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John Roberts Appoints Judges to More Than the FISA Court

August 8, 2013, Russell Wheeler

Voting Rights after Shelby County v. Holder

July 1, 2013

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Supreme Court Tips the Gay Marriage Scales

June 26, 2013, Jonathan Rauch

Voting Rights after the Supreme Court's Shelby County v. Holder Decision

June 25, 2013, Thomas E. Mann and Raffaela L. Wakeman

The Supreme Court's Non-Decision on Affirmative Action

June 24, 2013, Henry J. Aaron

Maryland v. King: An Unfortunate Supreme Court Decision on the Collection of DNA Samples

June 6, 2013, Richard Lempert

What Should the Supreme Court Do About Affirmative Action?

May 20, 2013, Henry J. Aaron

Let’s Go Down the Aisle Toward Legalized Pot

April 5, 2013, Jonathan Rauch

Redirecting Students to Less Demanding Colleges Not a Strategy for Success in the Sciences

March 13, 2013, Matthew M. Chingos

Are Minority Students Harmed by Affirmative Action?

March 7, 2013, Matthew M. Chingos

The Supreme Court Takes Up Same-Sex Marriage

December 11, 2012, Jonathan Rauch

Are We All Copyright Infringers?

October 28, 2012, John Villasenor

I have no doubt the next president will decide what happens to Roe v. Wade by his appointments to the Supreme Court.

October 3, 2012, Elisabeth Jacobs, Glamour

Preview of New Supreme Court Term

September 28, 2012, Russell Wheeler

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Web Chat: Health Care and the States

July 11, 2012

[Mitt Romney] belongs to a very conservative party that hates this [health care] bill, many members of which have sworn that they’d rather eat ground glass than let this law go forward. But there is the conflicting problem of, ‘If you break it, you own it.’ [He will own] anything that goes wrong with the health-care system down the road.

July 10, 2012, Henry J. Aaron, Washington Post

States and the Affordable Care Act: An Offer They (Still) Can’t Refuse

July 2, 2012, Tracy Gordon

…[D]on't be too surprised if [Chief Justice] Roberts [in his] next terms looks like a conservative again. He actually did not stray very far from where the other four conservatives ended up in this [ACA] case — just over a consequential line.

July 1, 2012, Benjamin Wittes, Bloomberg Businessweek

Health Care Ruling Is Less Liberal Than It Looks

June 29, 2012, Darrell M. West

Public opinion on the [health care law] has been remarkably stable for two years, and I don’t think anything the president says (or Romney, for that matter) will make much of a difference. Only direct experience of the Act’s effects will change people’s minds, or alternatively, confirm them.

June 29, 2012, William A. Galston, Real Clear Politics Blog

The Supreme Court Ruling on the Affordable Care Act—A Bullet Dodged

June 28, 2012, Henry J. Aaron

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How Far Did Roberts Really Stray in the Supreme Court Decision on the Affordable Care Act?

June 28, 2012, Benjamin Wittes

It’s a huge victory for patients and everything about this law that patients really enjoy and have an opportunity to enjoy in the future have been critical to the ruling today.

June 28, 2012, Kavita Patel, National Public Radio

Does Court's Rule Put End To Health Care Battle?

June 28, 2012, Kavita Patel

The irony of the Supreme Court's decision is that this will make little difference in the presidential election outcome in that the number one issue is the economy, remains the economy, with any number two issue back in the dust.

June 28, 2012, Stephen Hess