - March 13, 2018 [caption id="attachment_70372" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump shakes hands with Judge
Many refugees are women and children. That changes whether Americans want to admit them. Timothy Rich and Maggie Sullivan - November 29, 2017 [caption id="attachment_66695" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Ammar Hammasho, a migrant from Syria
This is why the Senate is at a nuclear brink Sarah Binder - April 5, 2017 [caption id="attachment_27560" align="alignleft" width="1024"] Will Senate Republicans pursue the nuclear
Courts can be undermined in these 3 ways. This is how to protect them. Tom Clark and Jeffrey Staton - February 27, 2017 [caption id="attachment_49518" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The U.S. Supreme Court. (Win McNamee/Getty
Can the courts protect democracy? Yes, but they need these three supports. Kirk Randazzo and Douglas Gibler - February 17, 2017 [caption id="attachment_54277" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Rebecca Rossof, visiting San Francisco from Chicago, carries
After a professor’s op-ed went viral, this is what happened next Andrew Reynolds - January 23, 2017 [caption id="attachment_39220" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Opponents of House Bill 2 protest
A federal court struck down much of North Carolina’s voter ID law — but what’s left could still shrink the black vote Jason Roberts and Erik Engstrom - October 5, 2016 [caption id="attachment_47341" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Eric Gandah walks past a NC
As voter rights cases churn through courts, rights are uncertain. But confusion is guaranteed. Richard Hasen - August 11, 2016 [caption id="attachment_43538" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Indiana voters cast their vote at
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
Parents of daughters support Hillary Clinton more than parents of sons Michael Tesler - January 5, 2016 [caption id="attachment_24542" align="aligncenter" width="908"] REUTERS/Mike Blake[/caption] Hillary Clinton has strongly
Puerto Rico can’t pay its debt, and the United States is partly to blame Rashid Marcano-Rivera - July 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27451" align="aligncenter" width="3300"] On July 4, a woman walks
Puerto Rico can't pay its debt, and the United States is partly to blame - July 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27451" align="aligncenter" width="3300"] On July 4, a woman walks
Lies, damned lies, and Obama’s deportation statistics Anna Law - April 21, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] CALEXICO, CA - NOVEMBER 15:
Will Senate Democrats go nuclear? - November 21, 2013 [caption id="attachment_3315" align="aligncenter" width="446" special=""] Justice is blind (though her
The ABA Prefers White Men Erik Voeten - February 28, 2013 Maya Sen (University of Rochester) shows in a working paper
‘Tis the Season for the Thurmond Rule - June 14, 2012 Senate Republicans made headlines this morning for invoking the so-called
Confirming evidence: The breakdown in advice and consent - January 4, 2011 Chief Justice John Roberts' "State of the Judiciary ":http://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/year-end/2010year-endreport.pdf report