NYTimes (and Bonus) Coverage of the 2021 Term of the Supreme Court
Liptak's Recap of the 2020 Term of the Court | New York Times, 2 July 2021 |
Barnes' Recap of the 2020 Term of the Court | Washington Post, 2 July 2021 |
What Happens if the Court Reverses Roe v. Wade (actually Planned Parenthood v. Casey)? | CNN, 24 July 2021 |
Public Approval of the Supreme Court's Job Drops | Washington Post, 29 July 2021 |
Trump Suits Vis Social Networks Must Climb the First Amendment | New York Times, 12 July 2021 |
In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Clinic, Mississippi Will Ask Court to Overturn Roe and Casey | New York Times, 22 July 2021 |
Supremes Leave Indiana University Vaccine Mandate Intact | New York Times, 12 August 2021 |
Court Blocks Part of NY Eviction Moratorium | New York Times, 12 August 2021 |
Oklahoma Seeks Reversal of McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020) | New York Times, 16 August 2021 |
Is NYTimes v. Sullivan in Danger of Reversal? | New York Times, 18 August 2021 |
Supremes Uphold Ruling Freezing Trump-Era "Stay In Mexico" Policy | New York Times, 24 August 2021 |
Texas Statute and the End of a Constitutional Right to an Abortion? | New York Times, 26 August 2021 |
Court, on Shadow Docket, Kills Biden's Moratorium on Evictions | New York Times, 26 August 2021 |
Breyer on Retirement and Politics at the Supreme Court | New York Times, 27 August 2021 |
Clinics Seek Injunction Against Texas Law Banning Abortion After Six Weeks | New York Times, 30 August 2021 |
Do Censures of Politicians Violate Their First Amendment Rights? | New York Times, 30 August 2021 |
Do Censures of Politicians Violate Their First Amendment Rights? | New York Times, 30 August 2021 |
Supreme Court, 5-4, Rejects Emergency Injunction Brought Against Texas Abortion Statute | New York Times, 2 September 2021 |
People Are Waking Up to the "Shadow Docket" | New York Times, 2 September 2021 |
The Shadow Docket Grows | New York Times, 3 September 2021 |
Supremes Will Hear Cases in Their Courtroom at Outset of 2021 Term | New York Times, 9 September 2021 |
Texas Execution Stayed and Case Docketed for Argument in Fall 2021 | New York Times, 9 September 2021 |
Justice Breyer on Politics and the Court | NPR "Morning Edition," 10 September 2021 |
Justice Barrett Says Politics Play no Role in Supreme Court Decision Making | New York Times, 13 September 2021 |
Mississippi Abortion Clinics and Doctors Urge Supremes to Strike Restrictive MS Law | New York Times, 14 September 2021 |
Does the First Amendment Require Publication of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Rulings? | New York Times, 21 September 2021 |
Out-Of-State Suits Against Texas Abortion Providers May Make SB8 Justiciable | New York Times, 21 September 2021 |
Texas Abortion Providers Seek Supreme Review of SB8 via Certiorari before Judgment" | New York Times, 23 September 2021 |
Public Support of Supreme Court Crashes; Lowest Historical Standing | Washington Post, 26 September 2021 |
Justice Sotomayor Fires Public Shot at Likely Direction of the Court | CNN, 30 September 2021 |
Justice Alito Joins the Fray | CNN, 1 October 2021 |
Senator Cruz Returns to the Supreme Court... as Does Boston in Christian Flag Dispute | New York Times, 1 October 2021 |
Justice Alito Defends the "Emergency Docket" - the "Shadow Docket" - from Critics | New York Times, 1 October 2021 |
Justice Kavanaugh Contracts Covid-19 | New York Times, 1 October 2021 |
And.... They're Off: Adam Liptak | New York Times, 4 October 2021 |
And.... They're Off: Nina Totenberg | NPR, "Morning Edition," 4 October 2021 |
And.... They're Off: Robert Barnes | Washington Post, 4 October 2021 |
And.... They're Off: Ariane de Vogue | CNN, 4 October 2021 |
The Court Begins Its 2021 Term | New York Times, 5 October 2021 |
Any Port in a Storm: Pro-Life Forces Turn to Other Countries' Laws in Support of Their Position | New York Times, 5 October 2021 |
Gitmo Detainee Ties Up the Justices... and the Department of Justice | New York Times, 6 October 2021 |
Can KY AG Defend State Abortion Statute when Prior AG Decided Not To? | New York Times, 12 October 2021 |
Justices Ponder Whether the Boston Marathon Bomber Got a Fair Sentencing | New York Times, 13 October 2021 |
Panel Studying the Court Moving Toward Its Conclusion | New York Times, 14 October 2021 |
Justice Department Will Appeal 5th Circuit Court Decision on Texas Abortion Statute | New York Times, 15 October 2021 |
Justice Breyer on Court Procedures | CNN, 17 October 2021 |
Justice Sotomayor Says New Oral Argument Procedures Combat Sexism | CNN, 17 October 2021 |
Justice Department Asks Supremes to Stay Texas SB-8... the "Abortion Bill" | New York Times, 18 October 2021 |
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Stay SB-8, the "Texas Abortion Bill" | New York Times, 18 October 2021 |
One Word, Huge Consequences for Protection of Property Rights in the Hay Day of Laissez-Faire | New York Times, 18 October 2021 |
Court Maintains Doctrine of Qualified Immunity from Suit for Police Officers | New York Times, 19 October 2021 |
Former President Trump Sues to Block Release of White House Files Relating to 6 January 2021 | New York Times, 19 October 2021 |
Echoes of Richard Nixon: Executive Privilege Back in the News | New York Times, 20 October 2021 |
Charlie Savage's Primer on Executive Privilege | New York Times, 20 October 2021 |
The Supremes Refuse to Stay Texas' SB8, but Grants Cert and Expedites Hearing | New York Times, 22 October 2021 |
One Take on Justice Thomas: An "Influencer" | CNN, 22 October 2021 |
S.B.8 Case Expedited in Briefing and Arguments | New York Times, 27 October 2021 |
Supremes Lift Stay; Oklahoma Executes Inmate | New York Times, 28 October 2021 |
Court to Hear Case Testing E.P.A. Authority to Limit Carbon Emissions | New York Times, 29 October 2021 |
Supremes Let Maine Vaccine Mandate Stand, 6-3 | New York Times, 29 October 2021 |
Justice Kavanaugh and the Texas S.B.8 Case | New York Times, 31 October 2021 |
Overview of Oral Arguments to Come in S.B.8 | New York Times, 1 November 2021 |
Court's New Rules for Oral Argument an Effort to Civilize Exchanges | New York Times, 1 November 2021 |
Oral Arguments in S.B.8 Suggest Justices Leery of Immunizing the Law from Review | New York Times, 1 November 2021 |
Will Kavanaugh Change His Position on S.B.8? | New York Times, 1 November 2021 |
A Break in Conservative Ranks in Amicus Brief Filed with the Court | New York Times, 2 November 2021 |
Justices Poised to Hear Major Second Amendment Case | New York Times, 2 November 2021 |
Does the First Amendment Prevent Elected Governmental Bodies from Censuring Their Members | New York Times, 2 November 2021 |
New York Gun Law Faces Skeptical Justices | New York Times, 3 November 2021 |
Does "State Secrets Privilege" Immunize FBI from Producing Evidence in Trial... or the Trial Itself? | New York Times, 8 November 2021 |
Puerto Ricans, Social Security Benefits, and Territorial Status Before the Court | New York Times, 9 November 2021 |
Does Free Exercise Clause Require States to Accede to Capital Offenders' Wishes to Have Clergy Touch Them? | New York Times, 9 November 2021 |
Appeals Filed Urging Supremes to Take Harvard and UNC Cases and Strike Down Affirmative Action | New York Times, 11 November 2021 |
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Stays Biden/OSHA Vaccine Requirement | New York Times, 12 November 2021 |
The Justices Are Increasingly Hostile to Capital Punishment Appeals | New York Times, 15 November 2021 |
Biden Supreme Court Commission Nearing Its Final Report | New York Times, 19 November 2021 |
Debate in Dobbs: How Viable is the Viability Line from Roe and Casey? | New York Times, 28 November 2021 |
Does Flying a Christian Latin Cross Flag on a Flagpole in Front of Boston City Hall Violate the Constitution | New York Times, 28 November 2021 |
Roe and Casey's Fate Rests with a Small Group of Justices | New York Times, 1 December 2021 |
Is Dobbs a Critical Juncture for the Supreme Court's Legitimacy in the Eyes of the People? | New York Times, 4 December 2021 |
Biden's Supreme Court Commission Issues 288 Page Report Making No Recommendations | New York Times, 7 December 2021 |
Justices Skeptical of Ban of State Aid to Pay for Education at Religious Schools | New York Times, 8 December 2021 |
D.C. Court of Appeals Rejects Trump's Executive Privilege Argument Over Jan 6 Materials | New York Times, 10 December 2021 |
Supremes Dismiss Federal Suit, 5-4 Allow Texas Abortion Bill to Stand... but Be Litigated | New York Times, 10 December 2021 |
Wither John Roberts? | CNN, 10 December 2021 |
Roe, Casey, Stare Decisis, and the Court | New York Times, 13 December 2021 |
Over a Stinging Gorsuch Dissent, Court 6-3 Upholds New York State Vaccine Mandate | New York Times, 13 December 2021 |
Trump and Congress Lawyers Argue Subpoena Power Before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals | New York Times, 13 December 2021 |
Supremes Expedite to Hear Biden/OSHA Vaccine Mandate Case | New York Times, 22 December 2021 |
Former President Trump Takes Executive Privilege Argument with Congress to the Supremes | New York Times, 23 December 2021 |
Chief Justice Roberts Focuses on Judicial Independence in State of the Judiciary Comments | New York Times, 31 December 2021 |
Capital Case from Georgia Presents Court with Issue of Standard of Proof of Intellectual Disability | New York Times, 3 January 2022 |
Supremes Ponder Biden/OSHA Vaccine Mandate in Unusual Friday Session | New York Times, 7 January 2022 |
The Court Hears Arguments Over the Biden Administration's Covid Requirement | New York Times, 8 January 2022 |
Are Migrants Held in Custody Pending Deportation Decisions Due Hearings for Bond-Based Relief? | New York Times, 11 January 2022 |
A 6-3 Supreme Court Blocks Biden Vaccine Mandate for Private Bizs but Upholds It for Healthcare Workers | New York Times, 13 January 2022 |
Can High School Football Coaches Lead Their Players in Prayer? | New York Times, 14 January 2022 |
The Gender Gap in Supreme Court Advocacy | New York Times, 17 January 2022 |
City Hall, Honorary Flag Flying, and Religious Symbols Before the Court | New York Times, 18 January 2022 |
Scorpions in a Bottle? Tensions Within the Marble Palace | NPR, 18 January 2022 |
Supremes Reject Former President Trump's Request to Invoke Executive Privilege vis January 6th Investigation | New York Times, 19 January 2022 |
Masking Draws Comment from Roberts, Sotomayor, and Gorsuch | New York Times, 19 January 2022 |
Court Poised to Further Limit Campaign Finance Regulations | New York Times, 19 January 2022 |
6-3 Court Sustains Fifth Circuit's Decision Not to Return Texas Abortion Case to the Federal District Court | New York Times, 20 January 2022 |
Supremes to Revisit McGirt to Assess Its Scope | New York Times, 24 January 2022 |
The New Supreme Court Takes on Harvard and UNC Affirmative Action Plans | New York Times, 24 January 2022 |
This Will Be Interesting: Beyer to Retire from the Supreme Court | New York Times, 26 January 2022 |
Rep. Madison Cawthorn, Insurrection, and Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment: Election Disqualification? | New York Times, 26 January 2022 |
Totenberg on Breyer | NPR "Morning Edition, 27 January 2022 |
President Biden Says His Nominee Will be a Black Woman | New York Times, 27 January 2022 |
President Biden Promises a Nominee by the End of February | New York Times, 27 January 2022 |
Reagan and O'Connor - Presidential Selections | New York Times, 27 January 2022 |
The Faces will Change, but the Balance Will Remain | New York Times, 27 January 2022 |
Possible Candidates for Nomination to Justice Breyer's Seat | New York Times, 27 January 2022 |
Breyer's Hypotheticals Will be Leaving With Him | New York Times, 31 January 2022 |
Potential Biden Picks to Replace Breyer: Ketanji Brown Jackson | New York Times, 31 January 2022 |
Court Stays 3-Judge District Court Order for Alabama to Add a Second Majority-Minority Congressional District | New York Times, 7 February 2022 |
Judge Childs Brings a Different Kind of Diversity to the Table | New York Times, 10 February 2022 |
Linda Greenhouse on the Alabama Districting Case and Coalition Dynamics on the Supreme Court | New York Times, 10 February 2022 |
Texas Inmate in Solitary Confinement for Twenty-Seven Years Asks for Help | New York Times, 14 February 2022 |
Court Will Hear Biden Appeal of Case Involving Trump Administration "Stay in Mexico" Policy | New York Times, 18 February 2022 |
Supremes Take an Opportunity to Take A Further Bite Out of a Masterpiece Bakeshop Cake: Web Designer and Weddings | New York Times, 22 February 2022 |
If Confirmed, Judge Jackson Likely to Have Little Impact on Most Divisive Cases | New York Times, 25 February 2022 |
Liptak on Nominee Jackson's Lower Court Rulings | New York Times, 28 February 2022 |
Supremes Grant Cert. to Native American Adoption Case | New York Times, 28 February 2022 |
Court to Hear Case Testing E.P.A. Capacity to Broadly Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions | New York Times, 28 February 2022 |
Justices Express Skepticism Over Scope of E.P.A. Rule-Making Authority | New York Times, 28 February 2022 |
Court Assesses Claims of "Good Faith" from Doctors Accused of Massive Overprescription | New York Times, 1 March 2022 |
Fractured Court Denies Gitmo Prisoner's Request to Subpoena Info About His Torture with "State Secrets" Privilege as Shield | New York Times, 3 March 2022 |
8-1 Court Holds Kentucky A.G. Can Appeal Lower Court Ruling Against the State's Abortion Regulation | New York Times, 3 March 2022 |
Supreme Court Reinstates Death Penalty for the Boston Marathon Bomber | New York Times, 4 March 2022 |
Unanimous Court Narrowly Holds that FISA Act Not Trump "State Secrets" Privilege | New York Times, 4 March 2022 |
Court Holds 10 Burglaries Can Count as One Crime for Purposes of Sentencing Guidelines | New York Times, 7 March 2022 |
NYC Sex Offender Law de facto Creates Potentially Limitless Incarceration | New York Times, 7 March 2022 |
Supremes, with Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch Disagreeing in Part - Leave North Carolina and Pennsylvania Districting Maps Stand | New York Times, 7 March 2022 |
Texas Supremes Foreclose Federal Suits to Challenge Senate Bill 8 | New York Times, 11 March 2022 |
Justice Thomas Hospitalized | New York Times, 20 March 2022 |
Judge Jackson Has Danced this Dance Before... though the Band Will Play at a Much Quicker Tempo | New York Times, 21 March 2022 |
Judge Jackson on First Amendment and the Press | New York Times, 23 March 2022 |
Supremes Side with Wisconsin Republicans on Redistricting Issue | New York Times, 23 March 2022 |
The Increasingly Political Nature of Confirmation Hearings | New York Times, 23 March 2022 |
8-1 Court Holds that Texas Must Allow Some Kind of Contact with Minister During Execution | New York Times, 24 March 2022 |
Elected Bodies Don't Violate the First Amendment when they Censure Members | New York Times, 25 March 2022 |
Court Rules Against SEALS in Vaccine Mandate Case | New York Times, 25 March 2022 |
Justice Thomas and Wife-Based Recusals? | New York Times, 25 March 2022 |
Court to Hear Warhol/Prince/Fair Use Case | New York Times, 28 March 2022 |
Justices Will Consider California Law Dealing with Humane Treatment of Pigs | New York Times, 28 March 2022 |
Burn Pits Raise War Powers Issues Before the Justices | New York Times, 30 March 2022 |
Can C.J. Roberts Do Anything About Virginia Thomas? (No) | New York Times, 31 March 2022 |
The Role Played for Some Justices by "Personal Precedents" | New York Times, 4 April 2022 |
6-3 Court Broadens Power of Unjustly Accused and Detained Citizens to Sue Police for Malicious Prosecution | New York Times, 4 April 2022 |
A Justice-in-Waiting: Ketanji Brown Jackson in Something of a Limbo Until the End of the 2021 Term of the Court | New York Times, 7 April 2022 |
The Sixth Woman Confirmed to the Court Shifts the Gender Ratio to 5/4... but Don't Expect Much Decisional Change | New York Times, 7 April 2022 |
Do S.E.C. Non-Disclosure Requirements for Settled Disputes Violate the First Amendment? | New York Times, 18 April 2022 |
6-3 Shadow Docket Decision Rejects Air Force Officer Free Exercise Challenge to Mandatory Vaccination | New York Times, 19 April 2022 |
6-3 (different coalitions) Shadow Docket Decision Rejects Appeal of Death Sentence Possibly Tainted by Prejudiced Juror | New York Times, 19 April 2022 |
Miranda (1966) Back Before the Court | New York Times, 21 April 2022 |
Stolen Art, Signs, and the Status of Puerto Rico are Addressed by the Court | New York Times, 21 April 2022 |
A Public High School Football Coach, Post-Game Praying, and the Intersection of Speech and Religious Rights | New York Times, 23 April 2022 |
Oral Argument Suggests Coach will Prevail... Although How is Not so Clear | New York Times, 25 April 2022 |
Biden, the Court, and "Remain in Mexico" | New York Times, 26 April 2022 |
Justice Breyer's Last Day Sees the Court Pondering Revisiting McGirt | New York Times, 27 April 2022 |
Justices Split 6-3 on Appropriate Relief for Violations of Federal Civil Rights Laws | New York Times, 28 April 2022 |
Unanimous Court Rejects Boston's Rejection of Flying a Private Religious Flag | New York Times, 2 May 2022 |
Justice Gorsuch Calls for Overturning The Insular Cases | New York Times, 3 May 2022 |
WOW! Draft of Dobbs Leaked to Politico | New York Times, 3 May 2022 |
And the Court Struggles with the Leak | New York Times, 3 May 2022 |
Leaked Dobbs Draft Draws on Well-Worn Arguments | New York Times, 4 May 2022 |
The "Conservative" Legal Movement Nears a Signal Victory in a Core Area of Concern | New York Times, 4 May 2022 |
Dobbs Draft Annotated | Washington Post, 4 May 2022 |
Alito and Roberts Working at Cross Purposes? | New York Times, 4 May 2022 |
So If the Roe/Casey Thread is Pulled, Do the Rest of the Sexual Autonomy Precedents Fall Off the Constitutional Fabric? | New York Times, 5 May 2022 |
If Dobbs Draft Largely Holds, What Else Could Go? | New York Times, 8 May 2022 |
The NYT Reacts to a Late Breaking Story: Handling the Dobbs Draft Leak | New York Times, 8 May 2022 |
A "Plain-Language" Approach to Dismantling Affirmative Action Programs Proposed in Amicus Brief | New York Times, 23 May 2022 |
6-3 Court Restricts Ineffective Counsel Challenges | New York Times, 24 May 2022 |
Supremes Let Stand Biden Administration Assessment of Greenhouse Emissions | New York Times, 26 May 2022 |
Supremes Uphold Stay Against "Novel" Texas Regulation of Expression on Social Media Sites | New York Times, 31 May 2022 |
Supremes to Decide Whether to Decide the Constitutional Status of the "Independent State Legislature Doctrine" in Elections Cases | New York Times, 7 June 2022 |
Dobbs Draft Leak Fouling the Air at the Court | "Morning Edition," NPR, 8 June 2022 |
Five Looming Potential Blockbuster Cases Still before the Court | New York Times, 8 June 2022 |
Border Agent Cleared from Suit Claiming Violation of Constitutional Rights | New York Times, 8 June 2022 |
6-3 Supreme Vote to Allow Undated PA Absentee Ballots | New York Times, 9 June 2022 |
Supreme Court Holds that Federal Law Doesn't Require Bail Hearings for Long-Detained Undocumented Immigrants | New York Times, 13 June 2022 |
Court DIG's State Effort to Forestall Changes in Trump Immigration Plan | New York Times, 15 June 2022 |
Justice Sotomayor Thinks Court Can Regain Public Confidence | New York Times, 17 June 2022 |
Public Opinion and the Court: Sometimes but not Always | New York Times, 21 June 2022 |
Maine Must Provide Tuition for Religious Schools if it Provides Tuition for Non-Sectarian Private Schools in Areas without Public Schools | New York Times, 22 June 2022 |
The Most Pro-Religious Exercise Supreme Court in Modern History | New York Times, 22 June 2022 |
Court Limits Recovery from Miranda Violations and, 5-4, Holds for Inmate Who Sought Firing Squad | New York Times, 23 June 2022 |
6-3 Court Strikes Down New York Limitations on Carrying Guns | New York Times, 23 June 2022 |
Roe/Casey Go Down 6-3 | New York Times, 25 June 2022 |
Dobbs v. Jackson Woman's Health Organization: Chief Justice Roberts has Lost "His" Court | New York Times, 24 June 2022 |
Justice Alito's Long-Running Battle Against Abortion | New York Times, 25 June 2022 |
The Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses Mean Coach Kennedy Can Pray | New York Times, 27 June 2022 |
Pill Mill Doctors Get a Reprieve as Court Holds State Must Show More Than Violating "Objective Standards" | New York Times, 27 June 2022 |
David Leonhart on What Shoes Might Drop Next with Emboldened Court Majority | New York Times, 28 June 2022 |
6-3 Court Reinstates Republican Drawn Districts in Louisiana Over Voting Rights Objections | New York Times, 29 June 2022 |
Supremes Hold State Courts in Oklahoma Have Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Some Crimes on Indian Land | New York Times, 29 June 2022 |
Sovereign Immunity Takes a Hit in Iraqi Burn Pits Case, 5-4 | New York Times, 29 June 2022 |
It's Official: Justice Breyer Sends Letter Resigning at Noon on 30 June | CNN, 30 June 2022 |
Court Holds, 5-4, that Biden Can End Trump's "Stay in Mexico" Policy | New York Times, 30 June 2022 |
The "Major Questions" Doctrine in W.VA v. EPA | New York Times, 30 June 2022 |
6-3 Court Limits EPA Rule-Making Authority | New York Times, 30June 2022 |
Supremes Accept Major North Carolina Districting Case | New York Times, 30 June 2022 |
Justice Thomas, Joined by Alito and Gorsuch, Dissent from Cert Denial of Case Combining Covid and Abortion | Politico, 30 June 2022 |
Kobylka - Know Him? - on the 2021 Term of the Court | The Hill, 30 June 2022 |
The Court and Climate: Find a New Fix, If Fix There Is | New York TImes, 1 July 2022 |
Liptak on the 2021 Term That Was | New York TImes, 1 July 2022 |
Robert Barnes on the 2021 Term of the Court | Washington Post, 2 July 2022 |
And the Court Drops in Public Esteem/Approval | Washington Post, 23 June 2022 |
Congressional Inaction Fuels Court's Move to Adjust Policy | New York Times, 2 July 2022 |
Major Decisions of the 2021 Term of the Court | New York Times, 24 June 2022 |
Liptak on "The Mood" of the Court After a Charged Term | New York Times, 3 July 2022 |