John Roberts Dismantled the ‘Crown Jewel’ of the Civil-Rights Movement John Roberts Dismantled the ‘Crown Jewel’ of the Civil-Rights Movement
The Supreme Court said that times have changed. So why were 180 restrictive voting laws passed after it gutted the Voting Rights Act?
Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / Theodore M. Shaw
It Just Got a Lot Harder for Americans to Have Their Day in Court It Just Got a Lot Harder for Americans to Have Their Day in Court
By rewriting the rules for civil complaints, the Supreme Court denied access to poor and middle-class people—and handed a big gift to corporate interests.
Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / Arthur R. Miller
The Many Sins of ‘Citizens United’ The Many Sins of ‘Citizens United’
In order to get the ruling they wanted, the conservative justices had to ignore an extensive record on political corruption.
Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Is the Death Penalty Unconstitutional? Is the Death Penalty Unconstitutional?
Following a controversial ruling over lethal injections, Justice Breyer suggested that capital punishment may violate the 8th Amendment. It’s time to bring that case to court.
Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / George H. Kendall
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Parents Tried to Desegregate Their Schools. The Roberts Court Said No. Parents Tried to Desegregate Their Schools. The Roberts Court Said No.
The conservative majority rewrote decades of equal protection law in the name of a fictional color-blind Constitution.
Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / William Yeomans
Here’s How to Cop Watch Here’s How to Cop Watch
Everyone should know how to do this.
Sep 23, 2015 / Muna Mire
We Don’t Even Know How Best to Use Body Cameras—Let Alone Regulate Them We Don’t Even Know How Best to Use Body Cameras—Let Alone Regulate Them
Don’t expect an end to police brutality by giving law enforcement a new tool for their arsenal.
Sep 23, 2015 / Ava Kofman
Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow
Will the result be a spreading or curtailing of the new US-Russian Cold War?
Sep 23, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Case Against the Roberts Court The Case Against the Roberts Court
In the decade since John Roberts was appointed chief justice, the Supreme Court has favored the powerful at the expense of everyone else.
Sep 23, 2015 / Feature / Nan Aron and Kyle C. Barry
The Second Amendment Was Never Meant to Protect an Individual’s Right to a Gun The Second Amendment Was Never Meant to Protect an Individual’s Right to a Gun
How the Supreme Court upended the well-established meaning of the Second Amendment.
Sep 23, 2015 / Feature / Dorothy Samuels