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The Supreme Court’s Latest Gift to Trump Is a Dark Turning Point

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One MAGA Judge’s Campaign for the Supreme Court Keeps Leading to Humiliation

11.07.2025 6

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The Supreme Court’s Super-Neutral Principle That Applies Only to Democratic Presidents

09.07.2025 20

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The Supreme Court Just Handed RFK Jr. New and Extraordinarily Frightening Power

28.06.2025 40

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The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling Could Not Be More Disastrous

27.06.2025 9

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In a Stunning Critique, Ketanji Brown Jackson Nails One of This Court’s Worst Traits

20.06.2025 3

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John Roberts’ Anti-Trans Opinion Isn’t Just Cruel. It’s Incomprehensible.

19.06.2025 60

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One Supreme Court Justice Just Keeps Sliding Further to the Right

13.06.2025 90

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Trump’s Deployment of the National Guard in L.A. Has Serious Legal Flaws

11.06.2025 30

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The Criminal Case Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia Is Highly Suspect

10.06.2025 10

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Trump’s Second Term Shows That John Roberts’ Worst Opinion Is Also His Biggest Mistake

27.05.2025 40

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Donald Trump’s Attempt to Destroy Due Process Ran Into a Wall at the Supreme Court

17.05.2025 40

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The Supreme Court Approved Trump’s Trans Military Purge in the Most Shameful Way Possible

07.05.2025 80

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Alito Got the Single Most Important Fact Wrong in His Emergency Deportation Case Dissent

22.04.2025 40

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The Supreme Court’s Late-Night Rebuke to Trump Is Extraordinary in More Ways Than One

19.04.2025 2

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A Federal Judge Is on the Brink of Criminally Prosecuting Trump Officials for Contempt

17.04.2025 70

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The Supreme Court’s New 5–4 Bailout for Trump Couldn’t Be More Ominous

08.04.2025 200

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Trump Administration Debuts Legal Blueprint for Disappearing Anyone It Wants

08.04.2025 300

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Trump Is Asking the Supreme Court To Let Him Have Black Sites

02.04.2025 200

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Maybe Neil Gorsuch’s Flip on Ghost Guns Shouldn’t Have Come as a Surprise

27.03.2025 6

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What Does Trump Have to Gain by Pissing Off John Roberts? The Answer Is Concerning.

21.03.2025 10

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A Conservative Giant Just Gave the Supreme Court Reason To Uphold Youth Gun Bans

18.03.2025 10

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A Key Official Is Trying to Weasel Out of Testifying About Trump’s Mass Firings. Good Luck!

12.03.2025 10

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A Huge Triumph of the LGBTQ+ Movement Is Suddenly in Peril at the Supreme Court

11.03.2025 20

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Supreme Court Rules the Clean Water Act Doesn’t Actually Require That Water Be Clean

04.03.2025 4

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Sonia Sotomayor Just Dealt a Major Blow to Shady Prosecutors

26.02.2025 10

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The Supreme Court Ducked Another Big Abortion Case. Clarence Thomas Is Livid.

25.02.2025 6

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Why Is the DOJ Pretending Like Elon Musk Isn’t in Charge of DOGE?

21.02.2025 20

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Eighteen “Pro-Life” States Demand the Freedom to Persecute American Babies

05.02.2025 200

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Trump’s Budget Debacle Reveals a Major Flaw in His Shock-and-Awe Approach

31.01.2025 30

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Trump’s NLRB Purge Is About Much More Than Crushing Organized Labor

30.01.2025 20

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The Fallout From Trump’s Illegal Spending Freeze Is Just Beginning

28.01.2025 3

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How State Prosecutors Can Send Jan. 6 Offenders Back to Prison

23.01.2025 6

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Why Trump’s Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship Will Backfire at the Supreme Court

21.01.2025 4

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Will Clarence Thomas Stay on the Supreme Court Long Enough to Keep His Wife Relevant?

20.01.2025 9

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The Supreme Court Nailed Its Decision to Uphold the TikTok Ban

17.01.2025 3

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The Supreme Court Changed Its Mind About Online Porn

16.01.2025 10

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This New Immigration Bill That’s About to Pass Is a Horrifying Trojan Horse

10.01.2025 7

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What Aileen Cannon Is Trying to Do With Jack Smith’s Trump Report Is Actually Lawless

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08.01.2025 4

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Dear Jurisprudence: Can Donald Trump Wave a Wand to Get Rid of Birthright Citizenship?

Tweet Share Share Comment This week’s episode of Amicus is a mailbag special in which Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern answer listeners’...

29.12.2024 5

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A Court Called Out Clarence Thomas’ Gun Extremism. He Didn’t Take It Well.

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10.12.2024 4

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Don’t Mistake Neil Gorsuch’s Abrupt Recusal for Actual Ethics

Tweet Share Share Comment On Wednesday afternoon, Supreme Court clerk Scott Harris sent a very unusual letter to lawyers involved with an upcoming...

06.12.2024 5

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The Hidden Danger of the Supreme Court’s New Trans Rights Case

Tweet Share Share Comment The Supreme Court hears arguments on Wednesday in Skrmetti v. U.S., a case of such immense importance to constitutional...

04.12.2024 50

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The Hunter Biden Pardon Is Defensible and Perverse

Tweet Share Share Comment President Joe Biden’s sweeping pardon of his son Hunter on Sunday reflects an attitude toward clemency that is at once...

02.12.2024 10

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This Election’s Surprising Bright Spot for Progressives Is a Very Big Deal

Tweet Share Share Comment The 2024 election marked a painful setback for Democratic hopes of rebalancing the federal judiciary: When Donald Trump...

20.11.2024 10

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Matt Gaetz Would Destroy the Justice Department as Attorney General. That’s Just the Beginning.

Tweet Share Share Comment On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Republican Congressman Matthew Gaetz to lead the Department...

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A SCOTUS Short-Lister Has Flip-Flopped to Embrace One of Trump’s Worst Positions

Tweet Share Share Comment Judge James Ho secured his spot on Donald Trump’s likely Supreme Court short list by staking out extreme, far-right...

13.11.2024 30

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John Roberts Bet Big on Trump—and Won

Tweet Share Share Comment You have to hand it to John Roberts: The chief justice played his cards right. For more than a year now, Roberts has...

08.11.2024 40

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Meet the Extremist Trump Judges Likely to Shift the Supreme Court Even Further Right

Tweet Share Share Comment In his first term, Donald Trump reshaped the federal courts in his image, installing far-right jurists at every level of...

07.11.2024 20

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The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide

Tweet Share Share Comment On Tuesday, many Americans simultaneously voted to protect abortion rights and elect Donald Trump president. But these...

06.11.2024 3

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