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  • The Worrisome Word in Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Cancer Diagnosis

    Experts note that although the Supreme Court justice is not in imminent danger, the presence of two separate malignancies in her lung raises the possibility of metastatic cancer elsewhere.

    James Hamblin
  • Why ‘Because of Sex’ Should Protect Gay People

    If a majority of the Supreme Court concludes that discrimination against LGBTQ people is discrimination “because of sex,” thousands of people will be protected on the job. If not, many stand to lose their livelihoods.

    Garrett Epps
    A hand holding a rainbow flag outside of the Supreme Court
  • When Cops Don't Know the Law

    On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that police stops are legal when the officer has a "reasonable suspicion" that a law is being broken—even if that law doesn't exist.

    Garrett Epps
  • The Post Is Well-Crafted but Utterly Conventional

    Steven Spielberg’s celebration of freedom of the press, starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, is solid awards-season fare—but not much more.

    Christopher Orr
  • When Algorithms Take the Stand

    A case soon to be decided by the Wisconsin Supreme Court considers the proper role of mathematical prediction in the courtroom—and beyond.

    Megan Garber
  • The March Toward Equality

    ANTHONY LEWIS, a Harvard graduate, class of 1948, has been with the Washington Bureau of the New YorkTIMESsince 1955, covering the Supreme Court and the Justice Department, He has received two Pulitzer Prizes for his exceptional reporting, and his new book.GIDEON’S TRUMPET,gives, as David Brinkley says, “an exciting look at the true quality of American justice.”The following essay is taken fromPORTRAIT OF A DECADE: THE SECOND AMKRICAN REVOLUTION,a NewYork TIMESReport on Civil Rights, 1954 to 1964, to be published by Random House.

  • State Court Justice, for Sale or Rent
    Andrew Cohen
  • The Conservative Justices Don’t Seem Too Worried About the Court’s Legitimacy

    Fears about the Supreme Court’s public reputation used to have a moderating influence—but that may not be the case any longer.

    Mary Ziegler
    A gavel shaped like a hammer
  • Decision by Silence

    The Supreme Court, as FOWLER HARPER points out, has the right to decline to hear most of the cases it is asked to decide. But in times of tension it can he very troublesome, both to the litigant and to the people, when the Court refuses to review a critical case. Projessor of Law at Yale since 1947 and the author of many books on law, Mr. Harper was a reporter on the Restatement of Forts for the American Laic Institute, Solicitor of the Department of the Interior under Secretary Ickes, and Deputy Chairman of the War Manpower Commission in the early stages of World War II.

  • Is the Bar Too Low for Special Education?

    The Supreme Court is poised to decide the quality of instruction public schools must provide students with disabilities—a question that could get even thornier under the Trump administration.

    Laura McKenna
    A child's hand hovers over a cartoon of a spider and a monkey.
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