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Posted inNonfiction

‘They Were Growing Seedlings…Which Would Sprout To Become Supreme Court Justices’

by Hope Reese December 17, 2019December 30, 2022

Ruth Marcus discusses the Federalist Society’s 30-year Justice-grooming project, the botched investigations, and everything else that brought us “too big to fail” Brett Kavanaugh.

Posted inNonfiction

In Sickness, In Health — and In Prison

by mikedang August 19, 2019January 18, 2023

Most people know prisoners can marry. Few remember the co-ed prison, the impromptu courthouse wedding and the Supreme Court ruling that allows them to do so.

Posted inNonfiction

We Still Don’t Know How to Navigate the Cultural Legacy of Eugenics

by Audrey Farley June 19, 2019February 24, 2023

From abortion to immigration, a long-debunked scientific movement still casts long, confusing shadows over our most fraught debates.

Posted inBooks, Current Events, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Unapologetic Women

Preparing for a Post-Roe America

by Laura Barcella February 15, 2019October 19, 2022

Activist and author Robin Marty says the biggest threat facing women in a post-Roe America would be arrest, not death.

Posted inBlog Post, Commentary, Current Events, Unapologetic Women

Did We Learn From Anita Hill?

by Danielle Tcholakian September 19, 2018October 19, 2022

Or will Democrats sell out Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, too?

Posted inBooks, Current Events, History, Nonfiction, Story

Above It All: How the Court Got So Supreme

by Longreads September 6, 2018October 19, 2022

Secrecy and speechifying, collegiality and hierarchy, exceptionalism and opulence on the Supreme Court.

Posted inCommentary, Current Events

The Far Right’s Fight Against Race-Conscious School Admissions

by Danielle Jackson July 16, 2018October 19, 2022

Jeff Sessions and the Justice Department rescinded Obama-era policy documents that provided guidelines on affirmative action.

Rescue workers aiding victims of the car attack in Charlottesville.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Quotes

Dear Chief Justice John Roberts: Our Country Has Not Changed

by heymarkarms August 14, 2017October 19, 2022

The president’s failure to condemn Charlottesville is directly linked to voter suppression in the United States.

the front of the supreme court of nevada, a large door flanked by stairs and pillars
Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Quotes

Schrödinger’s Convict: Actually Innocent, Actually a Felon

by michelleweber May 31, 2017October 19, 2022

An “Alford plea” gets an innocent man out of jail, but keeps him on the books as a convicted felon.

Posted inBooks, Story

Norma McCorvey Versus Jane Roe

by Longreads May 4, 2017October 19, 2022

In 1970, a homeless woman pregnant with her third child met with two lawyers at a pizzeria in Dallas. Did it matter, in the end, who Jane Roe really was?

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