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Part II: It Will Take a Political Movement to Reform a Politicized Supreme Court
Mar 27, 2023 It is time to revive Franklin Roosevelt’s court-expansion plan in defense of democracy and the rule of law.
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Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court?
Mar 20, 2023 Washington cheered Putin’s arrest warrant, but still doesn’t recognize the authority of the ICC.
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Justice Kagan Discusses Public Trust of the Supreme Court
Mar 10, 2023 Justice Elena Kagan addressed the legitimacy crisis in a talk before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ Judicial Conference on July 24, 2022, in Montana.
Technology
What’s Next for Big Tech
Mar 9, 2023 The Supreme Court could limit internet providers’ prized protections.
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Watch Scalia and Breyer Debate Competing Theories of Constitutional Interpretation
Mar 3, 2023 If you want to deepen your understanding of the differences between “originalism” and “living constitutionalism” as competing theories of constitutional law and interpretation, there’s no better place to begin than with the 2006 debate between the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and the recently retired liberal Justice Stephen Breyer.
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John Roberts’ Field of Play
Feb 25, 2023 The chief justice thinks he's neutral but umpires also make judgment calls.
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The Double-Edged Sword of Judicial Review
Feb 20, 2023 What happens when the powers of Judicial Review are wielded by reactionaries?
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Unequal Justice: The US Supreme Court is Reactionary, But is it Also Corrupt?
Feb 13, 2023 Lawyer and former administrative judge Bill Blum continues his Truthdig series delving into the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Why Do We Care So Much About the Supreme Court?
Feb 9, 2023 It is not a new phenomenon. Americans have always cared passionately about the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court 101: What is Judicial Review?
Feb 3, 2023 It's where the high court gets its power—and it's not even mentioned in the Constitution.
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What Earl Warren Was Thinking
Feb 2, 2023 An interview with the jurist whose court presided over the major decisions now being undone by a conservative court.
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.