Latest articles by Scott Lemieux
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Could an Abe Lincoln precedent help Obama save ObamaCare?
opinion An interesting theory has emerged from Chief Justice John Roberts' former clerk
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Destroying ObamaCare: Why conservatives want to turn the Supreme Court into a schoolmarm
opinion The latest legal argument against the Affordable Care Act is a desperate ruse
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The sphinx, the hack, and the swing vote: Key takeaways from the Supreme Court's big ObamaCare case
opinion A bare majority of the court may very well strip millions of Americans of access to health insurance
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The 3 stages of ObamaCare trutherism
opinion A descent into the absurdity of the anti-ACA case before the Supreme Court
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The grand futility of the gay marriage standoff in Alabama
opinion The defiance of Roy Moore is destined to become a historical footnote
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The Supreme Court challenge against ObamaCare is rapidly falling apart
The Explainer Do the Affordable Care Act truthers stand a chance?
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How the GOP embraced being the Party of Death
opinion Repealing the Affordable Care Act will surely result in preventable death and suffering. How do Republicans respond?
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The Supreme Court takes on gay marriage: How each justice will (probably) vote
The Explainer How each justice will (probably) vote on gay marriage
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Is the Supreme Court really willing to kick 10 million people off health insurance?
opinion This time, the fate of 10 million people are at stake
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Obama is siding with Amazon at the Supreme Court. It's both illogical and inhumane.
opinion The administration is indirectly backing the giant e-retailer in a dispute with warehouse workers
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What Democrats whine about when they whine about ObamaCare
opinion Leading members of President Obama's party continue to second-guess his health care law. Here's what they get wrong.
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How Sonia Sotomayor became the Supreme Court's preeminent defender of civil liberties
opinion The trailblazing justice has carved out an important niche on the high court in just a few short years
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How gay marriage advocates learned to love the courts
opinion Ten years ago, people said fighting for equality in the courts was a bad idea. Boy, were they wrong.
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The Supreme Court is not done with affirmative action yet
opinion It's hard to imagine an affirmative action program the Roberts court would uphold
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Can the Supreme Court be rescued from politics?
opinion The court in recent years has only grown more polarized and ideological. And the trend lines don't look good.
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John Paul Stevens is right: The death penalty is unconstitutional
opinion Oklahoma's botched execution of Clayton Lockett has only underscored the barbarism of capital punishment
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Stop calling the GOP the party of new ideas
opinion The bulk of Paul Ryan's anti-poverty plan is as old as the hills. Oh, and it's also terrible policy.
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Rick Perry is a terrible governor. But his indictment is a politically motivated farce.
opinion The attempt to criminalize a run-of-the-mill political dispute is part of a disturbing trend
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The conservative legal case against ObamaCare keeps getting nuttier
opinion In their fervor to strike down the law, conservatives have been forced to twist logic beyond recognition
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Why the Supreme Court is allowing Texas to hold an unconstitutional election
opinion Once again, the high court has joined with conservative state lawmakers to restrict minority voting
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The big problem with a right-to-vote constitutional amendment
opinion Guaranteeing the right to vote would be great. But there's no reason to think conservative courts will play along.
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The many injustices of Missouri's new 'waiting-period' abortion law
opinion Missouri's law may not be the most draconian in the land. But it sure is insulting to women.
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The Supreme Court's sneaky scheme to destroy ObamaCare
opinion With the help of some spurious legal reasoning, the court appears poised to dismantle the Affordable Care Act
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Gay marriage is going to the Supreme Court — and it's probably going to win
opinion It's hard to see the high court upholding a ruling that stumbles on basic questions of equality
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