Supreme Court of the United States

July 31, 2024

Joe Biden stands at a podium in front of American flags and holds one hand in a fist

Politics

The Supreme Court Fools Itself

Adam Serwer

July 24, 2024

Justice Roberts's face covered by half of the presidential seal

The Atlantic Daily

An Attempt to Check the Supreme Court’s Power

Lora Kelley

July 11, 2024

The Supreme Court justices sit in front of a red curtain for a group photo

U.S.

What the Supreme Court’s Trump-Immunity Ruling Means for 2024

The Editors

July 6, 2024

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

Ideas

Richard Nixon Would Have Loved the Court’s Immunity Decision

John Dean

July 3, 2024

An image of Nixon superimposed over the January 6 assault on the Capitol

The Atlantic Daily

Trump’s Risky Reaction to the Immunity Decision

Stephanie Bai

July 1, 2024

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Ideas

The Big Winners of This Supreme Court Term

Nicholas Bagley

June 29, 2024

An illustration of Lady Justice on top of a stack of coins

Ideas

What the Supreme Court Doesn’t Get About Homelessness

Jerusalem Demsas

June 29, 2024

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Ideas

The Supreme Court Once Again Reveals the Fraud of Originalism

Adam Serwer

March 4, 2024

An image of the Supreme Court, judge's robes, and red lines

Ideas

The Supreme Court Is Not Up to the Challenge

Quinta Jurecic

March 4, 2024

Ideas

With Trump’s SCOTUS Appeal, Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied

Paul Rosenzweig

March 1, 2024

Ideas

The Supreme Court Is Eager to Rid Itself of This Difficult Trump Question

Quinta Jurecic

February 8, 2024

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Ideas

Trump’s Supreme Court Blunderbuss

George T. Conway III

January 7, 2024

Ideas

The Little-Known Rule Change That Made the Supreme Court So Powerful

Ben Johnson

December 18, 2023

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Ideas

The Supreme Court Takes On Yet Another Made-Up Controversy

Conor Clarke

December 4, 2023

Politics

Why the Fifth Circuit Keeps Making Such Outlandish Decisions

Stephen I. Vladeck

November 28, 2023

State outlines of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi with the Supreme Court overlaid

The Atlantic Daily

What the Supreme Court’s New Ethics Code Lacks

Lora Kelley

November 14, 2023

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Ideas

Judicial Ethics in a Populist Age

David Lat and Zachary Baron Shemtob

September 27, 2023

A pile of gold coins spilling out of the Supreme Court

Ideas

The Supreme Court Needs to Make a Call on Trump’s Eligibility

Richard L. Hasen

September 26, 2023

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Ideas

Alabama Republicans Think the Supreme Court Is Full of Partisan Hacks

Adam Serwer

September 14, 2023

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Ideas

The Supreme Court Justices Are Just Like Anyone Else

Adriane Fugh-Berman

September 1, 2023

Themis, goddess of justice, holding a sword and scales, but her face is a gift bow

Politics

A Supreme Court Ruling That Could Tip the House

Russell Berman

June 8, 2023

A photo of a speaker outside the Supreme Court

Ideas

Mob Justice

Brooke Harrington

May 7, 2023

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Ideas

The Supreme Court Needs Real Oversight

Glenn Fine

December 5, 2022

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Ideas

The Supreme Court Case That Could Break Native American Sovereignty

Rebecca Nagle

November 8, 2022

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Culture

The Loudest Political Voice on SNL

Amanda Wicks

November 6, 2022

Cecily Strong and Colin Jost star in "Weekend Update" on "SNL."

Ideas

The Supreme Court’s Extreme Power Grab

Kimberly Wehle

July 19, 2022

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Ideas

If the Supreme Court Can Reverse Roe, It Can Reverse Anything

Mary Ziegler

June 24, 2022

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Ideas

The Supreme Court’s Next Targets

Adam Harris

May 19, 2022

Newsletters

It’s Mask Off for the Supreme Court

Molly Jong-Fast

May 12, 2022

Abortion rights protest outside the Supreme Court

Family

What Working Mothers Heard in Judge Jackson’s Words

Molly Jong-Fast

March 23, 2022

Kentaji Brown Jackson raises her right hand at her confirmation hearings while her daughter looks on

Ideas

The Supreme Court Is Giving Lower Courts a Subtle Hint to Rein In Police Misconduct

Joanna Schwartz

March 4, 2021

Ideas

Judiciary Reform Is Not Revenge

Lawrence Goldstone

September 28, 2020

An illustration of Lady Justice with a sword that is circled in red ink

Politics

The True Victors of Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination

Emma Green

September 25, 2020

The Battle for the Constitution

Term Limits Won’t Fix the Court

Ilya Shapiro

September 22, 2020

An illustration of Supreme Court justices with term limits written below

Ideas

Reform the Court, but Don’t Pack It

Ryan D. Doerfler and Samuel Moyn

August 8, 2020

Sections

The Print Edition

The Case Against Biden’s Supreme Court Proposal

The Supreme Court Fools Itself

An Attempt to Check the Supreme Court’s Power

What the Supreme Court’s Trump-Immunity Ruling Means for 2024

Richard Nixon Would Have Loved the Court’s Immunity Decision

Trump’s Risky Reaction to the Immunity Decision

The Big Winners of This Supreme Court Term

What the Supreme Court Doesn’t Get About Homelessness

The Supreme Court Once Again Reveals the Fraud of Originalism

The Supreme Court Is Not Up to the Challenge

With Trump’s SCOTUS Appeal, Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied

The Supreme Court Is Eager to Rid Itself of This Difficult Trump Question

Trump’s Supreme Court Blunderbuss

The Little-Known Rule Change That Made the Supreme Court So Powerful

The Supreme Court Takes On Yet Another Made-Up Controversy

Why the Fifth Circuit Keeps Making Such Outlandish Decisions

What the Supreme Court’s New Ethics Code Lacks

Judicial Ethics in a Populist Age

The Supreme Court Needs to Make a Call on Trump’s Eligibility

Alabama Republicans Think the Supreme Court Is Full of Partisan Hacks

The Supreme Court Justices Are Just Like Anyone Else

A Supreme Court Ruling That Could Tip the House

Mob Justice

The Supreme Court Needs Real Oversight

The Supreme Court Case That Could Break Native American Sovereignty

The Loudest Political Voice on SNL

The Supreme Court’s Extreme Power Grab

If the Supreme Court Can Reverse Roe, It Can Reverse Anything

The Supreme Court’s Next Targets

It’s Mask Off for the Supreme Court

What Working Mothers Heard in Judge Jackson’s Words

The Supreme Court Is Giving Lower Courts a Subtle Hint to Rein In Police Misconduct

Judiciary Reform Is Not Revenge

The True Victors of Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination

Term Limits Won’t Fix the Court

Reform the Court, but Don’t Pack It