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.”