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April 28, 2023
Democrats Respond to the Festering Supreme Court Rot by… Calling a Hearing
It’s time for Congress to start treating the Supreme Court like it’s subject to law, not to the ethically compromised whims of its nine members.
Elie Mystal
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March 2, 2023
Student Debtors Need the Supreme Court to Not Be Wildly Unprincipled for a Change
For Biden’s student debt plan to survive, the court’s conservatives have to do something they hate doing: apply their rules consistently.
Cristian Farias
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February 17, 2023
The Supreme Court Can’t Even Agree on a Code of Ethics for Itself
Since the high court won’t police itself, it’s time for someone else to institute ethics reform for it—no matter what the naysayers argue.
Elie Mystal
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January 11, 2023
The Supreme Court Is About to Make It Even Riskier to Strike
The Roberts court is famously anti-union. With Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters, it’s poised to make it easier for employers to sue striking workers.
Elie Mystal
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June 22, 2022
The Supreme Court Strikes Another Blow to the Separation of Church and State
In a new ruling, the theocrats on the court turned one of the nation’s fundamental principles on its head.
Elie Mystal
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June 20, 2022
The Problem of the Supreme Court
It’s time to admit that the nation’s highest court has been a source of harm more often than it’s been a force for justice.
Louis Michael Seidman
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January 24, 2022
John Roberts Gets an F on His Annual Report
The chief justice’s year-end appraisal of the federal judiciary reads as innocuous at first glance—it’s anything but.
Elie Mystal
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December 10, 2021
The Supreme Court’s Texas Abortion Ruling Isn’t the Victory Many Want It to Be
Sonia Sotomayor said it best: “The Court should have put an end to this madness months ago.… It failed to do so [earlier], and it fails again today.”
Elie Mystal
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September 30, 2021
This Supreme Court Term, Conservatives Have One Aim: Stop Progress
During the next nine months, conservatives justices will use their power to attack abortion rights, weaken gun regulations, and rewind the clock to a darker age.
Elie Mystal
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July 21, 2021
The Democrats Are Bungling Voting Rights—but Not in the Way You Think
The John Lewis Voting Rights Act is a valuable piece of legislation. So is the For the People Act. Both are destined to fail in front of the Supreme Court.
Elie Mystal