A roundup of the biggest cases likely to be heard by the most powerful judicial body in the land in the upcoming year
Scott Lemieux
Scott Lemieux is a political science professor at the University of Washington. He writes for the blog Lawyers, Guns & Money. Follow @lemieuxlgm
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Dems and Reproductive Rights: BFFs
Liberals may finally be coming around to the fact that supporting a woman’s right to choose is a net gain.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Conservatives Captured the Courts
Jeffrey Toobin’s new book highlights the role party politics have played in shaping our federal legal system.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Arbitrary Detention Suffers First of Perhaps Many Blows
A Federal judge issued a permenant injunction against part of the National Defense Authorization Act this week.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Torture Without Accountability
Why hasn’t the Obama administration tried to prosecute any Bush-era torture crimes?
Posted inBooks
No Touchdown for Paterno Biography
Joe Posnanski’s new book on the Penn State coach fails to hold him accountable for the Sandusky scandal.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Why Affirmative Action Still Matters
The Supreme Court justices may disagree with the affirmative action policies challenged in Fisher v. UT Austin, but there is no doubt that they are constitutional and have been effective in making Texas’ university system more racially and socioeconomically diverse.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Fast and Furious Returns
Transparency should be the default rule when the White House is contemplating executive privilege.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Paul Ryan, Culture Warrior
One thing is sure. Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential choice doesn’t mean that candidate has given up tacking to the hard-right on social issues.Â
Posted inLaw and Justice
Supreme Court Permits Execution of Man with IQ of 61
How do you prevent cruel and unusual punishment when no one is willing to enforce the rules?
