LINDA GREENHOUSE
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A Ritual Returns: Supreme Court Justices Will Explain Their Decisions
By explaining their decisions in open court, the justices are owning their work.
On Affirmative Action, What Once Seemed Unthinkable Might Become Real
Should diversity still be considered the compelling interest in college admissions that the court said it was in 1978?
Alito’s Call to Arms to Secure Religious Liberty
The challenge, he says, is to convince people who are not religious that religion is worth special protection.
Religious Doctrine, Not the Constitution, Drove the Dobbs Decision
Women have become refugees fleeing their home states for reproductive health care that less than a month ago was theirs by right.
A Requiem for the Supreme Court After Roe’s Demise
The decision overturning Roe v. Wade is a stunning moment for America and for its high court.
Abortion Questions for Justice Alito and His Supreme Court Allies
Isn’t having to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term the same as forced labor?
Women Are Invisible in Justice Alito’s Abortion Opinion
He would erase the right to abortion without acknowledging the impact on women and on the constitutional understanding of sex equality.
On Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, How Low Will Senate Republicans Go?
In seeking to discredit her, they have concocted a scary version of a Black woman to serve up to their base.