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Post-Argument Recap: Prop. 8 and DOMA Are Going Down
Mar 28, 2013 Nevertheless, the Supreme Court’s likely rulings on the issue of gay marriage will not be complete victories for those who support allowing same-sex couples to wed.
Why the Supreme Court Will Uphold Gay Marriage
Mar 14, 2013 There is good reason to be optimistic that the Roberts court will bow to the growing public acceptance of same-sex marriage.
The Political Forces Behind the Attack on the Voting Rights Act
Feb 28, 2013 Take it from the ultraconservative and increasingly unrestrained Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia: What’s really at stake in the case of Shelby County v. Holder isn’t simply the technical constitutionality of Sections 4 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but the "perpetuation of racial entitlement" in the law’s renewal.What's at stake isn’t simply the constitutionality of the law but as Justice Antonin Scalia said, the "perpetuation of racial entitlement" in its renewal.
Targeted Killings: A Legal History
Feb 15, 2013 Assassinations have long been regarded as a basic element of foreign relations that largely remained in the dark, unspoken of but widely practiced in response to perceived threats to national security. Assassinations have long been regarded as basic elements of foreign relations that were largely unspoken of but widely practiced in response to perceived threats to national security.
There’s Nothing Racist About Gun Control … Anymore
Jan 29, 2013 Just when you thought the debate over gun control couldn't get any more twisted, the old claim has been revived that slavery might not have lasted so long in America if black people had been granted the right to bear arms at the outset of their arrival in the new world.
Obama Is Right on the Debt Ceiling
Jan 14, 2013 According to the Obama administration, there is nothing the president can do on his own to raise the ceiling or maneuver around it. As much as some of us may disagree, Obama is correct. Here's why.
The Future of Gun Control in the Aftermath of Sandy Hook
Dec 16, 2012 As a result of a grotesque confluence of cultural iconography celebrating the virtues of an armed citizenry, political cowardice in the face of pro-gun lobbies like the NRA, and a judiciary that has redefined the meaning of the Second Amendment, we have become a nation bereft of effective gun control, reduced to waiting for the next firearm fueled massacre.The question arises with renewed urgency: When and how will the madness stop?
Same-Sex Marriage and the Supreme Court’s Historic Choice
Dec 11, 2012 At least this much can be said of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts: It doesn't duck the hard ones.
Alito Rising: What to Expect From the Supreme Court’s New Alpha Conservative
Nov 27, 2012 The justice has expressed contempt for the sitting president and is ready for a leading ideological role.
Three Reasons Progressives Should Care About the Courts (and Vote for Obama)
Oct 31, 2012 The idealistic left might be willing to gamble away the judiciary, but the right never will.
How to Save Affirmative Action
Oct 18, 2012 The Supreme Court might force defenders of affirmative action to adopt less conventional but equally effective means of promoting diversity on college campuses.
Recent Rulings Expose Supreme Court’s Anti-Worker Bias
Aug 8, 2018 There is no question that the Roberts court has made the task of union organizing more difficult. And if Brett Kavanaugh's nomination is confirmed, there is little doubt that difficulties will intensify.
Supreme Court Wraps Term With Anthony Kennedy’s Retirement and a Rash of Right-Wing Rulings
Jun 27, 2018 Here’s your recap of the jurisprudential carnage.