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A Sitting Judge Just Delivered the Most Scathing Critique of This Supreme Court Term

A Sitting Judge Just Delivered the Most Scathing Critique of This Supreme Court Term

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17.07.2026 5

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Supreme Court’s 5–4 Vote in the Birthright Citizenship Case Is a Scandal

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court. Keep up with all of our Supreme Court coverage and...

30.06.2026 10

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Supreme Court Takes One More Big Step Toward Autocracy

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court. Keep up with all of our Supreme Court coverage and...

29.06.2026 10

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Supreme Court’s New Expansion of the Second Amendment Is Genuinely Deranged

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court. Keep up with all of our Supreme Court coverage and...

25.06.2026 9

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Conservative Majority Blew Apart One of the Biggest Myths About This Supreme Court

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court. Keep up with all of our Supreme Court coverage and...

24.06.2026 70

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Mark Joseph Stern

Clarence Thomas Just Gave Border Agents a Terrifying New Power

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court. Keep up with all of our Supreme Court coverage and...

23.06.2026 7

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Supreme Court Quietly Embraced Clarence Thomas’ Theory of Race. It’s Already a Disaster.

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court. Keep up with all of our Supreme Court coverage and...

22.06.2026 10

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Mark Joseph Stern

A MAGA Judge’s Shocking Power Grab Crosses Over Into an Impeachable Offense

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19.05.2026 20

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Mark Joseph Stern

Florida’s Attorney General Is Fighting to Outlaw Surrogacy. Adoption Could Be Next.

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13.05.2026 20

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Supreme Court Just Made Its Awful Voting Rights Decision So Much Worse

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12.05.2026 20

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Clever New Lawsuit That Could Finally End ICE’s Reign of Terror in Blue States

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15.04.2026 20

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Mark Joseph Stern

If Trump Was Trying to Intimidate the Supreme Court on Birthright Citizenship, It Backfired Miserably

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01.04.2026 20

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Mark Joseph Stern

How in the World Was the Supreme Court’s Awful Conversion Therapy Ruling 8–1?

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31.03.2026 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

Last Week’s Landmark Verdicts Against Big Tech Have a Surprise Ally at the Supreme Court

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30.03.2026 20

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Mark Joseph Stern

Trump Just Caved On One of His Biggest Power Grabs

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24.03.2026 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Alito Wing of the Supreme Court Sure Sounds Sold on Trump’s Voter Fraud Lies

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23.03.2026 20

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Mark Joseph Stern

One of Trump’s Worst U.S. Attorneys Just Stepped on the Dumbest Possible Rake

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11.03.2026 40

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Clarence Thomas Just Created a Dangerous New Threat to Mail Voting

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24.02.2026 50

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Mark Joseph Stern

John Roberts’ Rebuke of Trump’s Tariffs Is Withering, Confident, and Genuinely Encouraging

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Mark Joseph Stern

Trump’s Plan for an American Gulag Just Got a Major Boost in Court

11.02.2026 90

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Trump Just Faced the Biggest Supreme Court Defeat of His Second Term So Far

24.12.2025 80

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The Supreme Court Just Gave Anti-Vax Parents an Alarming Win

10.12.2025 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Supreme Court Is About to Hand Trump a Cudgel in the Paramount-Netflix Fight

09.12.2025 90

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Supreme Court Is Poised to Revive a Key Feature of Nixon-Era Corruption

05.12.2025 40

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Mark Joseph Stern

It Turns Out Lindsey Halligan Was a Fake Prosecutor All Along

25.11.2025 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

Trump’s Scheme to Gift the GOP Extra House Seats Just Blew Up in His Face

19.11.2025 20

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Supreme Court’s Tariffs Arguments Were a Bloodbath for Trump

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06.11.2025 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Greatest Threat to Election Day Is Also the Least Popular Policy in America

31.10.2025 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

Trump’s Crackdown on Portland Is Bad Enough. One Judge Has a Plan to Make It Worse.

22.10.2025 20

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Mark Joseph Stern

Democrats Have One Brutal Path to Survival if the Supreme Court Kills the Voting Rights Act

17.10.2025 40

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Supreme Court Is Poised to Rule That It’s Racist to Remedy Racism

16.10.2025 20

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Mark Joseph Stern

With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term

08.10.2025 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Supreme Court Just Rewrote the Constitution to Give Trump Terrifying New Powers

27.09.2025 50

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Mark Joseph Stern

No, the Supreme Court Did Not Give Trump a License to Silence Jimmy Kimmel

19.09.2025 20

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The Supreme Court Just Let ICE Detain Americans Based on Race

09.09.2025 50

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These State Leaders Might Be the Last Line of Defense Against Trump’s Abuses of Power

18.08.2025 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

Trump Just Launched a New Assault on D.C.’s Home Rule. It’s Brazenly Illegal.

15.08.2025 40

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Sudden Panic That SCOTUS Might Overturn Marriage Equality Misses the Real Threat

14.08.2025 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

Republicans May Come to Regret Trump’s Columbia Shakedown

26.07.2025 40

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Mark Joseph Stern

The Supreme Court Is Now Asking Judges to Do the Impossible

24.07.2025 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

What Trump and Pam Bondi Are Doing in New Jersey Is a Bigger Deal Than You Think

23.07.2025 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

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

15.07.2025 40

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Mark Joseph Stern

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

11.07.2025 40

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Mark Joseph Stern

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

09.07.2025 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

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

28.06.2025 40

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Mark Joseph Stern

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

27.06.2025 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

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

20.06.2025 20

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Mark Joseph Stern

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

19.06.2025 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

One Supreme Court Justice Just Keeps Sliding Further to the Right

13.06.2025 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

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

11.06.2025 30

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