Dahlia Lithwick
Jurisprudence
Corporations Are People, the Biblical SequelThe Supreme Court will decide whether companies don’t have to cover contraception because they have religious beliefs.
Hey, Wait A Minute
Toronto’s GolemRob Ford delights Canadians by ending their centuries-long reputation for dorkiness.
Doublex
The Fight to Criminalize Early-Term AbortionsNew rulings in Texas and Oklahoma could challenge the last remnant of Roe v. Wade.
Supreme Court Dispatches
Poor Little Rich GuysThe Supreme Court clamors to protect the right of Richie Rich, Scrooge McDuck, and the Koch brothers to further corrupt American politics.
Jurisprudence
Shutdown SlapdownA federal judge tells Congress what it can do with its urgent “Fast and Furious” litigation.
Jurisprudence
The End of the Reasonable ObserverThe 2013 term at the Supreme Court may prove the last gasp of Sandra Day O’Connor’s legacy.
Jurisprudence
Taking the “Meh” out of MetadataHow the government can discover your health problems, political beliefs, and religious practices using just your metadata.
Doublex
Finally!Anti-choice activists have been gunning hard to outlaw abortion. Today, the Democrats pushed back.
Supreme Court Dispatches
Say a Prayer for the Supreme CourtCan the justices settle the world’s religious differences? Not a chance in hell.
Jurisprudence
Dear President Obama, This Is Why Judges MatterTwo Bush appointees deliver body blows to reproductive rights—and demonstrate the power of the bench.
Jurisprudence
Half MeasuresThe Texas abortion ruling gives a major victory to pro-choicers and a minor one to pro-lifers, but settles nothing.
Jurisprudence
The Courthouse Is ClosedEven before the shutdown, federal courts had already been crippled by the sequester.
Jurisprudence
“No. No. Not That I Know Of.”The Scalia interview reveals his remarkable isolation from anyone who doesn’t agree with him.
Jurisprudence
Texas Hold ’EmThe state refuses to allow same-sex couples married elsewhere to get divorced. Is this the next constitutional showdown over marriage equality?
Doublex
No Justice for Cherice MoralesThe judge in the Montana rape case made a terrible decision, but caving to public pressure is worse.
