Democrats used to criticize the Supreme Court respectfully. Increasingly, they see the court as irredeemable.
Tag: Supreme Court (US)
The Hard Question of Affirmative Action and Slavery
If there were an affirmative action program for the descendants of enslaved people, would you consider that to be race-based?
In Prosecution of Turkey’s Halkbank, Supreme Court Issues a Mixed Ruling
The justices rejected key arguments from Halkbank, which is owned by the Turkish government. But they told a lower court to revisit one possible defense.
Clarence Thomas’s Gifts and the Supreme Court’s Credibility
Only 25 percent of Americans have a lot of faith in the court.
Supreme Court Considers a Mercenary’s Confession and the Confrontation Clause
In the case of a murder in the Philippines, the justices weighed whether relaying a confession that implicated another crossed a constitutional line.
When Judges Decide on Abortion
Cases in Poland and Texas bring legal vulnerabilities into sharp relief.
A Challenge to Student Debt Relief
The Supreme Court could strike down a program meant to help 40 million borrowers.
Supreme Court Wrestles With Suit Claiming Twitter Aided Terrorists
The case, arising from an attack in Istanbul, was a companion to a case argued a day before that tested a shield for technology platforms.
Diversity vs. Fairness
When the Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in the 1970s, it helped lay the groundwork for the program’s demise.
They Won Guantánamo’s Supreme Court Cases. Where Are They Now?
The three former Guantánamo prisoners who defeated George W. Bush at the Supreme Court in landmark cases are ensconced in family life. We caught up with two of them. One is a home-heating serviceman in central England; the other is an Uber driver in th…