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The Supreme Court's Approval Ratings Have Dropped. Does It Matter?

Supreme Court The Supreme Court's Approval Ratings Have Dropped. Does It Matter? What happens if both political parties come to...

yesterday 4

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Will SCOTUS Review the Iran War's Constitutionality? Don't Count on It.

Supreme Court Will SCOTUS Review the Iran War's Constitutionality? Don't Count on It. The judiciary is largely absent from the...

tuesday 4

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Yes, States May Prosecute ICE Agents for Misconduct

ICE Yes, States May Prosecute ICE Agents for Misconduct Plus: An unsettling comparison between the Iran War and “Lyndon Johnson...

05.03.2026 1

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Bad Bunny and the SCOTUS Precedent That Denies Constitutional Rights to Puerto Ricans

10.02.2026 4

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Mike Johnson Wants To Spare ICE the Hassle of Getting the Right Warrant Before Forcibly Entering a Home

05.02.2026 10

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Trump vs. Scalia on Sanctuary Cities and the Minneapolis Immigration Crackdown

03.02.2026 9

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Conservative 'Judicial Activists' vs. ICE

29.01.2026 4

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The Feds Who Killed Alex Pretti Are Heavily Shielded From Being Sued. Blame the Supreme Court for That.

27.01.2026 1

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Brett Kavanaugh Says Trump Threatens Federal Reserve Independence

22.01.2026 9

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Eyes on Gorsuch as SCOTUS Weighs Transgender Student Athlete Bans

15.01.2026 30

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No, ICE Agents Do Not Have 'Absolute Immunity' From State Prosecution

13.01.2026 10

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Transgender Athletes, Guns, and the Federal Reserve: 3 SCOTUS Cases To Watch in January

08.01.2026 5

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John Roberts Touts Judicial Independence, Subtly Rebukes Trump in 'Year End Report' on Federal Courts

06.01.2026 8

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Did Brett Kavanaugh Just Apologize for Butchering the Fourth Amendment? Maybe.

01.01.2026 60

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These Progressives Seek to 'Disempower' the Courts

30.12.2025 8

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The Fourth Amendment's Erratic Year at the Supreme Court

25.12.2025 20

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Mercy Otis Warren, the Founding Mother Who Opposed the Constitution

23.12.2025 4

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Yes, the First Amendment Applies to Non-Citizens Present in the United States

18.12.2025 4

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When Originalism Undermines Trump

16.12.2025 10

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A Judicial Solution for Presidential Overreach and Congressional Abdication

11.12.2025 6

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SCOTUS Sounds Ready To Let Trump Fire FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter

09.12.2025 2

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SCOTUS Tackles Illegal File Sharing, Internet Music Piracy, and Copyright Law

04.12.2025 3

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No, SCOTUS Did Not 'Invent' Judicial Review in Marbury v. Madison

02.12.2025 4

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A Case That Briefly United Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor

25.11.2025 4

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The Supreme Court's Next Big Immigration Case

20.11.2025 3

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The Forgotten Classical Liberal Who Fought Jim Crow and Championed Immigration

18.11.2025 10

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Why Does SCOTUS Hear So Few Second Amendment Cases?

13.11.2025 5

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This Foreign Policy Precedent Might Aid Trump's Tariffs at SCOTUS

11.11.2025 4

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On Tariffs, It Was Gorsuch vs. Trump at SCOTUS

06.11.2025 4

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Trump's Tariffs and John Roberts' Credibility

04.11.2025 6

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When the Government Censored Dracula, Frankenstein, and King Kong

30.10.2025 20

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Trump Hopes to Bully SCOTUS Into Upholding His Tariffs

28.10.2025 5

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What the Japanese Internment Case Teaches About Judicial Deference to Presidential Power

23.10.2025 10

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On National Guard Deployments, Trump Tells SCOTUS His Power Is 'Unreviewable'

21.10.2025 4

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SCOTUS Probably Won't Put Any New Limits on Warrantless Home Searches

16.10.2025 6

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Is the Supreme Court's Shadow Docket Causing a 'Judicial Crisis'?

14.10.2025 5

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Amy Coney Barrett Is Right To Reject 'Common Good Constitutionalism'

09.10.2025 6

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Warrantless Searches, Tariffs, and the Unitary Executive: 3 SCOTUS Cases To Watch This Fall

07.10.2025 20

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After 20 Years as Chief Justice, John Roberts Is Now Friend and Foe to Executive Power

02.10.2025 10

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After Repeatedly Losing in Lower Court, Trump Asks SCOTUS To Review His Birthright Citizenship Order

30.09.2025 7

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SCOTUS Is Now Poised To Overrule Humphrey's Executor, a 1935 Precedent Limiting Presidential Power

25.09.2025 4

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Trump's Latest Tariff Defense Asserts Uncheckable Executive Power

23.09.2025 7

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Trump's 'Firing' of Lisa Cook Is Headed for SCOTUS

18.09.2025 5

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Amy Coney Barrett's Case for Originalism Falls Short

16.09.2025 4

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Kavanaugh Flaunts the Fourth Amendment and Blesses Trump's Racial Profiling

11.09.2025 4

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Prison Guards Forcibly Cut a Rastafarian Inmate's Dreadlocks. SCOTUS Will Decide If They Can Be Sued Over It.

09.09.2025 6

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2 Trump Cases To Watch as the Supreme Court Returns From Summer Break

04.09.2025 4

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Will SCOTUS Let Trump Fire Lisa Cook From the Federal Reserve?

28.08.2025 4

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Is This the Supreme Court's Next Big Abortion Case?

26.08.2025 3

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Is Gay Marriage Really Under Threat at the Supreme Court?

21.08.2025 8

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