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This Supreme Court Case on Hunting Is Really About a 150-Year-Old Treaty and Wyoming's Existence as a State

By Olivia B. Waxman

I Was a Sex-Crimes Prosecutor. Here’s Why ‘He Said, She Said’ Is a Myth

By Allison Leotta

Why Trump Couldn’t Really Stop the Mueller Investigation—Even if He Fired Rosenstein

By Martin London

Trump Has a Problem with the International Criminal Court

By Billy Perrigo
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Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Weren't Always Such a Spectacle. There's a Reason That Changed

Hearings used to happen behind closed doors, if at all

By Olivia B. Waxman

How Trump Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Could Threaten Undocumented Children's Education

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has stoked public outrage more consistently than any other member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, a group not principally known for evading indignation. But perhaps DeVos’s most alarming error to...

By Justin Driver

'Operation Finale' Shows the Capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann. But What Happened at His Trial Changed History, Too

"The trial’s purpose was to put the Holocaust on trial"

By Lily Rothman

Why the U.S. Has the Campaign Finance Laws That Michael Cohen Broke and What Their History Means for Trump

The Tillman Act was passed in 1907

By Ciara C Torres-Spelliscy, Stetson University / The Conversation

John Dean Helped Expose Nixon's Role in a Conspiracy. He Says Michael Cohen Just Did the Same to Trump

"What got me through the whole matter was my belief that the truth ultimately prevails"

By Olivia B. Waxman

Why President Trump Couldn't Have Stopped the White House Counsel From Talking to the Mueller Investigation

And why talk of attorney-client privilege is misleading

By Martin London

Why President Trump's Latest Collusion Claims Don't Add Up

Assessing the "Collusion is not a crime" and "I did not know about it" arguments

By Martin London

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wishes This Case Had Legalized Abortion Instead of 'Roe v. Wade'

She explained why during her confirmation hearing. She was confirmed by the Senate 25 years ago.

By Olivia B. Waxman

5 Reasons Why Supreme Court Nominations Have Failed

From ethical concerns to election years

By Olivia B. Waxman

Trump's Supreme Court Pick Puts Spotlight on 'Roe v. Wade' on 150th Anniversary of the Amendment That Made the Case Possible

Renewed focus on the case coincides with the birthday of the 14th Amendment

By Olivia B. Waxman

I Brought the Case that Made Same-Sex Marriage Legal. Anthony Kennedy's Retirement Threatens All We Have Won

'Before his retirement announcement, as a member of the LGBTQ community, I saw Kennedy as something of a hero'

By Jim Obergefell

I'm a Judge Who Decides if Children Should Be Separated from Abusive Parents. Here’s How Trump’s Immigration Policy Should Change

To better reflect how America already handles

By Darlene Byrne

The Surprising Consequences of the Supreme Court Cases That Changed Sexual Harassment Law 20 Years Ago

One reason why legal remedies for workplace harassment are hard to come by can be traced to a pair of 1998 cases

By Olivia B. Waxman

Why Drug Company Executives Haven’t Really Seen Justice for Their Role in the Opioid Crisis

The maker of OxyContin faces a new lawsuit

By Barry Meier

Why This Flag Day Is a Reminder That the Meaning of American Patriotism Is More Complicated Than You Might Think

Flag Day 2018 marks the 75th anniversary of a landmark Supreme Court decision about whether patriotic gestures could be mandatory

By Olivia B. Waxman

The President’s Pardon Might Be About More Than Dinesh D’Souza

Just look at Trump’s own legal trouble

By Paul S. Ryan
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