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West Virginia v. EPA could be the opportunity that conservative justices have been seeking to curb federal power.
While it’s a victory for the families of the victims, the settlement leaves a key legal question about the gun industry’s liability shield unanswered.
Under the Sullivan standard, a public official has to prove that there was ‘actual malice’ in defamation cases. That could be challenged in the Supreme Court.
Alabama will be allowed to keep a congressional map that critics say disadvantages Black voters. That does not bode well for 2022 midterms, argues a law scholar.
Digging deeply into the nation’s past can help illuminate the racial setbacks facing the US today.
The Supreme Court is expected to hand down a number of major decisions this year. Expert predictions will abound – but statistical models are more likely to be accurate.
There was little controversy when President Bill Clinton nominated Stephen Breyer to the bench in 1994. His tenure on the Supreme Court reflects those less partisan times.
Unlike in most countries, US Supreme Court justices enjoy life tenure. Some legal scholars believe that centuries-old custom, meant to protect judicial independence, no longer serves the public.
Justices have cleared the way for hundreds of Trump administration documents to be handed to a panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack. A law scholar explains what that means for executive privilege.
Brown v. Board didn’t overrule ‘separate-but-equal’ but it had that end. A law scholar explains how there is a lesson there for conservatives on today’s Court looking to end abortion in the US.
The Supreme Court is considering a case that could restrict abortions. One argument is that birth control eliminates the need for abortion. But contraception doesn’t offer an easy fix.
A legal scholar explains what the ruling means for other vaccine mandates and the government’s ability to protect public health.
Short-term disputes are really symptoms of deeper divisions in the US over who deserves academic opportunity, and how to present the nation’s history.
The court appears split over the future of vaccination mandates, with conservative justices skeptical of the Biden administration’s authority to enforce requirements.
Shurtleff v. Boston, a case argued before the Supreme Court on Jan. 18, raises important questions about free speech and religion in public spaces.
If Roe v. Wade is overturned and abortion rights are returned to the states, access to abortion will be a geographical lottery – and the poor and marginalised will suffer.
Spoiler alert: Stolen guns arm criminals, and limiting gun carrying outside the home reduces violent crime.
In past rulings, the court has acknowledged that there’s a connection between the ability of women to control their reproductive lives and the economic health of the nation.
Arguments in a case that could fundamentally alter a woman’s right to abortion were heard at the Supreme Court. Justices’ questions suggest that Roe v. Wade is on shaky ground.
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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 of Law, University of Virginia
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Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor of Law, George Washington University
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Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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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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Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government, Dickinson Law, Penn State
