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Samuel Alito
March 20, 2017
David H. Gans
Does Neil Gorsuch Believe in Liberty and Equality for All?
The judge's selective approach to constitutional originalism raises serious questions about his respect for the Second Founding after the Civil War.
July 13, 2016
Brian Beutler
What Is Ruth Bader Ginsburg Thinking?! Here’s What.
Her criticism of Trump was unwise, but it didn't set a dangerous precedent.
June 23, 2016
Scott Lemieux
How Anthony Kennedy Came Around on Affirmative Action
It took a very specific set of circumstances to get the Supreme Court justice to affirm the validity of race-based college admissions.
April 4, 2016
Scott Lemieux
Equal Representation Won a Qualified Victory at the Supreme Court
The justices ruled unanimously that Texas’s “one person, one vote” reapportionment is constitutional. But the war is far from over.
February 24, 2016
Scott Lemieux
Antonin Scalia and the Death of Originalism
Will Scalia’s grand constitutional theory have a lasting legacy on the Supreme Court?
June 29, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Justice Samuel Alito: Death Is Often Painful, So Why Shouldn't Lethal Injection Be?
April 29, 2015
Cristian Farias
Supreme Court Conservatives Accuse Death Penalty Opponents of “Guerrilla War”
A case about a lethal injection drug turns into a debate about capital punishment itself
March 11, 2015
Brian Beutler
The Wall Street Journal's Dishonest Crusade to Gut Obamacare Has One Huge Flaw
March 6, 2015
Brian Beutler
How Conservative Supreme Court Justices Harmed Their Own Anti-Obamacare Cause
November 11, 2014
Brian Beutler
Eight Reasons to Stop Freaking Out About the Supreme Court's Next Obamacare Case
July 7, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
QEDaily: Hobby Lobby Is More Complicated Than You Think
June 30, 2014
Danny Vinik
The Hobby Lobby Ruling May Not Be as Bad as It Seems—for Now
June 26, 2014
Margo Schlanger
Justice Alito Would Be Just Fine if Congress Undid Yesterday's Landmark Privacy Decision
The twisted logic of his concurring opinion
October 19, 2012
Jeffrey Rosen
The Court and the Future of Everything You Hold Dear
July 13, 2012
Jeffrey Rosen
Big Chief
June 26, 2012
Jeffrey Rosen
Why Monday’s Immigration Decision Should Be a Model For Thursday’s Obamacare Ruling
June 20, 2012
Jonathan Cohn
Gaming Out a Mixed SCOTUS Decision
March 29, 2012
Jonathan Cohn
Obamacare Is On Trial. So Is the Supreme Court.
March 28, 2012
Jeffrey Rosen
Obamacare at the Court: Contortions All Around
March 28, 2012
Jonathan Cohn
Justices Contemplate Medicaid, Call It a Day

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