Earl Warren

When the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the future of affirmative action, I knew I had to be there.

The more liberals present originalist arguments, the more they legitimate originalism.

On the persistent myth of the colorblind Constitution that the Supreme Court's conservatives have embraced.

Felix Frankfurter warned that politicians, not the courts, should make policy.

It’s time to admit that the nation’s highest court has been a source of harm more often than it’s been a force for justice.

A new biography of Robert Welch traces the origins and history of the anti-Communist John Birch Society and provides historical perspective on the Trump era.

A review of "Cruising for Conspirators: How a New Orleans DA Prosecuted the Kennedy Assassination as a Sex Crime."

As an attorney, Derrick Bell worked on many civil-rights cases, but his doubts about their impact launched a groundbreaking school of thought.

The Supreme Court and the pursuit of racial equality.

Long before Trump, politicians on the country’s West Coast mobilized a white working-class base through violent hate of Chinese and Japanese immigrants.

A local gay rights activist launched a publicity stunt that became so much more. Congress couldn’t help but notice.

One hundred and twenty five years after the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, there are still lessons to be gleaned from the case.

Sixty years ago, many GOP leaders resisted radicals in their ranks. Now they’re not even trying.

In 1964, the John Birch Society was the most active far-right group in the United States—unless you count the Republican Party.

Beyond packing schemes, we need to diminish the high court’s power.

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg concludes an era of faith in courts as partners in the fight for progress and equality.

The Supreme Court has betrayed the promise of equal citizenship by allowing police to arrest and kill Americans at will.

The 50-year effort to advance a conservative legal agenda.

The problem of minority rule isn’t Trumpian or temporary; it’s bipartisan and enduring.

Oakland’s lopsided boom.