10 Resources To Help Make Sense of the Health Care Decision
In the week since the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling upholding key parts of President Obama’s health care law (“Obamacare”) – namely, the individual mandate that everyone buy insurance – Americans...
View ArticleHow Did Prop. 8 Get to the Supreme Court? Tracking the Winding Path of Justice
Note: the presentation is best viewed in full-screen mode; use the arrows to advance and zoom in/out on any text or image On March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the...
View ArticleAbigail Fisher’s Fight with Affirmative Action
Update July 24: The Supreme Court sent a challenge to the University of Texas’ affirmative action admissions process back to a lower court. The compromise ruling throws out the decision by the New...
View ArticleHow California’s Prop. 8 Clawed its Way Up to the Supreme Court
How did the Prop. 8 case go all the way from California to the U.S. Supreme Court? Scroll through this interactive to trace the path. Use the arrows to advance, and zoom in to blow-up text size and...
View ArticleExplaining Insurance Exchanges and Other Sexy Healthcare Lingo
I’m going to go out on a limb here in suggesting that the nitty gritty of the Affordable Care Act may not be the most exciting topic of conversation. But now, even as the government settles into...
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Explained: The Latest Supreme Court Ruling on Campaign Spending Limits
The Supreme Court on Wednesday removed a 40-year-old cap on the total amount of cash individuals can contribute to political candidates and party committees. The latest in a string of rulings chipping...
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The Rise and Fall of America’s Labor Unions
SEIU union janitors protest in Los Angeles (Flickr/Slobodan Dimitrov) The Supreme Court this week dealt a blow to the nation’s struggling labor unions. In a 5-4 decision along ideological lines, the...
View ArticleRhythm of Pride: Mapping How Gay Marriage Swept the Nation [Musical GIF]
Same-sex marriage is a fundamental right, the Supreme Court ruled Friday, a landmark decision that effectively legalizes gay marriage nationwide. This GIF, marking when each state’s gay marriage laws...
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EXPLAINER: How the Supreme Court Works and Why Picking A New Justice Is Such...
UPDATE (March 16): President Obama on Wednesday announced his decision to nominate Merrick Garland, a centrist appeals court judge, originally from Chicago, as the nation’s 113th Supreme Court...
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What You Need to Know about the Supreme Court and Its Latest Nominee
With his characteristic showmanship on full display, President Trump waited for prime time on Jan. 31 to reveal Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. In doing so, Trump...
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