Supreme Court

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John Paul Stevens' Faint-Hearted Liberalism

The retired justice's new memoir reveals an uneasy relationship with the Bill of Rights.

Damon Root | 10.26.2011 4:30 PM

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Sacking the Courts

Perry and Gingrich recklessly disregard the importance of judicial review.

Jacob Sullum | 10.26.2011 7:00 AM

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"Strictly obeying the original meaning of the Constitution can lead Justice Thomas to liberal results"

Damon Root | 10.24.2011 5:39 PM

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Justice Antonin Scalia: "I do not think that the Kelo opinion is long for this world."

Damon Root | 10.20.2011 2:14 PM

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Should Occupy Wall Street Occupy the Constitution?

Damon Root | 10.20.2011 12:14 PM

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Reason.tv: David Bernstein on Rehabilitating Lochner and the Freedom to Contract

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 10.18.2011 3:00 PM

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"The 14th Amendment…was a promise to the people of this country of limited government and respect for individual rights."

Damon Root | 10.13.2011 4:13 PM

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A History Lesson from Clarence Thomas

Damon Root | 10.10.2011 6:33 PM

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Cameras in the Supreme Court?

Damon Root | 10.7.2011 4:29 PM

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The Obama Administration, Religious Freedom, and the Supreme Court

Damon Root | 10.6.2011 12:19 PM

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Warrantless GPS Tracking, Union Dues, and Fleeting Expletives: The Supreme Court Suits Up for Another Term

Damon Root | 10.3.2011 9:25 AM

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The Facts About Judicial Activism

Damon Root | 9.28.2011 2:22 PM

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The Great Basketball Swindle

A riveting new documentary takes on New York's shameful eminent domain abuse.

Damon Root | 9.23.2011 12:00 PM

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Reason.tv: What We Saw at the Troy Davis Protest in Washington, D.C.

Anthony Fisher | 9.22.2011 6:48 PM

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Unenumerated Rights and the 14th Amendment

Damon Root | 9.14.2011 4:23 PM

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Lochner Isn't a Dirty Word

Correcting the cartoonish vilification of a libertarian Supreme Court decision

Damon Root | 9.14.2011 12:00 PM

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Property Rights, the Clean Water Act, and the Supreme Court

Damon Root | 9.6.2011 5:54 PM

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Originalism vs. Judicial Restraint

Damon Root | 8.30.2011 11:10 AM

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Injustice, In Plain Sight

The trouble with eyewitness testimony

Steve Chapman | 8.29.2011 7:00 AM

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Next Steps in the ObamaCare Legal Challenges

Damon Root | 8.26.2011 4:07 PM

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Clarence Thomas, Civil Rights, and the Second Amendment

Damon Root | 8.25.2011 7:25 PM

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Supreme Court Will Weigh In on Eyewitness Testimony

Damon Root | 8.23.2011 5:11 PM

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Strict Scrutiny

ObamaCare and the long slow death of conservative judicial restraint

Damon Root | 8.18.2011 12:00 PM

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"What Citizens United Didn't Say"

Matt Welch | 8.9.2011 10:46 AM

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Affirmative Action Heading Back to Supreme Court?

Damon Root | 8.1.2011 10:17 AM

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ObamaCare Petition Reaches the Supreme Court

Damon Root | 7.27.2011 5:39 PM

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Death to the Living Constitution

Can "progressive originalism" become the Next Big Thing on the legal left?

Damon Root | 7.21.2011 4:30 PM

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Kody Brown and His Four "Wives"

Do anti-polygamy laws violate the Constitution?

Steve Chapman | 7.14.2011 7:00 AM

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Justice Stephen Breyer's Hostility to Individual Rights

Damon Root | 7.12.2011 3:07 PM

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Samuel Alito, Burkean Conservative?

Damon Root | 7.11.2011 5:49 PM

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The Supreme Court and the Fourth Amendment

Damon Root | 7.8.2011 3:25 PM

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Wal-Mart and Gender Discrimination

The Supreme Court revives a longstanding debate about workplace disparities.

Cathy Young | 7.8.2011 12:00 PM

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Clarence Thomas and The Fountainhead

Damon Root | 7.6.2011 1:33 PM

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Sandra Day O'Connor vs. Samuel Alito: Free Speech Edition

Damon Root | 7.5.2011 6:14 PM

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The Ever-Expanding Commerce Clause vs. "Libertarian Anti-Government Activism"

Damon Root | 7.1.2011 12:57 PM

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Judge Sutton, ObamaCare, and Judicial Restraint

Damon Root | 6.30.2011 4:30 PM

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6th Circuit Upholds ObamaCare

Damon Root | 6.29.2011 2:16 PM

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A 'Compelling Interest' to Restrict Video Games Requires More Than Pediatricians' Prejudices

Jacob Sullum | 6.29.2011 12:01 PM

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Big Daddy

The government should let parents regulate their children's entertainment.

Jacob Sullum | 6.29.2011 7:00 AM

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Clarence Thomas, the First Amendment, and "Originalism at the Wrong Time"

Damon Root | 6.28.2011 7:50 PM

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Is the Defeat of Arizona's 'Clean Elections' System a Victory for 'the Richest Americans'?

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2011 7:10 PM

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Justice Clarence Thomas on Selling Violent Video Games to Children: "I Don't Think the First Amendment Stretches That Far."

Damon Root | 6.27.2011 3:29 PM

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Supreme Court Will Review the FCC's 'Indecency' Ban

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2011 1:06 PM

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Matching Funds Campaign Finance Law

Damon Root | 6.27.2011 10:58 AM

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Supreme Court Overturns California Ban on Selling Violent Video Games to Minors

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2011 10:45 AM

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Crime Labs and the Confrontation Clause

Damon Root | 6.24.2011 4:28 PM

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Rick Scott Scales Back His Urine Demands

Jacob Sullum | 6.23.2011 11:12 AM