In Election Cases, Supreme Court Keeps Removing Guardrails

The justices, having effectively blessed partisan gerrymandering, may be poised to eliminate the remaining pillar of the Voting Rights Act.

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As the Supreme Court Focuses on the Past, Historians Turn to Advocacy

Spikes in the number and influence of briefs filed by historians have prompted questions about the role scholars should play in litigation.

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Appeals Court Blocks California’s Background Checks for Ammunition Buyers

The law violates the Second Amendment, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision.

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Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Restrict Birthright Citizenship

The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit brings the White House’s theory of citizenship closer to a full Supreme Court review.

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Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Consumer Product Safety Regulators

The court’s order was the latest in a series of emergency rulings on the scope of the president’s power over independent agencies.

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The ‘Little Epstein Theory’ vs. ‘Big Epstein Theory’

“The Opinions” round table discusses Trump and MAGA’s very bad week.

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Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Ban Faces New Peril: Class Actions

In last month’s decision limiting one judicial tool, universal injunctions, the court seemed to invite lower courts to use class actions as an alternative.

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It’s About Power: The Supreme Court, the Judges and the President

Readers react to the Supreme Court decision on nationwide injunctions. Also: A resignation at the University of Virginia; remembering Dachau.

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Was Trump’s Iran Attack Illegal? Presidential War Powers, Explained.

Bombing Iran without congressional authorization escalated a bipartisan trend of presidents bypassing the original intent of the Constitution.

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Top Democrat Warns Hegseth He Could Face Fines for Accepting Qatari Plane

Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland urged the defense secretary to come to Congress for approval of the jet President Trump wants to use as Air Force One.

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