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John Roberts
obamacare
July 10, 2019
Suit to Destroy Obamacare Slouches Toward Supreme Court
If oral arguments in the Fifth Circuit are any indication, SCOTUS and the GOP will receive a “gift” they don’t need: the extinction of Obamacare.
By
Ed Kilgore
2020 census
July 2, 2019
Trump Toys With Delaying 2020 Census, Maybe Defying Constitution
After the Supreme Court rejected his rationale for a citizenship question, Trump is mulling a pricy delay or perhaps constitutional brinkmanship.
By
Ed Kilgore
gerrymandering
June 27, 2019
How Badly Did the Supreme Court Damage Democracy Today?
Intelligencer staffers discuss consequential rulings on partisan gerrymandering and the U.S. census.
By
Benjamin Hart
and
Ed Kilgore
supreme court
June 27, 2019
Supreme Court Puts Census Citizenship Question on Hold — for Now
In a 5–4 decision, the Court told the Trump administration to supply a better rationale for a Census citizenship question. Whether it can is unclear.
By
Ed Kilgore
u.s. supreme court
June 27, 2019
Supreme Court Gives Green Light to Partisan Gerrymandering
The brief window for federal court scrutiny of an intensely anti-democratic practices has come and gone.
By
Ed Kilgore
supreme court
June 21, 2019
Another SCOTUS Precedent Falls. Could
Roe
Be Next?
For the second time this term, the court’s conservative majority has reversed a major Supreme Court precedent. Could
Roe v. Wade
be far behind?
By
Ed Kilgore
reproductive rights
May 24, 2019
The Legal Fight Over Alabama’s Abortion Law Begins
Other, less drastic abortion laws are more likely to provide Supreme Court conservatives with the pretext to begin unraveling reproductive rights.
By
Ed Kilgore
census
Apr. 23, 2019
How Disastrous Is Adding a Citizenship Question to the Census?
Benjamin Hart and Ed Kilgore discuss SCOTUS’s apparent willingness to let the Trump administration get away with undercounting the population.
By
Benjamin Hart
and
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Mar. 19, 2019
Democrats Don’t Want to ‘Pack the Supreme Court’ — They Want to Reform It
Democrats are open to reforms that would prevent partisan majorities from dictating policy to a divided nation by fiat. That’s not “court packing.”
By
Eric Levitz
supreme court
Feb. 7, 2019
Supreme Court Deals Blow to Anti-Abortion Movement, But It May Only Be Temporary
Roberts joined liberals in keeping a lower court from defying Supreme Court precedents. What that means for the future of
Roe
v.
Wade
is unclear.
By
Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh hearings
Sept. 5, 2018
Most Americans Can’t Name a Supreme Court Justice
This fact is crucial to a choice the Democrats made when deciding their strategy to oppose Kavanaugh
By
Ed Kilgore
supreme court
Aug. 21, 2018
Kavanaugh Thinks
Roe
v.
Wade
Is ‘Settled Law.’ That Doesn’t Mean It’s Safe.
Kavanaugh echoes John Roberts’s assurance that he acknowledges precedents protecting abortion rights. But precedents have been and will be overturned.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 5, 2018
Kavanaugh Remains SCOTUS Front-runner Despite Right-Wing Backlash
Abortion hard-liners and Bush haters are prominent in attacks on Kavanaugh, but he’s no Harriet Miers, and remains the front-runner for Trump’s nod.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 3, 2018
Are Democrats Crying Wolf on Threat to Abortion Rights?
The threat to abortion rights is very real, even if conservatives have grown adept at pretending otherwise.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 27, 2018
Steps the Next Supreme Court Might Take to Roll Back Abortion Rights
Kennedy’s retirement doesn’t mean
Roe
will be overturned immediately, but a more conservative Court is likely to allow many new abortion restrictions.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 27, 2018
Supreme Court Topples Precedent to Hobble Public Unions
In a major blow to labor, public-sector unions will have to represent nonmembers without compensation.
By
Ed Kilgore
the law
June 26, 2018
It’s Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Now
The court’s decision upholding the president’s travel ban shows the that the conservative majority has no intention of standing up to him.
By
Cristian Farias
the law
June 22, 2018
The Supreme Court Just Put a Ding in the Surveillance State
Chief Justice Roberts broke from his fellow conservatives to make cell-phone location data less accessible to cops.
By
Cristian Farias
roe v. wade
May 23, 2018
Trump Is the Most Substantively Anti-Abortion President Ever
Other Republican presidents have talked a good game against abortion. But Trump has delivered.
By
Ed Kilgore
Apr. 17, 2018
Gorsuch Sides With Court Liberals — But Follows Scalia — in Deportation Case
If someone can explain to Trump that his pet SCOTUS Justice was just following Scalia, he may remain calm about a decision stopping deportations.
By
Ed Kilgore
Feb. 20, 2018
Clarence Thomas Angry That SCOTUS Doesn’t Love Guns
Thomas can’t seem to get three other conservative justices to get aggressive in defending gun rights. So he’s drawing attention to the problem.
By
Ed Kilgore
Jan. 10, 2018
Are Republicans Violating Your Right Not to Vote?
Maintaining the right to vote may depend on keeping people who don’t always vote on the rolls, as a Ohio case before the Supreme Court shows.
By
Ed Kilgore
the supremes
June 19, 2017
The First Amendment Won Big at the Supreme Court Today
The court handed down rulings that could make the Washington Redskins and anyone blocked on Twitter by Donald Trump very happy.
By
Cristian Farias
Apr. 27, 2017
Supreme Court Not Amused by DoJ’s Argument on Deporting Naturalized Citizens
“Oh, come on!” said Chief Justice Roberts on hearing the argument.
By
Ed Kilgore
Apr. 10, 2017
Get Used to Justice Gorsuch — He Might Still Be on the Supreme Court in 2050
Officially sworn in today at age 49, he is young enough to threaten the record for longest SCOTUS tenure.
By
Ed Kilgore
Apr. 18, 2016
Don’t Count on Justice Roberts Saving Obama’s Immigration Plan
Court-watchers had thought the chief justice might find a procedural issue on which to reverse a lower-court invalidation. Oral arguments didn’t show much hope of that.
By
Ed Kilgore
the supremes
June 25, 2014
The Supreme Court Describes Cell-Phone Obsession
The Court ruled unanimously that cell-phone searches require warrants.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the supremes
Apr. 29, 2014
Scalia, Roberts Think Having Two Cell Phones Is Very Strange, Suspicious
The Supreme Court continues its streak of not knowing much about technology.
By
Joe Coscarelli
June 26, 2013
Frank Rich on the National Circus: Gay Marriage Triumphs, Roberts Be Damned
The chief justice is no match for history.
By
Frank Rich
the supremes
Mar. 28, 2013
John Roberts Keeps Telling People About His Cash Situation
Apparently someone stole his credit card number.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the supremes
Mar. 27, 2013
Roberts Skeptical DOMA Was About Discrimination
Why is this hard to understand?
By
Dan Amira
equal rites
Mar. 25, 2013
Chief Justice’s Guest for Gay Marriage Arguments: His Lesbian Cousin
And her girlfriend.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Jan. 2, 2013
Frank Rich on the National Circus: The Fiscal Cliff Was a Molehill
The standoff is over but the ideological war will get much bloodier.
By
Frank Rich
the supremes
July 19, 2012
Scalia Insists Justices Didn’t Bully Roberts Over Obamacare
The justices are still besties.
By
Margaret Hartmann
the supremes
July 1, 2012
Roberts Changed His Health Care Vote, Was Shunned by Other Justices
They also left a strongly worded dissent in his locker.
By
Margaret Hartmann
the supremes
June 29, 2012
John Roberts Fleeing to Island Fortress
Sounds like a smart choice.
By
Dan Amira
health carnage
June 29, 2012
Roberts’s Tax Ruling Awkward for Obama, Romney
Both of them are big, evil taxers now.
By
Dan Amira
supreme court
June 13, 2011
The Country’s Brightest Legal Minds Are Preparing for a First-Grade Vocab Quiz
The Supreme Court wants to know how to define words like ‘report’ and ‘delay.’
By
Noreen Malone
cable news news
Jan. 3, 2011
John Roberts Jumps From CNN to Fox News
That is a long leap.
By
Chris Rovzar
the supremes
Dec. 13, 2010
Rest of Supreme Court Probably Bewildered by Scalia and Kagan’s Electronic Reading Rectangles
Otherwise known as an iPad and a Kindle.
By
Dan Amira
cable news news
Dec. 7, 2010
Ken Jautz Already Shuffling Bodies at CNN
And shoving some in the trunk.
By
Chris Rovzar
the supremes
Nov. 17, 2010
Justice Breyer Confounded by Watching
The Social Network
It’s okay because none of the justices understand technology either.
By
Nitasha Tiku
the supremes
Apr. 9, 2010
What’s It Like for the Other Justices When Someone Leaves the Supreme Court?
John Roberts says it’s like losing a family member.
By
Chris Rovzar
the supremes
Mar. 10, 2010
The Long-Running John Roberts–Barack Obama Feud Continues
Roberts finally gets around to taking umbrage at Obama’s State of the Union criticism.
By
Dan Amira
the supremes
Mar. 4, 2010
Here’s How the Rumor That John Roberts Is Retiring May Have Gotten Started
It was the fault, fittingly, of a class of gullible 1Ls.
By
Chris Rovzar
photo op
Sept. 29, 2009
These Guys Can’t Agree on Anything
The latest official portrait of the Supreme Court is hilarious.
By
Chris Rovzar
the supremes
Sept. 8, 2009
Justice!
Sonia Sotomayor takes her seat at the Supreme Court.
By
Chris Rovzar
those were the 100 days
Apr. 29, 2009
Bailouts, Bankers, Brackets, and Bo: Obama’s First 100 Days
Let’s relive all of the memorable moments we’ve already forgotten.
By
Dan Amira
inaugur-nation!
Jan. 22, 2009
President Obama Retakes the Oath of Office, Just to Be Sure
Okay, now he’s DEFINITELY president.
By
Dan Amira
vice president … of laughs!
Jan. 21, 2009
Biden, As Is His Wont, Makes Politically Tactless Joke
But wet blanket Barack Obama didn’t seem to find it funny.
By
Dan Amira
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