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Supreme Court

The latest developments on the United States Supreme Court.

The lawsuit that threatens everything from cancer screenings to birth control, explained

By Ian Millhiser March 30

Heartbreaking: The worst Supreme Court justice you know just made a great point

By Ian Millhiser March 28

Thanks, Obama! The hilarious reason why a judge just blocked Wyoming’s abortion ban.

By Ian Millhiser March 23

The Supreme Court ponders a surprisingly difficult case about poop jokes

By Ian Millhiser March 22

Will anybody stop that Trump judge from banning abortion pills?

By Ian Millhiser March 16

A new Supreme Court case could be the most important transgender rights decision ever

By Ian Millhiser March 14

No one knows when it is legal to perform medically necessary abortions in Texas

By Ian Millhiser March 12

Ron DeSantis’s plan to strip First Amendment rights from the press, explained

By Ian Millhiser March 8

The Supreme Court signals that a terrifying attack on voting rights will vanish — for now

By Ian Millhiser March 2

You probably won’t get any student loan relief, thanks to a GOP-controlled Supreme Court

By Ian Millhiser February 28

The Supreme Court will decide if a whole federal agency is unconstitutional

By Ian Millhiser February 27

Texas asks a Trump judge to declare most of the federal government unconstitutional

By Ian Millhiser February 26

Section 230, the internet law the Supreme Court could change, explained

By Sara Morrison February 23

The Supreme Court is befuddled by whether Twitter is liable for ISIS’s terrorism

By Ian Millhiser February 22

The racist idea that changed American education

By Matt Barnum February 22

The Supreme Court appears worried it could break the internet

By Ian Millhiser February 21

A top Senate Democrat has an extraordinarily radical plan to deal with Trump’s worst judge

By Ian Millhiser February 17

A new Supreme Court decision leaves a Trump judge in charge of the Mexican border

By Ian Millhiser February 16

The Supreme Court hears two cases that could ruin the internet

By Ian Millhiser February 16

Republicans can choose the judge who hears their lawsuits. DOJ wants to stop that.

By Ian Millhiser February 14

The Supreme Court showdown over Biden’s student debt relief program, explained

By Ian Millhiser February 13

A federal judge mocks the Supreme Court on abortion

By Ian Millhiser February 7

It’s now legal for domestic abusers to own a gun in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi

By Ian Millhiser February 2

Ron DeSantis wants to make it much easier for the government to kill people

By Ian Millhiser January 30

Trump’s worst judge is now a dangerous threat to press freedom

By Ian Millhiser January 25

Cat Person, Brett Kavanaugh, Fair Play, and the anger of entitled men

By Alissa Wilkinson January 24

The coming legal showdown over abortion pills

By Ian Millhiser January 22

A new Supreme Court case could turn every workplace into a religious battleground

By Ian Millhiser January 18

Ron DeSantis’s war on “wokeness” is a war against the First Amendment

By Ian Millhiser January 17

The legal loophole that could arm mass shooters with makeshift automatic rifles

By Ian Millhiser January 10

The Supreme Court hears a case this week that endangers workers’ ability to strike

By Ian Millhiser January 9

How New York’s governor turned a chance to reshape the courts into a debacle

By Ian Millhiser January 4

The Supreme Court is manipulating its own calendar to lock GOP policies in place

By Ian Millhiser December 29, 2022

The Trumpiest court in America

By Ian Millhiser December 27, 2022

Sotomayor and Kagan need to think about retiring

By Ian Millhiser December 21, 2022

America’s Trumpiest court doesn’t care if your right to a fair trial was violated

By Ian Millhiser December 20, 2022

How an obscure Christian right activist became one of the most powerful men in America

By Ian Millhiser December 17, 2022

A notorious Trump judge just fired the first shot against birth control

By Ian Millhiser December 13, 2022

Amy Coney Barrett appears likely to block the GOP’s latest attack on democracy

By Ian Millhiser December 7, 2022

The deranged Supreme Court case that threatens US democracy, explained

By Ian Millhiser December 4, 2022