Robert Reich / TruthdigNov 3, 2014
In the early hours of Election Day, before dawn reaches the nation’s capital, Justice Anthony Kennedy is suddenly awakened by someone standing next to his bed. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
BLANKApr 27, 2014
Sotomayor's eloquent dissent against the decision to allow Michigan to discriminate by race and sex in the college admissions process has the power to wake those asleep in the dream of our country's presumed inevitable progress.Sotomayor's dissent against the decision to allow Michigan to discriminate by race and sex has the power to wake those asleep in the dream of our country's inevitable progress. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Joe Conason / TruthdigApr 5, 2014
For a large and bipartisan majority of Americans, the increasing power of money in politics is deeply troubling. But not for the conservative majority of the United States Supreme Court, whose members appear to regard the dollar's domination of democracy as an inevitable consequence of constitutional freedom -- and anyway, not a matter of grave concern. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 30, 2013
Thanks to the Supreme Court's decision in Hollingsworth v. Perry, California's Proposition 8 ballot initiative that barred same-sex marriage in the state is no more. But the measure's supporters are once again up in arms after the Golden State resumed allowing gay couples to wed Friday. (UPDATED) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 4, 2013
In what's been hailed as a "resounding victory for law enforcement," a sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can collect DNA samples from people arrested in connection with serious crimes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigOct 3, 2012
Four of the sitting justices are 74 or older. Each can be expected to step down over the next four to eight years. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJul 2, 2012
Multiple unnamed sources confirmed that Chief Justice John Roberts initially sided with the conservative bloc of the court before switching his vote on health care reform, says CBS News' Jan Crawford. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 25, 2012
Arizona's controversial immigration law is largely no more. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled mostly in favor of the U.S. government when it struck down the bulk of the state's notorious immigration law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 2, 2012
It shouldn't be much of a surprise that U.S. Supreme Court justices voted along party lines when approving, on a 5-4 vote, the expansion of strip-searching guidelines to include anyone who's been arrested for any offense and is en route to jail. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigMar 30, 2012
If Obamacare is struck down, a much more far-reaching overhaul of the health care system will be inevitable. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 27, 2011
What are we to make of Thursday's Supreme Court ruling, which will make life more difficult for Arizona employers who deliberately hire undocumented workers? The Atlantic's Andrew Cohen offered his perspective later that day. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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