Two recent Supreme Court rulings suggest the high court is so pro-gun it has decided it must also be pro-drugs.
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Grasping how the nation’s highest court makes policy requires stepping into an exceptionally regulated and sometimes hidden routine.
A unanimous case decided by the US Supreme Court in 2024 could protect the First Amendment rights to free expression of many of the organizations targeted by the Trump administration.
Even Louis XIV of France, the epitome of absolute monarchy, did not stand above the law. Kings have always been defined and constrained by legal precedent.
Are concerns about Supreme Court justices’ ethics an old problem, a new one, political gamesmanship, or something more serious? Yes to all of it.
The decision may make it hard to report the news, make documentary films, write biographies or even teach a class.
Most Americans believe that racial inequality is a significant problem. They also believe that affirmative action programs aimed at reducing those inequalities are a problematic tool.
The court appears split over the future of vaccination mandates, with conservative justices skeptical of the Biden administration’s authority to enforce requirements.
Support for the Affordable Care Act is at an all-time high.
Words matter, writes an immigration scholar. It is far easier to deny the humanity of an ‘alien’ than to do so for a ‘noncitizen.’
There’s been a reversal of power between religious and secular sides of American culture. The Supreme Court is now at the center of that shift.
Kavanaugh thinks judges ‘must be an umpire – a neutral and impartial arbiter.’ So does Chief Justice Roberts. But more liberal jurists believe that the application of the law is inherently subjective.
First-generation college students may suffer from a guilt of abandoning their families. They also carry huge responsibilities and expectations. How can colleges help them be successful?
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