Secrecy and speechifying, collegiality and hierarchy, exceptionalism and opulence on the Supreme Court.
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Posted inCommentary, Current Events
The Far Right’s Fight Against Race-Conscious School Admissions
Jeff Sessions and the Justice Department rescinded Obama-era policy documents that provided guidelines on affirmative action.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Quotes
Dear Chief Justice John Roberts: Our Country Has Not Changed
The president’s failure to condemn Charlottesville is directly linked to voter suppression in the United States.
Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Quotes
Schrödinger’s Convict: Actually Innocent, Actually a Felon
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
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?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Even Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Pushups Are Inspiring
Ben Schreckinger meets Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s personal trainer and tries to emulate RBG’s routine.
Posted inEditor's Pick
I Did Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Workout. It Nearly Broke Me.
An investigation of “the world’s most important workout,” featuring the personal trainer responsible for keeping Ruth Bader Ginsburg in top-notch shape.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Who Is Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch? A Reading List
“Echo of Scalia.” “Originalist.” “Hostile to women’s health care.”
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Another Supreme Court Death Penalty Ruling, Issued 43 Years Ago Today
In a headline-making decision issued earlier today, the Supreme Court ruled against three Oklahoma death row inmates in Glossip v. Gross, upholding the use of a sedative called midazolam for lethal injections. Interestingly, Glossip v. Gross isn’t the first time the court has issued a major death penalty decision on June 29. 43 years ago today, the Supreme Court issued another 5-to-4 […]
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
‘They Ask for Equal Dignity in the Eyes of the Law. The Constitution Grants Them that Right’
The nature of injustice is that we may not always see it in our own times. The generations that wrote and ratified the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment did not presume to know the extent of freedom in all of its dimensions, and so they entrusted to future generations a charter protecting the […]