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Tag Archives: Supreme Court (US)
It’s July 4, 2022, and Somehow We Are Still Talking About Trump
Biden can’t possibly like the chatter about him, either.
Did the Supreme Court Open the Door to Reviving One of Its Worst Decisions?
Lochner v. New York, a 1905 decision on labor law, is imprinted on today’s law students as an example of bad jurisprudence. But those old days could be returning.
Supreme Court’s E.P.A. Ruling Shifts More Power Away From Congress
What was once a dialogue between the branches has become almost entirely one-sided, with the justices accumulating clout at lawmakers’ expense.
The National Ambitions of States’ Rights Reactionaries
Will a red-state social order be imposed on the rest of the country?
The Anti-Abortion Movement Wants to Punish Women for Having Sex
In the America where I came of age, I was told my life was worth more than my ability to have babies. And my sexuality was nothing to be ashamed of.
The E.P.A. Ruling Goes Beyond Coal Regulation
The decision issued a warning shot across the bow of the administrative state.
With Climate Agenda Stalled at Home, Biden Still Hopes to Lead Abroad
The United States has demonstrated international leadership on climate change in the past, but recent setbacks are presenting new challenges for President Biden.
What We Learned This Term About the Supreme Court’s Shift to the Right
The blockbuster decisions — on abortion, guns, religion and climate — told part of the story. But the court’s abrupt rightward shift ran through its entire docket.
The Court vs. the Climate
The Supreme Court seems unconcerned with climate change.
How Overturning Roe v Wade Will Impact Texas Families
Even some anti-abortion adherents say Texas is failing families left impoverished by its war against abortion.
On Guns, a Supreme Court Head-Scratcher: Is a Colonial Musket ‘Analogous’ to an AR-15?
And other questions about gun regulations then and now.
The Supreme Court’s E.P.A. Decision Is More Gloom Than Doom
The most profound effect of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency may ultimately be cultural.
The Single Best Guide I’ve Heard to the Supreme Court’s Rightward Shift
The legal scholar Kate Shaw walks me through the Supreme Court’s decades-long conservative counterrevolution.
E.P.A. Ruling Is Milestone in Long Pushback to Regulation of Business
The decision created greater opportunities for business interests to challenge regulations, reflecting conservative legal theories developed to rein in administrative agencies.
Supreme Court Limits E.P.A.’s Ability to Restrict Power Plant Emissions
The case considered the Environmental Protection Agency’s powers under the Clean Air Act.
These Companies Will Cover Travel Expenses for Employee Abortions
Dozens of companies have committed to helping their employees get access to reproductive care.
Protection of the Rights to Contraception and Same-Sex Marriage and Intimacy Is in the Constitution
Why the Supreme Court should not overturn the right to same-sex marriage.
What Does the West Virginia vs. E.P.A. Ruling Mean?
The Supreme Court’s ruling in a case involving the E.P.A. could mean many other types of regulations might now be harder to defend.
The climate math just got harder
The Supreme Court has said the E.P.A. can’t broadly regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. We look at what it means.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Becomes First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice
Her confirmation comes as the newly expanded conservative majority moves to give states more control over things like abortion and energy policy.
Court Decision Leaves Biden With Few Tools to Combat Climate Change
A Supreme Court ruling, combined with an energy crunch and intraparty politics, makes it nearly impossible for President Biden to achieve his climate goals.
Supreme Court to Hear Case on State Legislatures’ Power Over Elections
The case, about a North Carolina voting map, has the potential to amplify the influence of state lawmakers over federal elections.
Supreme Court Sides With Biden’s Efforts to End ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program
The program, adopted during the Trump administration, requires some migrants to wait in Mexico while their cases are heard.
Biden Calls Supreme Court Ruling on Roe v. Wade ‘Outrageous Behavior’
The president also said for the first time that he supported ending the filibuster to codify the right to abortion.
A Powerful Court
In other advanced democracies, the courts are more restrained.
I’m a New York City Liberal, and I Want a Gun
The recent Supreme Court decision on carrying handguns helps people like me.
Dobbs Is Not the Only Reason to Question the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court
America’s age of norms is over.
Women Will Save Us
In the face of recent threats to the country, women have stepped up more than men.
The Supreme Court Takes Us Back … Way Back
Think about what the world was really like before Roe.
Is the Supreme Court Facing a Legitimacy Crisis?
Warnings of the court’s declining credibility are hardly new, but after Roe’s fall, they’ve intensified and moved well beyond the bench.
Revisiting Justice Stephen Breyer’s Curious (and Strangely Timed) Defense of the Court
In a book published last year, Breyer depicted the Supreme Court as an apolitical institution that sticks to its guiding principles.
Supreme Court Ruling Allows State to Prosecute Non-Indians on Reserveland in Oklahoma
The decision followed a landmark 2020 decision that said much of eastern Oklahoma falls within an Indian reservation, limiting the authority of state prosecutors.
Supreme Court Narrows Ruling for Tribes in Oklahoma
The decision followed a landmark 2020 ruling that said much of eastern Oklahoma falls within Indian reservation lands, limiting the authority of state prosecutors.
America’s Death Penalty Sentences Are Slowly Grinding to a Halt
The numbers of executions and death sentences are falling.
Women Wonder What’s Next for Abortion Rights After Roe’s Reversal
After the reversal of Roe v. Wade, some women are reconsidering their plans, including where they live, and wondering how best to channel their anger.
Supreme Court Revives Republican-Drawn Voting Map in Louisiana
A federal judge had ordered lawmakers to redraw the state’s six congressional districts to include two in which Black voters were in the majority.
The U.S. Abortion Map
What access to the procedure now looks like across America.
What the Reversal of Roe Means for Women’s Work
Women pay a greater price for freedom than do men.
With N.Y. Gun Law Struck Down, States Scramble to Respond
Lawmakers will consider creating many weapon-free zones, making handgun bans the default condition in businesses, and in New Jersey might require those who carry to be insured.
Mitch McConnell’s Court Delivers
While Democrats seethe, the Senate Republican leader sees the fruits of his efforts to install an aggressive conservative majority on the Supreme Court.
Lessons From the Terrible Triumph of the Anti-Abortion Movement
What pro-choice activists can learn from their enemies.
After Dobbs: What Can Be Done?
Readers suggest compromise legislation, offshore abortion clinics, expanding the Supreme Court and more. Also: Justices Thomas and Kavanaugh; Mike Pence; bathing suits.
Women on Why They’re Stocking Up on the Morning-After Pill
Sales of the emergency contraceptive surged after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Supreme Court Sides With Coach Over Prayers on 50-Yard Line
Joseph Kennedy, a former high school football coach in Bremerton, Wash., had a constitutional right to pray on the field after his team’s games, the justices ruled.
The Impatient, Ambitious Five
After abortion, how is the Supreme Court likely to change American society next?
Inside Four Abortion Clinics the Day Roe Ended
We hear from clinic doctors and staff members about what Friday was like for them.
The Supreme Court’s Fighting Words
Dobbs and Bruen revealed the sweeping terribleness of the current court’s reasoning.
The Politicization of the Supreme Court Is Eroding Its Legitimacy
That’s a scary situation for American democracy.
The Final Days of Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic
The Jackson Women’s Health Organization was at the center of the case that overturned Roe v. Wade. Already, supporters are planning new ways to help women in one of the poorest spots in the nation get access to abortions.