A Showdown Year for Reproductive Rights
Two potentially sweeping Supreme Court cases set the stage for a seismic shift in the battle over abortion and contraception.
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‘One of the Most Important Indian Law Cases to Go Before the High Court in Half a Century’
The Supreme Court is hearing a case about whether a Choctaw Indian boy's parents are allowed to sue, through tribal courts, a company that employed a man they allege sexually assaulted their son.
Affirmative Action Helps Everyone, Abortions Are Safe, and Felons’ Votes May Matter More Than Ever
Your research guide to the hottest American politics of 2015 and 2016.
Could Scott Walker’s Legal Victory Expand PAC Superpowers?
Proponents of tighter reins on political money worry that a Wisconsin ruling about the governor’s recall campaign could carry seeds of another Citizens United.
Americans Want to Term Limit the Supreme Court—and That’s Exactly Why It’s a Bad Idea
Beware of silver bullets, America.
May It Displease the Court: Affirmative Action, Race, and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
A book on Justice Sonia Sotomayor reveals the bruising backstory to the Texas affirmative action case set to be heard again this fall.
‘Marriage Is a Human Institution; It Doesn’t Come in One Shape That Fits Everybody’
The Supreme Court's landmark decision on same-sex marriage has put the issue of love and contracts front and center, and for legal scholars like Martha Ertman—author of the book Love's Promises: How Formal and Informal Contracts Shape All Kinds of Families—it's about time.
Justice Alito Defends the Lethal Injection Expert Who Did His Research on Drugs.com
The expert ended up prompting a back-and-forth between Supreme Court justices, who narrowly upheld use of a lethal injection drug.
Straight Christians and the New Language of Martyrdom
The Supreme Court’s endorsement of gay marriage has forced homophobia to come out of the closet.
The Huge Victory for LGBT Rights Everyone Missed Amidst the Same-Sex Marriage Celebration
A New Jersey jury just struck a blow against the dangerous way too many Americans think about homosexuality.