Tag: US Supreme Court
Justice Jackson’s birthright citizenship opinion includes Black Americans in the story...
Austin Sarat, Amherst College
In the annals of Supreme Court decisions, the public likely remembers what justices wrote for...
Military voters were at the heart of the Supreme Court’s mail‑in...
Jamie Rowen, UMass Amherst
In Watson v. RNC, decided June 29, 2026, liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices joined...
Federal Reserve independence secures an important, but not final, victory at...
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
The Federal Reserve, under pressure from President Donald Trump to cut interest rates...
In 2 landmark decisions, the Supreme Court expands gun rights for...
Morgan Marietta, University of Tennessee
Two Supreme Court rulings in June 2026 reinforced the trend toward broad gun rights...
James Comey’s Instagram seashell post sits in a murky legal zone...
Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University
In the case of United States v. James Brien Comey Jr., the U.S. president’s security...
The US Constitution and laws do not protect oil companies from...
Alejandro E. Camacho, University of California, Los Angeles and Robert Glicksman, George Washington University
In recent years, at least...
Why a landmark Supreme Court ruling has failed to keep racial...
Austin Sarat, Amherst College
On April 30, 2026, Texas executed James Broadnax, a Black man who was sentenced to...
Justice Department’s effort to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans could face...
Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University and Irina D. Manta, Hofstra University
The Justice Department has identified 384...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
