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Supreme Court of the United States

Get Ready for Zombie Tariffs

February 20, 2026

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The Founders Would Have Opposed ‘Nationalizing’ Elections

February 16, 2026

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Why Harry Reid Went Nuclear

January 18, 2026

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How the Supreme Court Broke Congress

January 13, 2026

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The Court Case That Is Allowing ICE to Stop Just About Anyone It Wants

Paul Rosenzweig

January 12, 2026

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The Plan That Foretold Trump’s 2025

David A. Graham

December 29, 2025

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Why the Supreme Court Is Giving ICE So Much Power

December 29, 2025

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How to Stop Trump’s Plan to Steal the 2026 Elections

December 10, 2025

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The Court Has an Easy Answer on the Fed

Caitlin B. Tully

November 26, 2025

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The Real Test for Democrats

David A. Graham

November 10, 2025

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Donald Trump Dreams of More Executions

Elizabeth Bruenig

October 27, 2025

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It’s Not a Dog Whistle If Everyone Can Hear It

David A. Graham

October 16, 2025

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Atlantic Trivia on Wine, Tribunals, the Revolutionary War, and More

October 10, 2025

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The Supreme Court Is Giving Liberals an Opportunity

October 6, 2025

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So Much for Class-Based Affirmative Action

September 24, 2025

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Trump Is Getting Closer to Having an ‘Infinite Money Pit’

September 22, 2025

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How Originalism Killed the Constitution

October 2025 Issue

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The Biggest Test for the Supreme Court Yet

Paul Rosenzweig

September 4, 2025

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State of Permanent Fake Emergency

Paul Rosenzweig

September 2, 2025

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The Anti-Trump Strategy That’s Actually Working

Michael Scherer

September 2, 2025

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Trump Just Made Burning the Flag a Little Easier

August 30, 2025

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The Supreme Court Made a Bad Bet

August 28, 2025

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The Dangerous Legal Strategy Coming for Our Books

Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

August 20, 2025

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What a Democrat Could Do With Trump’s Power

Paul Rosenzweig

July 23, 2025

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Democracy Upside Down

July 22, 2025

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This Is the Presidency John Roberts Has Built

July 21, 2025

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The Power of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket

July 17, 2025

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The Court’s Liberals Are Trying to Tell Americans Something

July 17, 2025

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The Supreme Court Won’t Explain Itself

July 15, 2025

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Zohran Mamdani Reveals the Absurdity of Affirmative Action

Thomas Chatterton Williams

July 11, 2025

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The Court Comes to the Administration’s Rescue, Again

July 9, 2025

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The Inscrutable Supreme Court

Paul Rosenzweig

July 8, 2025

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A New Era of Internet Regulation Is About to Begin

Alan Z. Rozenshtein

July 8, 2025

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Liberals Are Going to Keep Losing at the Supreme Court

June 30, 2025

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The Tea Party Is Back (Maybe)

David A. Graham

June 27, 2025

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The Archaic Sex-Discrimination Case the Supreme Court Is Reviving

June 24, 2025

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