Hard Knocks in the Workplace

Eric Schnapper : Labor

The rights of workers get little attention from the court, and employers know they can violate those rights with impunity.

Debtor Nation

Robert M. Lawless : Banks & Banking

The Supreme Court has done little to protect a nation of debtors from predatory lending practices.

Senior Rights & Wrongs

Harper Jean Tobin

It's increasingly difficult for older Americans to protect themselves from age discrimination, nursing home abuse and loss of pension benefits.

Health Cares

Sara Rosenbaum : Health Care Policy

Safety Last

David C. Vladeck

Pro-business judges who now dominate the Supreme Court undermine consumers' right to sue when they are injured by unsafe products.

No Exit

Daniel Lazare : Non-Fiction

Laurence Tribe's new book asks us to consider the "invisible" web of ideas that have grown around the text of the Constitution. But who's to say what it contains?

Justice Delayed and Denied at Guantanámo

Aziz Huq : Guantanamo Bay

The Supreme Court's ruling in Boumediene v. Bush affirmed prisoners' right to habeas corpus, but the government is stalling; and such delays may keep detainees imprisoned indefinitely.

Supreme Politics

The Editors : Presidential Election 2008

The Supreme Court's final rulings remind us that civil rights and a sane vision of the Constitution rest with the next President's judicial appointments.

A Blow Against Gitmo

David Cole : Guantanamo Bay

By a single vote, the Supreme Court stood up to an Administration that has declared war on the rule of law.

Supreme Court Deals Death Blow to Gitmo

Jonathan Hafetz : Guantanamo Bay

The Supreme Court delivers a dramatic blow to the President's lawless detention policies, overturns an effort by the previous Congress to eliminate the right of habeas corpus and sounds the death knell for Guantánamo Bay prison.

Protecting the Rights of Millionaires

Laura MacCleery : Electoral Reform

By equating money with free speech, is the Supreme Court defending the right of the rich to steal elections?

The Voter ID Fraud

Garrett Epps : The Courts

The conservatives ensconced on the Supreme Court are set to uphold draconian ID requirements on voters that will redefine electoral politics in America.

Judging Thomas

Jon Wiener : Racism & Discrimination

A close look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals a deeply conservative and increasingly bitter man.

The Protect Alberto Gonzales Act of 2007

Patricia J. Williams : Privacy Rights

Congress bows to Bush and passes a law that allows blanket data-mining of all phone calls or e-mail by anyone, anywhere.

Mourning in America

Patricia J. Williams : Youth, Education, & Children

As the Supreme Court rules public schools cannot take voluntary action to overcome racial inequality, what's surprising is the lack of outcry.

Racists & Robber Barons

David L. Kirp : Racism & Discrimination

Rather than build a unified culture in a diverse society, the conservative Gang of Five that now dominates the Supreme Court is polarizing the country.

What We Owe the Working Poor

Annette Bernhardt : Wages & Hours

The Supreme Court's recent decision to deny home-care workers the right to overtime pay is speeding a race to the bottom that will affect every working person.

Supremely Bad Decisions

Bruce Shapiro

With gleeful judicial activism, the Roberts Court swings right and sides with the interests of power.

Divining Demeanor

Patricia J. Williams : Death Penalty

The latest Supreme Court ruling on the death penalty will give prosecutors huge latitude to pick jurors who enthusiastically embrace capital punishment.

Tough Luck, Ladies

Katha Pollitt : Wages & Hours

The Roberts Court rules that six months into being screwed by your boss, pay discrimination is your own damn fault.

Jackal Time

Robert L. Borosage : Enron

Will the Supreme Court declare banks immune from liability for their role in the Enron debacle?

Misjudging Women

Jessica Arons : Reproductive Rights

In Gonzalez v. Carhart, Justice Anthony Kennedy has utterly changed the course of abortion jurisprudence.

Invisible America

Patricia J. Williams : Racism & Discrimination

Fifty-three years after Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court will rule on two cases that will decide the future of school integration.

Regrets Only

Katha Pollitt : Reproductive Rights

The Supreme Court's recent antichoice decision shows how deeply disinformation has seeped into the abortion debate.