Jeannie Suk Gersen

His jurisprudence has been overshadowed by that of his showier colleagues but was a model of principled restraint.

Twenty years ago, Sandra Day O'Connor's deleted draft opinion rejected favoring white applicants over Asian Americans. Why did Clarence Thomas adopt it?

A revered Supreme Court ruling protected the robust debate vital to democracy—but made it harder to constrain misinformation. Can we do better?

By limiting discussion of the infamous Supreme Court decision, law-school professors risk minimizing the role of racism in American history.