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LONG BEACH, CA – OCTOBER 26: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends California first lady Maria Shriver’s annual Women’s Conference 2010 on October 26, 2010 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Attendees to the conference include Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and candidates for California Governor Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
BLACK LIVES MATTER

Rights are at risk without principled leadership in the US Supreme Court

COMMENT: My sons, I weep because Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who fought gender discrimination, has died and Donald Trump, under whom hardwon victories have been eroded, wants to…

  • Gretchen Wilson-Prangley
8 min read
WASHINGTON – MARCH 03: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg smiles during a photo session with photographers at the U.S. Supreme Court March 3, 2006 in Washington DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
DONALD TRUMP

The bloody battle to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Neither side will hesitate for a second to do anything to win

  • John Davenport
3 min read
President Donald Trump has reshaped the contents of American constitutionalism and the effects of his presidency will reverberate through the United States’s legal and social fabric for generations to come.
DEMOCRATS

New future from Trump tyranny

The demagogic president has unwittingly created the opportunity for constitutional growth

  • Laurence Tribe
7 min read
DAVID SOUTER

Top US court allows execution by lethal injection

The United States Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to the lethal three-drug cocktail used in most US executions during the past 30 years. By a 7-2 vote, the court…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read