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Supreme Court Term Marked by Conservative Majority in Flux
The chief justice’s power waned, and the three Trump justices grew more influential. The term ended with an exclamation point, with the court imposing new limits on the Voting Rights Act.
The Supreme Court’s Newest Justices Produce Some Unexpected Results
In the term so far, including two major decisions on Thursday, the court’s expanded conservative majority is fractured and its liberals are often on the winning side.
Justice Sotomayor, the Supreme Court’s Truth Teller
In her opinions, Justice Sotomayor explains how Supreme Court cases are part of a larger unfolding story of where the country finds itself.
Supreme Court Limits Sweep of Law on Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Violent felonies committed recklessly do not count in deciding whether 15-year terms are required under the Armed Career Criminal Act, the justices ruled.
Justice Clarence Thomas, Long Silent, Has Turned Talkative
The Supreme Court’s orderly telephone arguments, prompted by the pandemic, have given the public a revealing look at its longest-serving member.
Uncomfortable Timing for a Supreme Court Gun Fight
The justices contemplate expanding arms rights in the wake of mass shootings.
This Is What Judicial Activism Looks Like on the Supreme Court
In a dissent, two conservative justices invite a case to overturn a precedent on religion in the workplace that they dislike.
Supreme Court Lets F.C.C. Relax Limits on Media Ownership
The justices said the commission had adequately considered whether easing rules on cross-ownership of radio and TV stations and newspapers would hurt female and minority ownership of media outlets.
Our Lonely Chief Justice
A recent solitary dissent by John Roberts points to his isolation from the court’s other conservatives.
Supreme Court Backs Georgia Gwinnett College Student’s Free Speech Lawsuit
The 8-to-1 ruling said courts may hear suits seeking only nominal damages. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., dissenting, said the majority had turned judges into advice columnists.
Absolutists Are Taking Over the Anti-Abortion Movement
Taking their cue from Trump, they are going all out to overturn Roe v. Wade.
We Still Have to Worry About the Supreme Court and Elections
The justices are about to consider whether the Voting Rights Act applies to policies that restrict the vote.
Supreme Court Weighs Limits of ‘Hot Pursuit’ by Police
The court has said that the police need no warrants to enter the homes of fleeing felons. Does that exception also apply to people suspected of minor crimes?
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Pennsylvania Election Case on Mailed Ballots
In dissent, three justices said the court should have used the case to provide guidance in future elections.
Chief Justice Praises the Courts’ Responses to the Pandemic
In a year that included an impeachment trial, the death of a colleague and the arrival of a new one, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.’s year-end report focused on the health crisis.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Choice
Will she join the Supreme Court’s grievance conservatives?
The Supreme Court Is Now 6-3. What Does That Mean?
Will we see a cohesive conservative alliance? Or a disparate group of conservative justices?
Amy Coney Barrett’s Rise Is a Threat to Gay Rights
Many of us thought gays and lesbians had won the marriage battle. Maybe not.
Amy Coney Barrett’s Originalism Threatens Our Freedoms
Do we really want out rights to be determined by the understandings of centuries ago?
Supreme Court Won’t Immediately Revive Abortion-Pill Restriction
A federal judge, citing the pandemic, had suspended a federal requirement that women seeking medication abortions pick up a pill in person.
In the Supreme Court’s Trump Tax Ruling, Voters Lose
The justices reiterated that no president is above the law, but voters still won’t see his taxes before November.
Supreme Court Limits S.E.C.’s Power to Recoup Ill-Gotten Gains
But the justices rejected a request that they rule the agency can never sue for disgorgement of profits obtained by fraud.
Abolishing Qualified Immunity Is Unlikely to Alter Police Behavior
A host of reasons raise questions about the effectiveness of this reform.
The Supreme Court Says Gay Rights Are Civil Rights
The Supreme Court says you can’t be fired for being gay or transgender.
The Supreme Court, Too, Is on the Brink
The polarization roiling the country has the Supreme Court in its grip.
George Floyd, Police Accountability and the Supreme Court
The courts protected police abuses for years before George Floyd’s death. It’s time to rethink “qualified immunity.”
Passed By for Decades, Clarence Thomas Is a New Symbol of the Trump Era
He isn’t yet the pop culture star that Ruth Bader Ginsburg — “Notorious R.B.G.” to many — is. But his fans think he could be.
A Precedent Overturned Reveals a Supreme Court in Crisis
Separate opinions in a case show nine justices pursuing agendas far removed from the dispute at hand.