Supreme Court

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• SOURCE: NPR
  5/10/19
  

  Retired Justice John Paul Stevens Talks History, His New Book And Ping-Pong

  "The world is changing much faster than I anticipated," he says.

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• 4/7/19
  

  The Long History of Anti-Immigration Legislation and "Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude"

  by Stephanie Hinnershitz

  The Supreme Court's Nielsen v. Preap decision is just the latest example of using this concept to deport immigrants.  

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/18/19
  

  Poor criminal defendants need better legal counsel to achieve a just society

  by Connie Hassett-Walker

  Why we must fulfill the promise of a famous Supreme Court decision to truly achieve criminal justice reform.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/12/19
  

  FDR’s court-packing scheme was a ‘humiliating’ defeat

  Yet the idea has been revived by some of the liberals seeking the presidency.

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• SOURCE: Politico Magazine
  2/24/19
  

  The Lost History of FDR's Court Packing Scandal

  Some Democrats are talking about adding justices to the bench. But the revelations show almost no one understands what really happened back in the 1930s. 

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• 2/3/19
  

  Six Times the Failure of a Political Nomination Changed American History 

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  Including slavery, gay marriage, abortion rights, and desegregation. 

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• SOURCE: New Yorker
  Accessed 1/29/19
  

  The Supreme Court Case That Enshrined White Supremacy in Law

  How Plessy v. Ferguson shaped the history of racial discrimination in America.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  10-12-2018
  

  The Supreme Court confirmation process is actually less political than it once was

  by Timothy S. Huebner

  Our fights over nominees might be bitter, but they’re still less contentious than in the 19th century

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• SOURCE: NYT
  11-27-18
  

  Is Half of Oklahoma an Indian Reservation? The Supreme Court Sifts the Merits

  The argument was made up of equal parts history, much of it dark, and an assessment of the practical implications of a ruling that Congress had never clearly destroyed the sovereignty of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation over the area, covering about half the state.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  10-31-18
  

  William proposed. Sandra said no. They reunited on the Supreme Court.

  Decades before they would serve together on the Supreme Court, William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O’Connor were engaged in a different type of courtship.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  9-5-18
  

  Roe v. Wade’s forgotten loser: The remarkable story of Dallas prosecutor Henry Wade

  Henry Wade was a renowned Dallas prosecutor when the landmark abortion case bearing his name was decided by the Supreme Court in 1973.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  8-31-18
  

  How Modern Medicine Has Changed the Supreme Court

  Longer lives, longer terms and tougher nomination fights, as well as a premium on youth.

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• SOURCE: Think Progress
  8-23-18
  

  Neil Gorsuch is the most illegitimate member of the Supreme Court in U.S. history

  by Ian Millhiser

  The confirmation process broke a quarter century ago, and no one noticed.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  8-7-18
  

  Trump Supreme Court pick: Presidents can ignore laws they think are unconstitutional

  Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2013 asserted that it's a "traditional exercise" of presidential power to ignore laws the White House views as unconstitutional, as he defended the controversial practice of signing statements prevalent in George W. Bush's White House.

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• SOURCE: AP
  7-22-18
  

  Kavanaugh: Watergate tapes decision may have been wrong

  Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh suggested several years ago that the unanimous high court ruling in 1974 that forced President Richard Nixon to turn over the Watergate tapes, leading to the end of his presidency, may have been wrongly decided.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  7-16-18
  

  The Supreme Court Doesn't Need 9 Justices

  by Jacob Hale Russell

  It needs 27.

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  7-12-18 (accessed)
  

  The History Test

  by Jill Lepore

  How should the courts use history?

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  7-10-18
  

  5 Reasons Why Supreme Court Nominations Have Failed

  One lesson: Historically, even candidates facing a hostile Senate have been able to make it through.

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• 8/5/18
  

  Indiana Authorities Said Their Abortion Law Was Designed to Protect Women

  by Scott W. Stern

  Given the state’s history, it’s clear the law was actually about controlling women.

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• 7/8/18
  

  When (and Why) Did Supreme Court Nomination Battles Become All about Roe v. Wade?

  by Daniel K. Williams

  For the first twenty years after Roe, Senate confirmation hearings were not polarizing conflicts over abortion rights. Here’s how that changed.