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Chase Strangio, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer, sits in 2022 in New York. Amir Hamja:Bloomberg:Getty Images

Wednesday December 4, 2024

The first trans lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court
Trans healthcare saved my life
Conservative judges want to use the “Great Replacement” theory to end birthright citizenship
The lawyer who worked in the shadows to move the Courts to the right is ready to “crush” his opponents

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, credit J. Scott Applewhite : Associated Press

Wednesday December 18, 2024

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes her Broadway debut
“We Have Dreams”
Montana Supreme Court reminds trans kids that judges can do good
Black student enrollment at Harvard Law drops by 50%

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, credit J. Scott Applewhite : Associated Press

Wednesday December 18, 2024

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes her Broadway debut
“We Have Dreams”
Montana Supreme Court reminds trans kids that judges can do good
Black student enrollment at Harvard Law drops by 50%

Demonstrators at a protest against police brutality in Portland, Oregon, in July 2020. Kathryn Elsesser:AFP via Getty Images

Wednesday December 11, 2024

The legacy of Black women legislators, from Shirley Chisholm to Barbara Lee
A federal police force could be used to suppress Californians. Our state government can fight back.
I’m a trans person, and I may need to start carrying “papers” when I travel outside California
Conservative Justices know nothing about the lives of people who are different from them

Ysabel Jurado greets supporters at her election night party, credit Genaro Molina : Los Angeles Times

Wednesday November 20, 2024

The 34 year old queer, first generation lawyer beat an incumbent and won a seat on LA City Council
Against all odds, liberal judges won across the country
Diana Becton is California’s last progressive DA
800 lawyers are ready to take on Project 2025

Lateefah Simon speaks on stage, credit Joe Raedle:Getty Images

Wednesday November 13, 2024

The moment a single mom and her kids find out she passed the exam
Lateefah Simon, former Bay Area executive director, elected to Congress and ready to “fight like hell”
Lawyer Shomari Figures becomes Alabama’s first Black congressman since 1832
Sarah Mcbride just became the first trans member of Congress, and she wants everyone to stop blaming trans people

Walter Johnson, serving five life sentences in upstate New York, credit Georgiana Dallas for The New York Times

Wednesday October 30, 2024

Army of conservative lawyers are ready to reject the vote, cause chaos
Volunteer lawyers are prepared to defend democracy
In rare move, Judge changes his mind and frees man after 27 years
The student loan crisis is a national emergency

Illustration of Grace Pinson standing in a courtroom, credit Joseph Gough for The Marshall Project

Wednesday October 9, 2024

This trans woman is suing federal prison for failing to keep her safe
How the liberal lawyers handed the Supreme Court to the conservative legal movement
SCOTUS might decide the presidential election (again)
Protecting your civil rights could get more expensive