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JAMELLE BOUIE
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John Roberts and Clarence Thomas Have the ‘Colorblind’ Constitution Wrong
John Marshall Harlan isn’t quite the egalitarian justice some make him out to be.
The Enemies of Slavery Gave New Meaning to the Declaration of Independence
The story of the changing importance of the Declaration should be a reminder that our nation had more than one founding.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s Remarkable Dissent
Her dissent on the student loan decision is revealing.
Trump Believes the Presidency Belongs to Him
It’s a dangerous assumption rooted in the habits and pathologies of the business world.
Republicans Keep Failing the Same Test
With few exceptions, party members are unwilling to discipline Trump, withdraw their support for his leadership or even criticize him for his actions.
There Is One Group the Roberts Court Really Doesn’t Like
It is difficult to overstate the court’s hostility to organized labor and the rights of American workers.
The Actual Threat to Freedom Is Coming From the States
We have a long history with various forms of sub-national authoritarianism.
Neil Gorsuch Has Given Himself Away
A justice who frequently struggles to see injustice and cruelty in the present will surely struggle to see injustice and cruelty in the past.
The Four Freedoms, According to Republicans
This is not what Franklin Roosevelt had in mind.