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Newsletter

The Precarious Future of Vote by Mail

by Anne Kim September 20, 2026September 18, 2026

Democracy’s defenders won round one, but Donald Trump has done plenty of damage to Americans’ faith in voting at home.

Courtroom sketch depicting Supreme Court justices, from left, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, listening to arguments on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, in Washington.

Books

The Case for a Shadow Court

by Garrett Epps September 17, 2026September 18, 2026

Review: Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement by Peter S. Cannellos. Simon & Schuster, 384 pp.

Books

What Makes Sam Alito So Angry?

by Rodger D. Citron July 7, 2026July 8, 2026

Wong Kim Ark of the 1898 birthright citizenship case

Law and Justice

Roberts Slays Trump’s Ludicrous Birthright Citizenship Order

by Garrett Epps July 1, 2026July 3, 2026

Trump’s birthright citizenship case highlights a crucial truth: without an independent judiciary, presidential power would face few real limits

Politics

The Birthright Citizenship Arguments Are a Reminder that the Independent Judiciary Is a Good Thing

by Bill Scher April 3, 2026April 3, 2026

Newspaper front pages in London, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026 after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested and held for hours by British police on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

Law and Justice

England Respects the Rule of Law. Why Don’t We?

by James D. Zirin February 26, 2026February 26, 2026

John Roberts, the chief justice, as seen in 2022. He's led the Roberts Court since 2005.

Law and Justice

The Roberts Court at 20

by James D. Zirin October 6, 2025October 5, 2025

Law and Justice

Have We Been Invaded?

by James D. Zirin August 14, 2025August 14, 2025

Sam I Am: Justice Alito's opinion in Mahmoud allows parents to opt-out of having their children hear a children's book about a same-sex wedding. The case has big implications for LGBQT rights.

Law and Justice

Alito’s Same-Sex Wedding Panic Threatens LGBTQ Rights

by Alison Gash July 16, 2025July 16, 2025

Politics

What Liberals Can Learn From Ted Kennedy’s “Robert Bork’s America” Speech

by David Masciotra April 14, 2025April 14, 2025

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The Case for a Shadow Court

What Makes Sam Alito So Angry?

Roberts Slays Trump’s Ludicrous Birthright Citizenship Order

The Birthright Citizenship Arguments Are a Reminder that the Independent Judiciary Is a Good Thing

England Respects the Rule of Law. Why Don’t We?

The Roberts Court at 20

Have We Been Invaded?

Alito’s Same-Sex Wedding Panic Threatens LGBTQ Rights

What Liberals Can Learn From Ted Kennedy’s “Robert Bork’s America” Speech

Vote By Mail Is Safe—For Now

A Feminist Humanist’s Last Word

If You Don’t Like Polls, Follow the Money

Before the Fall

The Supreme Court Still Works as the Founders Intended

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