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Scott Lemieux
Scott Lemieux is a political science professor at the University of Washington. He writes for the blog Lawyers, Guns & Money. Follow @lemieuxlgm
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Affirmative Action’s Ominous Future
Will the Supreme Court strike another blow to affirmative action next term, or will they continue kicking the can down the road?
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Progressives’ Post-DOMA To-Do List
The left hasn’t exhausted its victories on last week’s landmark same-sex marriage gains. There are still many fights with logical—and achievable—next steps.
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Four Lessons Learned from This Year’s Stuffed Supreme Court Docket
Civil rights, affirmative action, same-sex marriage—it was a big year for the country’s high court in 2013. Here are the things you should take away.
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Two Cheers for the Supreme Court on LGBT Rights
The justices give us at least a couple of reasons to celebrate.
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The Supreme Court’s War on the Great Society
The ignoble American tradition of using “states’ rights” to trump real, fundamental human rights carries on with the Roberts Court’s decision gutting the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Yes, Justice Thomas, Affirmative Action Is Constitutional
The Supreme Court’s most ardent originalist gives us a weak argument against the policy.
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SCOTUS On the Wrong Side of Workplace Harassment
Two employment law rulings have made it more difficult for harrassed employees to lodge complaints.
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The Most Pro-Business Court Since the New Deal Strikes Again
It’s not exactly news that the Republican majority on the Supreme Court has been the consistent agent of powerful corporate interests. On Thursday, however, the Court provided us with a particularly striking example of this well-established phenomenon. In American Express v. Italian Colors the Court’s five Republican appointees bizarrely twisted the Court’s precedents to give […]
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Down with Voter Suppression
The Supreme Court strikes down Arizona’s Prop 200—but does Scalia’s narrow opinion foreshadow bad news for the yet-to-be announced fate of the Voting Rights Act?