Commentary / World Jul 1, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court has taken control of climate policy
by Noah Feldman
The top court's EPA decision upends precedent and, in effect, embraces a new doctrine of law.
World / Crime & Legal Jun 27, 2022
Abortion and gun rulings show U.S. Supreme Court ready to ‘jolt’ system
by Greg Stohr
The rulings embraced the conservative-backed "originalist” view that the Constitution should be interpreted based on its specific words and the meaning they held when were adopted.
Commentary / World Jun 26, 2022
Ending Roe is institutional suicide for U.S. Supreme Court
by Noah Feldman
Dobbs will go down as one of the worst decisions in the court’s history after reversing rights on which the whole country has relied for half a century.
World | ANALYSIS Jun 26, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court conservatives assert power with abortion and gun rulings
by Lawrence Hurley
The increasingly unrestrained court has become ever more willing to take up and decisively rule on contentious issues.
World / Politics Jun 25, 2022
The man most responsible for ending Roe worries that it could hurt his party
by Maggie Haberman and Michael C. Bender
As former President Donald Trump prepares for a likely 2024 presidential campaign, he has privately told friends and advisers the ruling will be "bad for Republicans.”
World / Politics Jun 25, 2022
Clarence Thomas opinion signals same-sex marriage and contraception at risk after abortion ruling
Thomas’s opinion is a rallying cry for conservatives to start challenging same-sex marriages almost immediately, according to some experts.
World | FOCUS Jun 25, 2022
Abortion pills over the counter? Experts see big hurdles in widening U.S. access.
A pill used to terminate early pregnancies is unlikely to become available in the U.S. without a prescription for years, if ever, experts say.
World Jun 25, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade abortion-rights ruling
by Adam Liptak
The court voted along ideological lines, 6-3, to uphold Mississippi’s ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and 5-4 to go further and explicitly overturn Roe.
World / Social Issues May 15, 2022
U.S. abortion rights advocates fuming over Biden's response to looming threat
by Nandita Bose, Gabriella Borter and Andrea Shalal
Galvanized by the prospect of losing abortion rights, protesters marched across the country on Saturday in the start of what organizers said would be a "summer of rage."
World / Crime & Legal | ANALYSIS May 4, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court in disarray after an extraordinary breach
by Adam Liptak
The court's reputation was already in decline before the leak, with much of the U.S. persuaded that it is little different from the political branches of the government.
World / Politics May 3, 2022
What would the end of Roe v. Wade mean? Key questions and answers.
by Claire Cain Miller
A leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn the Roe v. Wade legal precedent describes a United States not seen in half a century.
World May 3, 2022
Leaked draft abortion ruling a major blow to U.S. Supreme Court, experts say
by Andrew Chung
While the substance of the draft sparked praise from anti-abortion conservatives and condemnation from abortion rights advocates, many court watchers blasted on the leak itself.