U.S. Supreme Court
Essay
The Historic Trump Court Cases That We Cannot See
The former President is on trial in a courtroom that has banned cameras. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is deciding whether his other trials should even happen.
Our Columnists
The Supreme Court Appears Poised to Protect the Presidency—and Donald Trump
In arguments about Presidential immunity, the conservative Justices, who avoided mentioning Trump, made clear that they are less concerned with holding him accountable than with shielding former Presidents from retribution.
Daily Comment
The Shameless Oral Arguments in the Supreme Court’s Abortion-Pill Case
Even some conservative Justices seemed unpersuaded by the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine’s claims.
News Desk
The Ghost of Bush v. Gore Haunts the Supreme Court’s Colorado Case
In 2000, the Court played an outsized role in the Presidential election. This year, in the fight over keeping Trump’s name on the ballot, that decision is a warning but not a precedent.
Persons of Interest
Sarah Isgur’s Majority Report
On “Advisory Opinions,” the lawyer and former Trump Administration spokesperson argues that the Supreme Court is good, even—or especially—in its current incarnation.
Daily Comment
Colorado Reconsiders Letting Trump on the Ballot
A Colorado Supreme Court case is one of several considering whether Trump should be disqualified under the Fourteenth Amendment, but it has proceeded the furthest.
Our Columnists
Why the Champions of Affirmative Action Had to Leave Asian Americans Behind
The original concept in pursuit of diversity was vital and righteous. The way it was practiced was hard to defend.
Daily Comment
The Supreme Court’s Surprise Defense of the Voting Rights Act
The Chief Justice appeared impatient with the maximalist demands that partisans on the right are placing on a Court they seem to feel they own.
Daily Comment
The Supreme Court Considers What May Be the Final Blow to the Voting Rights Act
Justices Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Sonia Sotomayor warn of what’s really at stake in Merrill v. Milligan.
Annals of Education
How the Federalist Society Won
The conservative legal movement was pivotal in getting Roe v. Wade overturned. But does it have any control over what happens next?
Dispatch
The Abortion Surge Engulfing Clinics in Pennsylvania
Patients are travelling to the state from Ohio, Kentucky, and even Louisiana, but how long will that option last?
Q. & A.
What Ethical Health Care Looks Like When Abortion Is Criminalized
How can physicians meet their obligations to patients after Roe?
News Desk
The Dobbs Decision Has Unleashed Legal Chaos for Doctors and Patients
Overturning Roe v. Wade put old laws—including one from the nineteenth century—back on the books, and opened the door for new ones with ambiguous language and glaring omissions.
Currency
Restrictions on Contraception Could Set Women Back Generations
The right to access contraception radically expanded women’s economic prospects. By overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court has laid a road map for reconsidering that right.
Daily Comment
The Supreme Court Decision That Defined Abortion Rights for Thirty Years
The centrist, compromising view of reproductive rights in Planned Parenthood v. Casey helped clear the path to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The Daily
The End of Roe v. Wade: What You Need to Know About Abortion Access
Answers to questions about what comes next for reproductive rights from The New Yorker’s writers.
Comment
We’re Not Going Back to the Time Before Roe. We’re Going Somewhere Worse
We are entering an era not just of unsafe abortions but of the widespread criminalization of pregnancy.
Daily Comment
Eighteen-Year-Olds with AR-15s
The legal fight over age limits on gun purchases is intensifying.
Double Take
Sunday Reading: Abortion Rights and the Courts
From the archive: a selection of pieces about abortion rights and the courts.