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Matt Ford

The Atlantic

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David Souter Changed Supreme Court Nominations Forever

yesterday 7

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Please Stop Trying to Get Kash Patel Fired

thursday 5

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Transgender Rights Are in Grave Peril at the Supreme Court

07.05.2025 6

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How Republicans in Congress Enable Trump’s Tyranny

06.05.2025 10

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The Supreme Court Is Declaring War on Secularism

The Supreme Court Is Declaring War on Secularism
02.05.2025 50

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Will the Supreme Court Save an Apache Sacred Site?

Will the Supreme Court Save an Apache Sacred Site?
30.04.2025 8

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The Trumpian Plot to Take Over the Federal Courts

The Trumpian Plot to Take Over the Federal Courts
28.04.2025 10

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Trump’s War on Immigrants Has Become an Attack on Us All

Trump’s War on Immigrants Has Become an Attack on Us All
25.04.2025 5

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The Supreme Court Looks Eager to Further Undermine Public Schools

The Supreme Court Looks Eager to Further Undermine Public Schools
23.04.2025 5

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The Supreme Court Could Take Another Shot at Voting Rights

22.04.2025 20

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Trump’s Tariffs Could Put the Supreme Court in a Major Bind

18.04.2025 4

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Republicans Are Trying to Steal a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat

16.04.2025 3

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Trump’s Wildly Unconstitutional Plot to Banish U.S. Citizens to Gulags

14.04.2025 80

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The Supreme Court Rewards Trump’s Defiance

09.04.2025 10

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Take Trump’s Third-Term Threats Seriously

03.04.2025 10

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The Supreme Court Looks Likely to Give Religious Groups Another Win

01.04.2025 3

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The Supreme Court’s Illusory Consensus on Ghost Guns

28.03.2025 10

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Elon Musk Is Demolishing the Rationale for Citizens United

24.03.2025 8

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John Roberts’s Rebuke of Trump Isn’t What It Seems

20.03.2025 30

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Trump’s Defiance of the Courts Just Took a Radical Leap

18.03.2025 30

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Trump Is Fighting His Court Losses With a Surprising Legal Tactic

15.03.2025 10

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The Supreme Court Is at a Fork in the Road on Gun Rights

13.03.2025 7

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The Supreme Court Might Re-Legalize LGBTQ Conversion Therapy

11.03.2025 30

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Amy Coney Barrett Isn’t What the Conservative Legal Movement Expected

09.03.2025 8

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The Supreme Court’s Rebuff of Trump Is More Ominous Than It Looks

06.03.2025 6

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The Supreme Court Muddied the Clean Water Act Yet Again

05.03.2025 10

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Trump Is Expanding His Dangerous Cult of Impunity

01.03.2025 20

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How Far Will the Supreme Court Go to Remedy Reverse Discrimination?

27.02.2025 4

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The Supreme Court Delivers a Surprise Ruling for a Death Row Prisoner

26.02.2025 4

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The Law’s Trump-Size Hole Is Suddenly Exposed

25.02.2025 4

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Make DOGE Even Greater Again

21.02.2025 5

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The Latest Case Against Birthright Citizenship Is a Joke

19.02.2025 4

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How John Roberts Teed Up Elon Musk’s War on the Court

14.02.2025 30

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Trump Won His War on the Justice Department

12.02.2025 10

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To Fight Trump, Democrats Must Embrace Gerrymandering

06.02.2025 4

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Elon Musk Has Broken the Constitutional Order

05.02.2025 40

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Trump Is Aiming to Run Roughshod Over the States

03.02.2025 5

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What Were the Trump Think Tanks Doing For the Last Four Years?

30.01.2025 20

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Oklahoma Brings a Religious Freedom Tussle to the Supreme Court’s Door

29.01.2025 4

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Trump’s Legal War on Birthright Citizenship Is Off to a Bad Start

27.01.2025 20

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Memecoins Are the Perfect Trumpian Swindle

23.01.2025 7

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Trump Tests the High Court’s Resolve With Birthright Citizenship Order

22.01.2025 10

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Donald Trump Is Back to Usher In the Second Gilded Age

20.01.2025 50

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The Hilariously Twisted History of the Supreme Court and Porn

17.01.2025 4

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The Right-Wing Judge on a Mission to Destroy ESG Retirement Planning

15.01.2025 7

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Trump’s Quest for Total Presidential Immunity Has Hit a Snag

10.01.2025 30

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The Supreme Court Faces a Major Question About Trump’s Second Term

09.01.2025 10

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Big Oil Has Enlisted Alabama in Their Fight Against California

The Supreme Court receives thousands of petitions each year but only agrees to hear a fraction of them. Sometimes this means the court overlooks...

07.01.2025 10

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John Roberts Is Imagining Things

Chief Justice John Roberts wrapped up 2024 by once again issuing his annual year-end report. Though often brief and dry, it is notable because it...

03.01.2025 50

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How the Silicon Valley Robber Barons’ New Tech Bubble Won 2024

The American economy seems to be doing pretty well right now, at least on paper. Unemployment is low. Stocks are up from last year. Inflation is...

27.12.2024 7

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