Their efforts to seem consistent can clash with respect for precedent in the usual sense. But a new article argues that personal precedents have a role to play as legal building blocks.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 22, 2022
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The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas

The Supreme Court justice and his wife battled for years for a more conservative America. New reporting shows how far she was willing to go after Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 21, 2022
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‘Constitutional Conservatives’ Have Some Reading Up to Do

When a “federal takeover of elections” is nothing of the kind.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 4, 2021
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The Supreme Court Has Gone Off the Rails

Justices who once derided judicial “meddling” are now meddlers themselves.

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The New York Times 7:00 pm on September 14, 2021
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When Politics Isn’t About Principle

From vaccine mandates to religious liberty, your allies often matter more than your ideology.

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The New York Times 7:00 am on September 12, 2021
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The Conservative Lawyer Behind the Texas Abortion Law

Jonathan Mitchell has never had a high profile in the anti-abortion movement, but he developed and promoted the legal approach that has flummoxed the courts and enraged abortion rights supporters.

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The New York Times 9:47 am on May 20, 2021
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The Free Ride May Soon Be Over for Anti-Abortion Politicians

Until now, the courts have saved them from their efforts to restrict the procedure.

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The New York Times 7:13 pm on April 15, 2021
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The Supreme Court Is Making New Law in the Shadows

The justices are defying their procedural rules to rewrite the Constitution.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on November 2, 2020
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Has the Court Learned Nothing From Bush v. Gore?

Apparently not.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 21, 2020
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Amy Coney Barrett’s Originalism Threatens Our Freedoms

Do we really want out rights to be determined by the understandings of centuries ago?

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 12, 2020
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Don’t Be So Sure a Justice Barrett Would Overturn Roe

She has already been called an extremist on questions of precedent. But in her writing, she has expressed a decidedly mainstream view.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on September 28, 2020
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The Past, Present and Future of Amy Coney Barrett

The judge’s nomination to the Supreme Court has enthused conservatives. What does her record say about the role she might play as a justice?

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The New York Times 11:05 pm on September 27, 2020
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Why Voting in This U.S. Election Will Not Be Equal

The first episode of of our four-part series, Stressed Election, focuses on voter suppression in Georgia, where a growing Black and Latino population is on the precipice of exercising its political voice, if they get the chance to vote.

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The New York Times 9:50 pm on September 22, 2020
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End the Poisonous Process of Picking Supreme Court Justices

I’m a libertarian-conservative. We need to depoliticize the court and appoint members to a single 18-year-term.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on September 22, 2020
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The Ginsburg-Scalia Act Was Not a Farce

There is a lot for us to learn, not just from their friendship, but from their intellectual combat.

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The New York Times 5:10 am on September 20, 2020
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Shadow of Merrick Garland Hangs Over the Next Supreme Court Fight

The fight over the confirmation of Judge Garland in 2016 set the tone for an even more brutal battle over who should succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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The New York Times 9:43 pm on September 19, 2020
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Ginsburg Expected to Lie in Repose at the Supreme Court

Plans for a commemoration and services have yet to be made final, but large crowds are expected to pay their respects for a justice who became a feminist icon and liberal hero.

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