Latest articles by Scott Lemieux
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Why progressives should support Louisiana's anti-abortion Democratic governor
opinion He's still better than David Vitter
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The telling incoherence of Antonin Scalia's 'pederast' comments
opinion The Supreme Court justice's latest broadside against gay marriage isn't just offensive. It's insane.
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John Kasich wants to be the Jon Huntsman of 2016. This is even crazier than it sounds.
opinion The 2016 candidate is running as a moderate Republican — even though he's not
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Why the raging dysfunction in Washington is the new normal
opinion In all likelihood, it doesn't get better
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Why the American death penalty system is broken
opinion The case of Richard Glossip shows how the system perpetuates unjust executions
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Jeb Bush and the Republican Party's bizarre 9/11 blind spot
opinion Jeb Bush said his brother "kept us safe." Except, of course, for the worst terrorist attack ever on American soil.
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No, Kim Davis wasn't standing on principle
opinion And 4 other lessons from the anti-gay marriage spectacle in Kentucky
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Why Biden 2016 makes no sense
opinion Biden's isn't running for president, let alone as a one-term president
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How the presidential race is making the GOP's health care ideas even worse
opinion Did you like the health care system circa 2009? Then you'll love Scott Walker's new health care plan.
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Lawrence Lessig, and how not to run a single-issue campaign
opinion Sometimes running for president is the worst way to address a given problem
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John Roberts has been trying to gut the Voting Rights Act for decades
opinion A big investigation in The New York Times Magazine shows the deep roots of the Republican Party's vote suppression campaign
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How ObamaCare's fiercest critic all but admitted the legal case against it was a scam
opinion Liberals always claimed that the case before the Supreme Court was a farce. Now they've been proven right.
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How a President Hillary Clinton could help end the death penalty
opinion The Supreme Court isn't close to striking it down. But a new Democratic appointee would make a huge difference.
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Sorry, liberals: The Supreme Court is still plenty conservative
opinion Liberals just had their best term of the John Roberts era. But they shouldn't expect history to repeat itself.
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Why the next big battle at the Supreme Court may be over solitary confinement
opinion Justice Anthony Kennedy has suggested that prolonged solitary confinement is inhumane
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Yes, it's okay for Obama to 'bully' the Supreme Court
opinion As we await the fate of ObamaCare, the president's critics are trying to muzzle him
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How Congress learned to stop bowing to President Obama on national security
opinion Lessons from the passage of the USA Freedom Act
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Will Republicans suffer politically if the Supreme Court strikes down ObamaCare? Don't count on it.
opinion Political science shows that voters are not very good at assigning blame for policy disasters
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Rick Scott lied on his mother's grave — and blew a hole in the GOP's anti-ObamaCare argument
opinion It's not about states' rights. It's about pure partisanship.
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Why Canada's election shocker wasn't all that surprising
opinion A progressive party swept Canada's most conservative province. But it's less of a political earthquake than you might think.
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Why the Supreme Court shouldn't let voters decide on gay marriage
opinion Conservatives have long tried to make this about judicial activism, but the argument just doesn't hold water
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Nearly getting away with murder: How the Walter Scott video exposed a corrupt system
opinion It's quite possible that Michael Slager would be free today
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Kansas' experiment in concentrated conservatism keeps getting grimmer
opinion There's a lot the matter with Kansas these days
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The Atlanta teachers' trial: A perfect example of America's broken justice system
The Explainer Teachers caught cheating should be fired — not sent to prison
The Explainer
