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Roberts Court
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The Roberts Court: Poised to Bless the Trump Ballroom
Roberts allows construction to continue until the court considers the case. Translation: The disastrous, Congress-skirting monstrosity will get built.
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The Roberts Court and the Disappearing Congress
In the Slaughter case, the Court ignored the Founders, discarded precedent, and handed the president vast new powers.
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How the Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Could Save the Civil Service
Its rebuke of Trump tariffs might mean serious problems for other Trump initiatives. Much depends on the Court’s internal fight over the “major questions doctrine.”
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How the Roberts Court Indulges Trump’s Constitutional Workarounds
The conservative justices have been accomplices to the president’s blatant attempts to bypass the Constitution’s limits on his power. Here’s how.
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Today’s Supreme Court is Anti-Voter
The South Carolina redistricting ruling is more evidence of a Court that guts voting rights and defers to politicians and not citizens.
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Will the Supreme Court Kill the National Labor Relations Board?
As Starbucks—and Elon Musk’s SpaceX—take aim at the New Deal-era body, the Roberts Court could severely curtail the right of workers to organize. Here’s how.
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Abortion and the Comstock “Chastity” Law Time Bomb
The 19th-century law banning materials “producing abortion” is still on the books and is a ready tool for anti-choice forces. But there are legal arguments that can defuse it.
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This Will Be a Big Year for The Roberts Court’s Major Questions Doctrine
As administrations do in their final years, the Biden administration will produce a flurry of new rules and regulations in 2024. Enter the shapeshifting, ill-defined legal principle businesses and conservatives will use to hinder agency discretion.
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Justice For Trump Delayed Is Democracy Denied
The painfully slow prosecutions of Donald Trump mean America’s democratic freedoms are in grave jeopardy. Here’s why.
