Bill Blum / TruthdigJun 30, 2016
All things considered, the Supreme Court’s just-completed term was a good one for liberals and progressives. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigMay 12, 2016
The presumptive Republican nominee is part angry populist, part xenophobic nationalist, part reality-show huckster and part latter-day Benito Mussolini But there are coherent goals in his ideological scramble—including remaking the Supreme Court The presumptive Republican nominee is part angry populist, part xenophobic nationalist, part reality-show huckster and part latter-day Benito Mussolini. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigMar 3, 2016
Before the passing of the hard-right justice created the possibility of a dramatic shift in the Supreme Court, there was fear that Roe v. Wade would be undercut in a pending case. Now beleaguered rights proponents are looking to Justice Anthony Kennedy to swing the ideologically divided bench their way. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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Bill Blum / TruthdigJan 26, 2016
With a bench containing three octogenarians, the next president will have a historic opportunity to reshape the court. At stake: five pivotal legal and social issues. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigJan 23, 2016
The Supreme Court justice masterminded the 2010 decision to undo a century of public-interest regulation of campaign expenditures in the name of "free speech." He had every reason to know how damaging that decision would prove to be. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigJan 12, 2016
The conservative Supreme Court justice holds the key to their fate in a case with blockbuster potential. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigDec 11, 2015
If onetime University of Texas aspirant Abigail Fisher prevails on all of her claims, the last tepid vestiges of race-conscious affirmative action will end at public colleges and universities throughout the land. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigOct 13, 2015
All eyes will be on a state advisory referendum that's expected to galvanize protests against a broken political process. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigSep 29, 2015
Francis' full-throated opposition to the death penalty puts him at the opposite end of the moral universe from Scalia, Thomas and Alito. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigJul 13, 2015
Either way, the sun appears to have set on the Supreme Court justice’s once-promising career. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigJun 29, 2015
The end of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term has brought some big surprises for sure, but should either end of the political/social spectrum get excited about what the major decisions might mean? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigJun 20, 2015
After he spent his early career learning the lobbying ropes in Sacramento, it was only natural that Kennedy as a Supreme Court member would ensure lobbyists’ stranglehold on American politics. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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