As the Court’s conservative majority readies opinions on abortion and guns, they cling to the idea that we can know what the Founders meant. It’s not that simple.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
There’s No Magic Trick That Can Save Abortion Rights
Some Roe v. Wade defenders hope that stripping the Supreme Court of authority to hear abortion cases can save the day. Two legal scholars explain why it can’t.
Posted inPolitics
With Roe Almost Gone, Democrats Need to Stick Together to Save Legal Abortion
Squabbling over the filibuster and court packing isn’t the answer.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court’s Callous Blow to Puerto Ricans
Justice Kavanaugh and a Supreme Court majority rule that a commonwealth’s citizen can be denied a federal benefit available to other Americans. Only Justices Sotomayor and Gorsuch see the injustice.
Posted inPolitical Animal
A Second Chance for Liberalism
America’s political culture may be more toxic than ever, but a striking left-right convergence on policy is emerging.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court Will Consider Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Be Afraid.
A challenge to the EPA’s regulation gives the right wing an opportunity to limit Congress’s capacity to authorize regulatory programs.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court Considers a Family Divided
What must a parent endure to prevent their child being sent abroad to be with an abusive parent? The justices take up a Solomonic case.
Posted inPolitics
All Supreme Court Appointments Are Political—and They Should Be
Republicans criticizing Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination should take a look at history.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
Another Scheme to Curtail Voting Rights
Get to know the “independent state legislature doctrine” which intrigues Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.
