United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (L) and Associate Justice Samuel Alito (R) pose for an official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court Building on October ...

The Nation Magazine. While the rest of the country was reeling from the Supreme Court’s decision in June to take away the right to abortion, Justice Sonia Maria Sotomayor was working.

The court’s ruling in Medina v. Planned Parenthood twists logic, common sense, and the law to further the right-wing assault ...

The U.S. Supreme Court kept millions of Louisianans — and millions more across the nation — waiting for one of the most ...

In its bigotry and deceitfulness, US v. Skrmetti is destined to be seen alongside Plessy, Dobbs, Dred Scott, and all of the ...

The spate of recent Supreme Court decisions overturning Trump administration losses in the lower courts are all about saving face—and securing power. Samuel Alito Jr., associate justice of the ...

In this handout provided by the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. (R) looks on as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson signs the Oaths of Office in the Justices’ Conference Room at the ...

The court’s ruling in favor of a woman who says she was passed over for jobs because she is straight is correct in theory—but it’s going to be terrifying in practice.

The nation’s highest court is weighing whether to hear two rent-regulation cases that could gut renter protection laws. Apartment buildings in New York City, One of my favorite ways to explain ...

This article appears in the August 23/30, 2021 issue.. Many people who came of age between, say, 1940 and 1970 have become accustomed to seeing the Supreme Court as a force for good when it comes ...

The Nation Magazine. The rushed confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett has, for the first time in decades, made Democrats think seriously about progressive reforms to the Supreme Court.