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'Citizens United' and the Corporate Court
'Citizens United' and the Corporate Court (Supreme Court, Citizens United, The Constitution, The Courts)

Giving corporations the inalienable right to buy elections.

Jamie Raskin
One Nation by and for the Corporations
One Nation by and for the Corporations (Supreme Court)

Courts that shelter the powerful and evict the little guy.

Dahlia Lithwick
The Roberts Court and Wall Street (Supreme Court, Corporate Lobbying)

The Court’s next project: saving Wall Street from Dodd-Frank.

Michael Greenberger
Isolating America's Workers
Isolating America's Workers (Supreme Court, Labor)

The pendulum swings hard against the rights of labor.

Craig Becker and Judith Scott
Rewriting Antitrust Law (Supreme Court, Law, Mergers and Antitrust)

Helping the big get bigger, the strong get stronger.

Herman Schwartz
A Court Out of Touch (Supreme Court)

Today’s justices do not hear the real America.

Sherrilyn Ifill
The Way Forward
The Way Forward (Supreme Court, The Constitution, The Courts)

Fight for a Court that speaks of and for the rest of us.

Nan Aron

Blogs

One Penis and One Vagina: A Sacred Bond
Tom Tomorrow

Believe that marriage rests on love and compassion? That makes you a pervert.

April 2, 2013
This Week: Deliberating on DOMA and Prop 8
Katrina vanden Heuvel

A watershed moment for marriage equality—and Tony Kushner’s moving essay nearly two decades ago: Introducing The Nation Archive!

March 30, 2013
Why Today's Argument Could Decide the Gay Marriage Debate
Nan Hunter

Hollingsworth v. Perry has a chance of being dismissed without a ruling, leaving a better case to serve as the vehicle for the court's opinion on marriage.

March 29, 2013
What You Need to Know As Prop 8 Hits the Supreme Court
Nan Hunter

Hollingsworth v. Perry is the first gay marriage case ever argued before the Court. What’s it going to take for advocates of equality to win?

March 25, 2013
Anthony Lewis, 1927–2013
Rick Perlstein

The late New York Times columnist believed telling critical truths about your country was a higher form of patriotism.

March 25, 2013
Voting Rights Are Once Again Challenged at the Supreme Court
Ari Berman

In hearing a challenge to Arizona’s proof of citizenship law for voter registration, the Justices will decide what powers Congress has to protect the right to vote.

March 18, 2013
Will the Supreme Court Be Left Behind on Gay Marriage?
Nan Hunter

Amicus briefs from business leaders and prominent Republicans make the conservative case for marriage equality nationwide. Will the Court listen?

March 4, 2013
Ari Berman: Why Is the Voting Rights Act on the Chopping Block?
Nation in the News

Ari Berman appears on Washington Journal to debate the importance of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act—which is currently under review by the Supreme Court.

February 27, 2013
Why We Still Need Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
Ari Berman

New voting restrictions prove why the Voting Rights Act is as relevant as it ever was.

November 12, 2012
Selling the Supreme Court
StudentNation

STUDENT FINALIST: The threat of an even further-right-wing Supreme Court is the forgotten issue of this election. 

October 23, 2012