Dahlia Lithwick
Jurisprudence
Chuck Grassley’s Supreme Court CoupThe Senate judiciary chairman just took a torch to the high court for the sake of partisanship.
Amicus
Amicus: The Case Against the Case Against ConfirmationWhy the GOP’s refusal to give Merrick Garland a fair hearing could trigger a full-scale constitutional crisis.
Jurisprudence
The Reverse BartlebyA modest proposal for how Merrick Garland can outfox Republican obstructionists.
Amicus
Amicus: The Contraceptive Mandate In the latest challenge to Obamacare, a group of religious organizations says the government’s attempt to accommodate their objections to providing birth control for their workers is not enough.
Jurisprudence
Zubik v. BurwellThe latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate could have wide-ranging impacts.
The Breakfast Table
Supreme Court Breakfast TableEntry 5: Is the GOP Going to Get Away With Blocking Merrick Garland?
Politics
Hope and Change, Canadian StyleFor President Obama, hosting Justin Trudeau must have felt like seeing the Ghost of Elections Past.
Jurisprudence
The Conservative Era Is OverAntonin Scalia’s death has already changed the way the Supreme Court—and conservative litigants—do business.
Amicus
Amicus: Is the Burden Undue?A newly balanced Supreme Court considers the impact of Texas’ restrictive new abortion regulations. Also … Clarence Thomas speaks.
Jurisprudence
Texas’ Big LieThe laws it insists protect women’s health are actually anti-abortion. Will the Supreme Court see through the charade?
Jurisprudence
The Case for Nominating Elizabeth Warren to the Supreme CourtThe time for temperate, modest, and self-abnegating wonks is next vacancy.
Jurisprudence
Democrats Should Hold Hearings for Obama’s Supreme Court NomineeIt doesn’t matter that Republicans won’t go.
Amicus
Keeping Merrick Garland Out of the Supreme CourtThe GOP’s obstruction of Garland’s Senate hearing is bound to have colossal consequences.
Amicus
How the Little Sisters of the Poor Are Preventing You From Getting the PillAmicus unpacks Obamacare’s return to the high court.
Supreme Court Dispatches
The Birth Control HijackThe Supreme Court’s conservatives think the Affordable Care Act is hijacking insurance plans to provide contraception.
Jurisprudence
Is Donald Trump Inciting Violence?He might be. If so, the First Amendment can’t save him.
Amicus
A Women’s Right to Choose Returns to the High CourtIn Justice Scalia’s absence, a newly balanced Supreme Court gets heated up in a fiery, female justice–fueled debate.
Supreme Court Dispatches
The Women Take OverIn oral arguments for the Texas abortion case, the three female justices upend the Supreme Court’s balance of power.
Supreme Court Dispatches
Gone but Not ForgottenThe remaining Supreme Court justices are dealing with Antonin Scalia’s death in surprising and dramatic ways.
Amicus
Amicus Remembers Antonin Scalia Amid the media battle over his Supreme Court seat and legacy, Dahlia Lithwick takes a moment to reflect on the person behind the famous persona.
Jurisprudence
Order in the Court!How John Roberts will keep the Supreme Court from descending into chaos.