Today on TAP: Roberts’s ruling gives Trump license to pursue dictatorship.
Supreme Court
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Who’s Gonna Check the Supreme Court?
This term illustrates that the Court often exercises unjustified power.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: What Happened?
Our staff tries to make sense of last night’s disastrous debate.
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Supreme Court Punt on Abortion Case Reflects Political Realities
A majority of justices called the ruling in Moyle v. United States ‘patently unsound.’ A different majority ruled for it anyway.
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What John Roberts Has Wrought
Today on TAP: His majority opinion striking down the SEC’s jurisdiction may not apply to the NLRB. But it’s too early for unions to breathe a sigh of relief.
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The Supreme Court Blesses a Form of Bribery
The ruling can be understood only as a policy preference.
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Student Loan Rulings Highlight Unaccountable Judicial Power—Again
Two judges this week invalidated part of a program that’s been in place for 30 years. The rulings contradict each other and seem unworkable in practice.
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SCOTUS’s History and Tradition of Error Correction
Today on TAP: The Supreme Court takes a step back from its partisan ‘history and tradition’ test.
