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William Rehnquist
October 23, 2024
Duncan Hosie
The Late Supreme Court Chief Who Haunts Today’s Right-Wing Justices
William Rehnquist went from a lonely dissenter to an institutionalist chief—and his opinions are all the rage among the court’s current conservatives.
September 14, 2021
Matt Ford
The Shared Delusions of Amy Coney Barrett and Stephen Breyer
The two justices’ recent defenses of the Supreme Court against charges of ideological hackery are impossible to believe.
January 20, 2021
Rick Perlstein
This Is Us: Why the Trump Era Ended in Violence
The Capitol insurrection was born of a violent minoritarian tradition that is as American as apple pie—and it isn’t done yet.
October 27, 2020
Matt Ford
Brett Kavanaugh Will Have His Revenge on America
He and Amy Barrett have demonstrated this week that they should be thought of as political operatives, not justices.
June 11, 2020
J.C. Hallman
When Mr. Sloan Went to Washington
Sam Sloan is a college dropout, an ex-con, and a polygamist. He is also the last non-lawyer to win a case at the Supreme Court.
October 7, 2013
Noreen Malone
Antonin Scalia's Favorite Supreme Court Justices
January 14, 2013
Eliza Gray
Charles Cooper: The Other Superlawyer in the Gay Marriage Case
June 16, 2007
Jeffrey Rosen
Supreme Leader
On the arrogance of Anthony Kennedy
July 7, 2003
Jeffrey Rosen
Light Footprint
November 6, 2000
Jeffrey Rosen
The End of Deference
January 5, 1998
Jeffrey Rosen
America in Thick and Thin
October 27, 1997
Jeffrey Rosen
Passing the Buckley
May 10, 1993
Jeffrey Rosen
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March 10, 1982
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Charles Krauthammer
The Rehnquist Court
A return to the antebellum Constitution
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