Landmark civil liberties cases often lack a broad base of support, which gives the Court plenty of political cover
Blog: The Docket
Posted inLaw and Justice
Sorry, Still Not Over Bush v. Gore
Justice Scalia goes on Piers Morgan and tries to defend himself.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Should Liberals Be Mad at Kagan and Breyer?
Why did the left-leaning justices side with Roberts on Medicaid?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Mississippi’s Threat to Roe v. Wade
Will the case against the state’s only abortion clinic make it to the Supreme Court?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Roberts’s Switch in Time
CBS News confirms what we were all thinking—the chief justice changed his mind about the Affordable Care Act decision.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Judges Take On Climate Skeptics
The D.C. Court of Appeals released an opinion last week that protects the EPA’s greenhouse-gas regulation from the scorn of those who protest climate-change prevention.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Reading the Tea Leaves in the Supreme Court Opinions
Did Chief Justice Roberts change his mind about the Affordable Care Act at the last minute? Whatever happened, it’s going to be a long time before we find out.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Court Stays Clear of Tinkering with the First Amendment
Xavier Alvarez may or may not qualify for mental-health care under the ACA, but the Court at least decides he won’t be going to jail.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Supreme Surprise
Health-care reform survives another near-death experience.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Sometimes a Loss Is Just a Loss
Despite some pundits’ quibbles, Chief Justice Roberts’s opinion doesn’t constitute a win for conservatives.
