The justices are split—and desperate to find a solution that works for religious nonprofits and the government in a battle over birth control.
States do not have a defensible reason for denying children recommended medical care.
The party learned a lesson from the 2000 recount fight: “We won’t have litigation on the left and thuggery and election disruption on the right.”
In the new year, Congress should resolve to repair the deeply flawed system for detaining terrorism suspects.
Two cases offer very different solutions to a perennial problem of politicians attempting to cement themselves in power.