When one of the high court’s staunchest defenders of LGBTQ rights, Justice Anthony Kennedy, retired in 2018, most court watchers expected those rights to only get rolled back. Enter a strict textualist.
Read morePresiding over an impeachment trial, Chief Justice John Roberts will seek to embody the judicial independence he often promotes. But the remainder of the Supreme Court term may be a tougher test.
Read moreInto an especially volatile political environment, a coming wave of hot-button Supreme Court decisions is set to crash. The cultural impact may extend to the institution itself.
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Sometimes, the decisions made on the “shadow docket” of the Supreme Court may wind up having more significance.
Read moreThe mere act of adding a citizenship question to the U.S. census was not the main concern of a divided Supreme Court. What concerned the justices was motive.
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As chief justice, John Roberts must both protect the U.S. Supreme Court’s integrity in a polarized era and be true to his conservative values. How might he balance both goals?
Read moreDuring confirmation hearings, Judge Brett Kavanaugh showed two distinct sides: a cool-headed umpire and a fiery partisan. The question now is, which one is likely to show up at the Supreme Court?
Read moreThe nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh has exposed questions of judicial partisanship like never before, legal experts say. Judges have never just mechanically applied the law, but is how they use their discretion changing?
Read moreSince the first travel ban was issued in January 2017, legal observers have asked whether the courts should extend the same kind of deference to President Trump shown to more traditional chief executives. Today, five Supreme Court justices answered yes.
Read moreThe final week in June is always a big one for Supreme Court watchers, and this week will bring major decisions on the Trump White House’s travel ban and the future of public unions. Today, the justices issued a ruling with “huge ramifications” for voting rights law.
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