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Photo of lady justice wearing a crown. Illustration by Slate, Photos by Getty Images Plus

Wednesday May 3, 2023

The tribal lawyers winning back rights
Meet the conservative legal movement’s best friend
Chief Justice Roberts thinks SCOTUS should be exempt from oversight
Prominent retired judge calls for SCOTUS ethics rules

Staton with his brother Reggie after he was accepted to Harvard Law School in March 2020, credit Washington Post

Wednesday April 26, 2023

From custodian to Harvard Law Grad
What law schools get wrong about public interest careers
The right wing lawyers trying to suppress the student vote
The plan to end abortion, everywhere regardless of what voters want

Rep. Justin Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones raise their fists, Credit, Cheney Orr, Reuters

Wednesday April 12, 2023

I will walk back into the state house, and continue to fight
The racist Tennessee power grab is coming to a state near you
Judge Protasiewicz was honest with voters about what it means to be a judge
A judicial system out of control

Janet Protasiewicz celebrates after the race was called for her during her election night watch party in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Credit, Evelyn Hockstein,Reuters

Wednesday April 5, 2023

The rise of progressive judges
The power of state supreme courts
We need more civil rights lawyers
Conservative judge blocks anti-drag law

Badge, left, and Lander Busse, teenage plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state of Montana Credit, Matthew Hamon for The New York Times

Wednesday March 29, 2023

16 young people sue their government in landmark climate case
The conservative legal movement is coming for public defenders
State Supreme Courts can protect us when federal judges refuse to
Justice Gorsuch sides with criminal defendants, and warms about judges with too much power

The Justice Department building in Washington, credit Tom Brenner for The Washington Post

Wednesday March 22, 2023

The fight against “judge shopping”
The Federalist Society isn’t so sure about democracy
Anti abortion lawyers want to ignore Court injunctions they disagree with
How the police become untouchable