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The first female justice on the Supreme Court was also the last justice to have served as an elected official. And her contributions to the court reflected her political experience and pragmatism.
This lawsuit is only the latest chapter in a battle between the state and the reproductive health care provider that heated up in 2011.
Without much scrutiny or fanfare, Edward Blum has led the attack against federal minority voter protection laws and the use of race in college admissions.
The Supreme Court will hear five cases this term that will examine the nature of online discussion spaces run by social media platforms.
The ruling could make it impossible for groups like the ACLU to file lawsuits to protect people’s right to vote – significantly changing how the Voting Rights Act has been interpreted so far.
An important tool in the fight against domestic violence is under scrutiny in a major US Supreme Court case.
An analysis of anti-abortion rights groups in the US shows that while some specifically turn to Christianity to explain their positions, others are looking at broader, human rights arguments.
Does Louisiana’s requirement for public schools to post ‘In God We Trust’ in all classrooms violate the doctrine of separation of church and state? A legal scholar weighs in.
An upcoming Supreme Court case that turns on race and party could affect how state legislatures shape voting maps and how Americans vote for decades to come.
Using the rhetoric of the First Amendment, a string of US Supreme Court cases has allowed members of some religious groups to limit the freedoms of other Americans.
Current precedent relies on a 1982 case in which five justices generally agreed there were limits on a school’s power to ban books, but they didn’t agree on why.
The ‘most divided’ Supreme Court ever may have been in 1941, when seven of the nine justices were New Deal supporters appointed by the same president, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Since 2020, Alabama lawmakers have failed to draw political districts that give Black voters an equal chance of selecting political candidates that represent their interests.
The Supreme Court in recent terms has upended the interpretation of core laws. This term, the justices will decide just how far this revolution goes.
Only 50 years ago, originalism was considered a fringe movement, hardly taken seriously. Now its adherents dominate the Supreme Court.
The indictment of Sen. Bob Menendez is full of lurid details – hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash stuffed into clothes among them. Will they tank Menendez’s career?
The US is one of just four countries that have rolled back women’s abortion rights in recent years.
The changes wrought by the new conservative majority in the US Supreme Court are revolutionary.
Impeaching a recently elected Wisconsin Supreme Court justice for conduct neither criminal nor corrupt would negate the people’s votes – and strike a blow at judicial independence.
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Dean of Economics, Politics & History, The University of Austin
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of American History and Politics, University of East Anglia
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
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Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University
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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Professor of Law, Boston University
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