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Brett Kavanaugh
The Misogyny Plot A new report on the Kavanaugh hearings reveals a deeper conspiracy.
student loans
Mar. 6, 2023
What to Know About the New Brett Kavanaugh Documentary After debuting at Sundance, Justice filmmakers say they’re already getting new tips.
what we know
June 9, 2022
Man Arrested Near Brett Kavanaugh’s Home Charged With Attempted Murder The suspect was arrested near the justice’s Maryland home on Wednesday morning, allegedly with burglary tools, a knife, and a gun.
the national interest
June 8, 2022
Republicans Smearing Chuck Schumer With Kavanaugh Assassination Attempt The context of the Democrat’s “threatening” speech is clearly nonviolent.
What If the Supreme Court Doesn’t Overturn Roe v. Wade ? Roe certainly seems doomed, but the Court has surprised us on abortion before. If the conservative majority falters, the fallout could be tremendous.
Supreme Court Keeps Eroding the Voting Rights Act Without so much as a hearing, conservative justices restored an Alabama congressional map designed to minimize Black representation.
When Supreme Court Justices Go Rogue Republicans are accusing Biden of “politicizing” the nomination process. But they’re especially concerned about ensuring justices are on their “team.”
the body politic
Dec. 2, 2021
The Betrayal of Roe Decades of neglect and cowardice have brought this country to the precipice.
u.s. supreme court
Oct. 5, 2021
Supreme Court Could Go Totally Extremist This Term In at least three areas – abortion, guns, and federal regulatory powers – the Court could take a big and consequential leap to the right.
republicans
Sept. 22, 2021
Susan Collins Reminds Us She Is Hardly a Moderate By hedging her bets on abortion and endorsing a return to power by Paul LePage, Collins makes it clear her independence goes only so far.
eviction moratorium
Aug. 13, 2021
Supreme Court Strikes Down Part of New York’s Eviction Moratorium By refusing New York tenants a presumption of financial distress, the Court may be signaling its intentions for the national moratorium.
eviction moratorium
Aug. 5, 2021
Conservatives Are Freaking Out About the Eviction Moratorium One National Review writer encouraged civil disobedience as a response to Biden’s move.
eviction moratorium
Aug. 3, 2021
Cori Bush Protest Exposes White House Screwups on Eviction Moratorium Her reasonable demands are the least the Biden administration can do.
Congress Considers Emergency Eviction Moratorium As CDC Authority Lapses Biden dithered about his legal authority to keep evictions frozen, and now the deadline is here — though some states are acting on their own.
This Is Your Father’s Supreme Court Old-school justices advance the right’s agenda while discarding much of Trump’s.
u.s. supreme court
July 2, 2021
Supreme Court Won’t Expand Right to Discriminate Against Same-Sex Couples It’s a setback for those hoping for an expanded zone of safety for religious-based objections to serving LGBTQ customers, but just for now.
The NCAA Looks Like a Dead Organization Walking Justice Brett Kavanaugh, of all people, has stuck a dagger into college sports’ unjust business model.
supreme court
June 17, 2021
Supreme Court Keeps Its Powder Dry on Religious Liberty The ruling in favor of a Catholic foster-care agency was a setback for LGBTQ equality, but conservative justices could have gone much further.
supreme court
June 14, 2021
McConnell All But Admits He Would Never Confirm a Biden Supreme Court Pick With McConnell pledging obstruction, Democrats need to make the Supreme Court a major campaign issue for the midterms.
The Tiger Mom and the Hornet’s Nest For two decades, Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld were Yale Law power brokers. A new generation wants to see them exiled.
u.s. supreme court
May 17, 2021
Is Roe v. Wade Now Doomed? We’ve been here before, when the Supreme Court surprised everyone in 1992 by upholding the right to choose. But this new challenge doesn’t look good.
Supreme Court Accepts Case That Could Overturn State Gun Laws A New York concealed-carry licensing regulation that requires demonstration of a distinctive need for self-defense outside the home could soon fall.
Why Is the Supreme Court Hesitating on Abortion? With a solidly conservative bloc on the bench, a decision on whether to hear a big case is all the more mysterious.
Can Biden and Democrats Protect Abortion Rights From Trump’s Judges? The worst was averted when Trump lost and Democrats won control of the Senate. But an anti-abortion majority on the Supreme Court could strike soon.
vision 2020
Dec. 11, 2020
Supreme Court Drop-Kicks Texas Lawsuit to Overturn the Election for Trump A legal effort to keep Trump in power attracted huge Republican support. But the president’s favorite justices wouldn’t even hear it.
supreme court
Nov. 10, 2020
Roberts and Kavanaugh Signal They May Save Obamacare Two members of the Supreme Court’s conservative bloc indicate even if part of Obamacare is declared unconstitutional, the bulk of it will survive.
Trump’s Only Credible Legal Strategy Won’t Be Enough It’s possible the Supreme Court will accept Republican efforts to disallow late mail ballots in Pennsylvania. But there aren’t enough votes to matter.
What Donald Trump Wants the Supreme Court to Do to Help Him Win Trump may ask the Supreme Court’s conservative majority to kill ballots postmarked by Election Day but received later.
supreme court
Oct. 29, 2020
How the Supreme Court Has Already Tinkered With the 2020 Election The Court has deferred to state decisions about mail-ballot deadlines and other election issues, with some conservatives clearly wanting to intervene.
supreme court
Oct. 27, 2020
Republicans Are Daring Democrats to Expand the Supreme Court In recent days, the GOP has done more to radicalize moderate Democrats on judicial issues than progressives ever could.
supreme court
Oct. 27, 2020
Trump’s Justices Show How They Might Help Him in Contested Election Gorsuch defends Republican state legislatures’ power over election disputes. Kavanaugh echoes Trump’s attacks on mail-in ballots. Be very afraid.
Burn It All Down A growing number of liberal lawyers want more than court-packing.
vision 2020
Oct. 20, 2020
GOP Hopes That Amy Coney Barrett Would Fire Up the Base Fizzled It’s unclear that killing Garland’s confirmation or forcing Kavanaugh’s did electoral magic for the GOP. The non-fight over Barrett sure won’t.
vision 2020
Oct. 19, 2020
Supreme Court Stops GOP Effort to Reject Tons of Ballots in Pennsylvania The 4-4 decision was a setback for Republicans, but it might have gone differently if Amy Coney Barrett were already confirmed.
supreme court
Oct. 14, 2020
Why the Barrett Hearings Are Generating Less Outrage Than Kavanaugh’s Unlike Trump’s last Supreme Court pick, Barrett is not embroiled in scandal — but that’s not the only reason the temperature is lower this time.
supreme court
Sept. 28, 2020
Palin Threatens Challenge to Murkowski in Deeply Strange Video It’s unclear if Palin is at all serious or just bidding for attention again.
supreme court
Sept. 21, 2020
How a New Conservative Justice Could Affect the Supreme Court A conservative Court would move to the right even more than arithmetic suggests on key issues like abortion as Roberts abandons his balancing role.
Yale Law Professor Jed Rubenfeld Suspended for Sexual Harassment The university found he had harassed students over decades. Rubenfeld says, “I became a target of people making false allegations.”
supreme court
July 27, 2020
Trump’s Next Supreme Court List Could Be Really Extreme Conservatives are again feeling betrayed on abortion and LGBTQ rights. Trump needs to convince them his future picks would be infallibly reactionary.
supreme court
July 17, 2020
RBG Health Scare a Reminder of Republican Plans to Ram Through Nominee This Year Flipping a liberal Supreme Court seat could happen as late as a post-election lame-duck session of the Senate.
supreme court
July 1, 2020
Trump Wants Another Supreme Court Nomination Fight Before November Trump thinks a confirmation battle could excite his base, but it would work both ways, particularly among Democrats who remember Merrick Garland.
supreme court
June 29, 2020
Supreme Court Rejects Louisiana Abortion Restrictions In the end, Chief Justice Roberts couldn’t go along with a quick reversal of a recent precedent.
supreme court
June 18, 2020
Supreme Court Thwarts Trump’s Effort to Kill DACA The Court rebuked Trump for the second time this week, blocking him from ending the program that protects Dreamers from deportation, for now.
lgbtq rights
June 15, 2020
Supreme Court: LGBTQ Workers Protected by Anti-Discrimination Laws The 6-3 decision is a big win for equality, and a big loss for the Trump administration and the Christian right.
federal judiciary
May 29, 2020
Lindsey Graham Asks Older Judges to Retire So Trump Can Replace Them One way to maximize the value of lifetime judicial appointments is to get younger judges, before voters can put Democrats in charge.
Will Kavanaugh Give Trump the Power to Fire Anyone He Pleases? President Trump claims he has an “absolute right” to dismiss federal officials. An imminent Supreme Court ruling could make that true.
supreme court
May 8, 2020
Republicans Ready to Rock and Roll With a Preelection SCOTUS Confirmation Neither charges of hypocrisy, nor peril to his own vulnerable senators, will keep McConnell from adding a conservative to SCOTUS. It’s the ball game.
Unlike Democrats, Republicans Have Politically Weaponized Judicial Appointments Of course Mitch McConnell reconvened the Senate in a pandemic to confirm child-judge Justin Walker. The judiciary is his and Trump’s top priority.
Why Kavanaugh Is the Focus of Republican Attacks on Biden The GOP would prefer to compare Biden to Kavanaugh, a party-unifying figure, rather than Trump himself, accused of far more misconduct.
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