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In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. It was a case that sent one justice into a mental […] ...
The newest Justice is increasingly willing to condemn the actions of the conservative majority, even when that means breaking ...
In Skrmetti, the Court turned to a decades-old decision once thought to be consigned to history.
The newest justice has emerged as the court’s left-wing iconoclast, unafraid to break unwritten rules in challenging her ...
The Second Circuit in United States v. Sterkaj reaffirmed that courts cannot increase a defendant’s sentence solely because they refuse to cooperate with the government. The court vacated Sterkaj’s 24 ...
Six justices rewarded the Trump administration’s bad behavior—and they did not even tell the American people why.
In Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 case that upheld the legality of racial segregation; in Korematsu v. United States, which in 1944 affirmed the internment of Japanese Americans; in Bowers v.
Rutherford v. United States Consolidated with: Carter v. United States ... Issue: Whether a district court may consider disparities created by the First Step Act’s prospective changes in sentencing ...
The Supreme Court's Skrmetti decision led justices to toss lower rulings favoring transgender issues, sending four cases back for review under new precedent.