Sotomayor Praises Affirmative Action and Legacy Admissions, Doesn't Realize Those Things Are Awful
Sotomayor thinks legacy admissions are somehow helping the disadvantaged, when in reality they do the opposite.
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Unanimous Decisions in First Amendment, IRS, and IP Cases: What They Mean
In 2014, the Court issued more unanimous decisions than it has in years.
Supreme Court Rules on Political Speech, Straw Gun Purchases, and Prepares for New Cases
Close decision approves of regulations over third-party gun buys
Anti-Gun Activists Adopt Anti-Abortion Tactics
Using arbitrary regulations to restrict liberty
John Roberts' Constitutional Avoidance
In Bond v. United States, the chief justice used a "saving construction" to avoid a constitutional showdown. Sound familiar?
Aereo, the Supreme Court, and the Future of TV
Analog regulations are straining to adapt to an increasingly digital world
No, the Supreme Court Doesn't Need Term Limits
Long-serving justices are far likelier to be impervious to fleeting populist bugaboos and the political pressures of the day.
Scalia's Factual Flub Is Part of a Long Supreme Court Tradition
Our addled Supreme Court justices.
Affirmative Action is a Lost Cause
But there are better ways for progressives to advance racial justice
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Suit Pitting Beverage Giants
How much pomegranate and blueberry must appear in "Pomegranate Blueberry" juice for the name not to be deceptive?
Is This the Supreme Court's Next Big Gun Case?
The Second Amendment protects the right to armed self-defense. Does that include the right to carry guns in public?
