Scott Lemieux column
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Obama’s pick for the supreme court is unlikely to be approved. But the political beating he’ll receive will make Republicans look bad – and that’s the point
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Though a draconian law on access to abortion is now before the supreme court, a decision may only come when the next president appoints Scalia’s replacement
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The US supreme court justice will be remembered more for his dissents than legal opinions that changed lives. Given his analyses, that may be for the best
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The presidential election just got even more important – it will be a choice between a president in favor of climate action and one who would ignore it
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Bernie Sanders, like a lot of progressives, conflates European-style healthcare with the UK system. But either his plan or Clinton’s can bring about real reform
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A decision on whether Obama can choose to not expel the undocumented parents of citizen children will change their lives – and conservatives’ chances
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The US supreme court will decide whether disgraced Virginia governor Bob McDonnell’s inaction after accepting extravagant gifts invalidates his conviction
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The president’s speech stressed that most Americans agree with his proposed reforms, but that doesn’t matter to his congressional adversaries
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The argument that colleges should not even consider the racial diversity of its student body to give white applicants with poor qualifications a very slightly better chance isn’t a very compelling one
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The justices decided to take a case that could mean the end of Roe v Wade just four months before voters choose their next president
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Whether it upholds the executive order the Obama administration is appealing, the US supreme court’s decision will clarify the stakes of the election
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The US supreme court chief justice may not really think the unemployed should sue the undocumented – he thinks fewer folks should get their day in court
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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld large parts of assault weapons bans in two states, but the high court could still shoot down the laws
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The would-be Republican nominee’s statement reveal he’s unqualified for the presidency. But they reflect common feelings among his conservative base
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Even if, like Lawrence Lessig, you have some nice progressive goals, insisting they’ll happen against the historic workings of government is unrealistic
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Conservatives say mass shootings are not the time to talk about gun laws, but we should be talking more, not less, about America’s failed policies
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Formerly fringe views seeking to upend Roe v Wade are now mainstream talking points for prominent conservative politicians
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A credible alternative to Hillary Clinton needs to be better than she is on policy, or more electable. The vice president is neither of those things
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Anti-choice advocates seem to think they have a vital new tool, but nothing in support of the videos hold up to scrutiny
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The US supreme court has ruled that even the least morally defensible executions are allowable. But there’s some hope in the court’s dissents
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The language of the ruling means that states cannot discriminate against same-sex marriages. The same cannot be said for LGBT people as a whole – yet
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The plaintiff’s arguments in King v Burwell were more laughable than the conservatives’ poorly-reasoned dissent
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First Amendment protection doesn’t extend to people who want racist imagery to be on offer by the state of Texas
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The state’s years-long effort to minimize women’s access to abortion services just got a legal boost, and it sets up another battle at the nation’s highest court
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The lawyers opposed to marriage equality had such poor arguments that a conservative judge explained that they didn’t have to answer other judges’ questions
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At a roundtable on Tuesday, the Democratic candidate said the dysfunctional political system needs to be fixed, even if it takes a constitutional amendment
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Millions of Americans stand to lose their access to health insurance. But the GOP doesn’t care
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Scott Lemieux: Same sex couples in Alabama should never have beeen denied rights that citizens in New York and Iowa were properly granted
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Scott Lemieux: The president’s actions on immigration are perfectly legal – probably. And he’s setting precedents for a conservative – definitely
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Scott Lemieux: When the vast-majority of minority voters identify as Democrat, drawing Congressional lines based on party affiliation will have a racial component
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The supreme court refusal to hear gay marriage cases may be the best thing to happen to gay marriage
Scott Lemieux: The threat of one big case going wrong could spell human rights catastrophe. Did the liberal justices pull a fast one?
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Scott Lemieux: The next attorney general will be no liberal superhero. But whether it’s Deval Patrick, Donald Verrilli or Janet Napolitano, the successor will look a lot like Obama
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Scott Lemieux: Conservatives want to protect your right to an avoidable death due to a lack of health insurance. It’s the principle of the thing
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Scott Lemieux: An almost radical court ruling has only one downside: it didn’t go far enough to pay student-athletes for the sham that is ‘amateur’ college athletics
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A split supreme court means contraception is more likely to remain a right