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Supreme Court
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July 6, 2015
Is the Supreme Court Too Powerful?
Is legislation the only way to create lasting change with real influence?
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June 29, 2015
Red, White and Bluer
Has America become more liberal?
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April 27, 2015
Discrimination Without Clear Intent
Is it fair to say that a harmful impact is enough to prove that discrimination exists? Can segregation be fought without having …
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January 26, 2015
The Supreme Court Meets the Real World
How should the actual effects of Supreme Court decisions affect justices' thinking in reaching them?
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December 3, 2014
When Things Get Ugly Online
Would attempts by Facebook and other social sites to curb violent comments step on users' artistic expression?
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October 13, 2014
Campaign Finance 40 Years Later
What more can be done to curb the influence of money on elections?
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July 1, 2014
Union Dues and the Court
Should public employees be required to pay union dues, even if they don't join the union that represents them? If not, what …
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June 30, 2014
Congress, Religion and the Court
Does the Religious Freedom Restoration Act go too far?
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April 27, 2014
Should Affirmative Action Be Based on Income?
Will the Supreme Court decision on race-based preferences push colleges to resort to less effective methods to promote to diversity?
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April 6, 2014
What It Means if the Death Penalty Is Dying
As executions become concentrated in fewer and fewer states and racial disparities continue, does the application of capital punishment make it unconstitutionally …
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October 6, 2013
Why Limit Political Donations?
The justices allowed corporate donations with the Citizens United ruling. Now they are considering individual caps. Why keep any limits?
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September 18, 2013
Reconsidering Young Lifers’ Sentences
Should prisoners serving mandatory life sentences without parole who committed their crimes as juveniles be eligible for a new sentencing hearing?
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June 6, 2013
Can the Human Blueprint Have Owners?
Should companies be allowed to patent genes?
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May 13, 2013
Diversity Without Affirmative Action?
Could a conservative Supreme Court decision create a more progressive college admissions process?
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June 28, 2012
What’s Next for Health Care?
Watch a video roundtable, via Google+, about the Supreme Court's decision to largely uphold the Affordable Care Act.
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June 17, 2012
Life After the Health Care Ruling
What would the future hold if the Supreme Court strikes down the most controversial part of the health care law, the individual …
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June 5, 2012
When to Punish, and When to Rehabilitate
When minors commit violent crimes, should they be treated differently from adults? Is prison effective as a punishment or a deterrent for …
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April 22, 2012
How States Should Approach Immigration
Arizona and Alabama have run into controversy. What are the alternatives to their policies?
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March 25, 2012
Is the Court Being Thoughtful or Partisan?
Are the Supreme Court justices giving due consideration to the health care law, or preparing to engage in 'judicial activism' to reduce …
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February 28, 2012
Corporate Rights and Human Rights
Should the Alien Tort Statute hold corporations liable for heinous crimes? Is there a more effective way to do this?
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February 22, 2012
Beyond Race in Affirmative Action
Should colleges and universities continue to take race into account for the sake of diversity on campus?
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January 5, 2012
Foreign Money Swaying U.S. Voters?
Should noncitizens who live in America be allowed to donate to U.S. elections?
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June 27, 2011
Where to Now on Public Financing?
How will the Supreme Court's rejection of an Arizona matching-funds law affect the political landscape?
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June 20, 2011
A Death Blow to Class Action?
By siding with Wal-Mart, the Supreme Court has signaled that it wants job bias disputes handled in the workplace, not in the …
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March 3, 2011
When Free Speech Feels Wrong
Should emotions have played a greater role in the Supreme Court decision in the Westboro Baptist Church case?
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February 16, 2011
Does Clarence Thomas’s Silence Matter?
Can a Supreme Court justice effectively perform his duties without participating in oral arguments?
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October 20, 2010
The Justices and Decorum Outside the Courtroom
Should Supreme Court justices -- and their spouses -- show restraint in airing their political views?
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October 6, 2010
Free Speech and Picketing Funerals
Should private individuals be able to sue others for intentional infliction of emotional distress caused by offensive speech?
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June 28, 2010
What Bolstering Gun Rights Will Mean
How should cities and states alter their gun control policies given the Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment?
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June 21, 2010
What Counts as Abetting Terrorists?
What does the Supreme Court ruling on the federal terrorism law mean for free speech rights?
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