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The latest developments on the United States Supreme Court.

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The Supreme Court’s abortion pills case, explained

The stakes in the Supreme Court’s mifepristone case go way beyond abortion.

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s confusing new border decision, explained

It is hard to believe that Justice Amy Coney Barrett actually agrees with her own opinion.

By Ian Millhiser

Brett Kavanaugh rides to the Biden administration’s defense in a big First Amendment case

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s puzzling decision to allow the government to ban drag shows, explained

By Ian Millhiser

Republicans will no longer get to handpick their judges when they sue Biden

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court may let Texas get away with a totally unconstitutional deportation law

By Ian Millhiser

The NRA has a case before the Supreme Court that it absolutely should win

By Ian Millhiser

Do Americans still have a right to privacy?

By Ian Millhiser

The courts were never going to save America from Donald Trump

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court just crushed any hope that Trump could be removed from the ballot

By Ian Millhiser

How Mitch McConnell broke Congress

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court just handed Trump an astonishing victory

By Ian Millhiser

How Amy Coney Barrett could save us from fully legal automatic weapons

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court appeared lost in a massive case about free speech online

By Ian Millhiser

The Alabama Supreme Court opinion holding that embryos are children, explained

By Ian Millhiser

Justice Alito is mad that George W. Bush was too woke

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court will decide whether to let civilians own automatic weapons

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court will decide if the government can seize control of YouTube and Twitter

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to sabotage Trump’s most important criminal trial

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court sure sounds eager to put Trump back on the ballot

By Ian Millhiser

Can Colorado disqualify Trump from its ballot? 4 ways the Supreme Court might rule.

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court is about to decide whether to sabotage Trump’s election theft trial

By Ian Millhiser

Trump’s legal arguments for staying on the ballot are embarrassingly weak

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court weighs whether to end affirmative action at West Point

By Ian Millhiser

The legal fight over whether Texas can seize control of the border, explained

By Ian Millhiser

A new Supreme Court case threatens to take away your right to protest

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court says no, Texas can’t use razor wire to restrain federal agents

By Ian Millhiser

Oklahoma is begging the Supreme Court not to make it kill a man

By Ian Millhiser

John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett are unsure if they should be in charge of everything

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court is running away from transgender rights cases

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court will decide what cities can do about tent encampments

By Rachel M. Cohen

A new Supreme Court case about flooding has weirdly high stakes for Donald Trump

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court cases asking the justices to put themselves in charge of everything, explained

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s new, nightmare abortion cases, explained

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court arguments for (and against) removing Trump from the ballot, explained

By Ian Millhiser

The Fifth Circuit just made it even more dangerous to be pregnant in a red state

By Ian Millhiser

In a big victory for Trump, the Supreme Court tells Jack Smith to go away

By Ian Millhiser

Everything you need to know about the court order removing Trump from the ballot

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court case that could shut down Trump’s election theft trial, explained

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court will hear its biggest abortion case since it overruled Roe v. Wade

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court hands down a small but unexpected victory for LGBTQ people

By Ian Millhiser

Billionaires had a surprisingly bad day in the Supreme Court

By Ian Millhiser

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