Abortion Clinics Are Getting Nickel-and-Dimed Out of Business
From legal battles to securing vendors to getting the walls painted, every budget line is a struggle.
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Where Science Enters the Courtroom, the Daubert Name Looms Large
Decades ago, two parents sued a drug company over their newborn’s deformity—and changed courtroom science forever.
The Abortions We Don't Talk About
Six women tell their stories.
The Longform Guide to the Supreme Court
Stories about the cases that wind through the Old Supreme Court Chamber and the justices who have shaped its legacy.
“An Odd, Almost Senseless Series of Events”
Every law student knows John Brady’s name. But few know the story of the bumbling murder that ended in a landmark legal ruling.
Little Scalia
How Neil Gorsuch became the second-most-polarizing man in Washington.
The Case for Impeaching Clarence Thomas
He holds incredible power over women’s rights. New evidence shows he lied repeatedly about his history of harassment to get there.
Where the Death Penalty Still Lives
Only 16 counties regularly impose death sentences, and they have three things in common: overaggressive prosecutors, defense lawyers who aren’t up to the task and cultural legacies of racial bias. Florida’s Fourth Judicial Circuit is among them.
In Conversation: Antonin Scalia
The Supreme Court justice on gay rights, the problem with consensus, and the Devil.
To Have and to Hold
Sex, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court.
We’re getting wildly differing assessments
A 7,000-word anatomy of the chaotic 9 minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its health care ruling.
No More Mr. Nice Guy
A profile of Chief Justice John Roberts.
Money Unlimited
How Chief Justice John Roberts pulled off Citizens United.
A Struggle with the Police & the Law
A Supreme Court Justice revisits a rape trial from the 1950s.
Two Men in Texas
What really happened between the plaintiffs in Lawrence vs. Texas, the case that ended anti-sodomy laws?
The Thomases vs. Obama’s Health-Care Plan
On the combined force of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia, a Tea Party stalwart.
The Hustler
No one argues before the Supreme Court more than Tommy Goldstein.
