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.
To Have and to Hold
Sex, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court.
Jill Lepore New Yorker May 2015 20min
The Case of Sacco And Vanzetti
Analysis of the trial from future Supreme Court justice.
Felix Frankfurter The Atlantic Mar 1927 1h15min
“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.
Thomas L. Dybdahl The Marshall Project Jun 2018 20min
In Conversation: Antonin Scalia
The Supreme Court justice on gay rights, the problem with consensus, and the Devil.
Jennifer Senior New York Oct 2013 25min
On the Death Sentence
In 1976, newly appointed Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens voted to reinstate capital punishment in the United States. Thirty years later, he argued that it’s unconstitutional. Here, he explains why he changed his mind.
John Paul Stevens New York Review of Books Dec 2010 15min
Money Unlimited
How Chief Justice John Roberts pulled off Citizens United.
Jeffrey Toobin New Yorker May 2012 40min
Little Scalia
How Neil Gorsuch became the second-most-polarizing man in Washington.
Simon van Zuylen-Wood New York May 2018 20min
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.
Jeffrey Toobin New Yorker Aug 2011 35min
The Hustler
No one argues before the Supreme Court more than Tommy Goldstein.
Noam Scheiber The New Republic Apr 2006 20min
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