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Can Someone Be Fired for Being Gay? The Supreme Court Will Decide
Gerald Bostock said he lost his job after joining a gay softball league. The justices will decide whether a landmark civil rights law protects him.
‘The Enigma of Clarence Thomas’ Makes a Strong Case for Its Provocative Thesis
In his new book, Corey Robin argues that the black nationalism underpinning Thomas’s jurisprudence is a “secret hiding in plain sight.”
Britain’s Supreme Court Is Thrust Into Center of Brexit Debate
A case against Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament is testing Britain’s Supreme Court and its tradition of steering clear of political disputes.
To Balance the Scales of Justice, Don’t Be Afraid to Pack the Court
The lifetime appointments of Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh cry out for Democratic hardball in response.
Answers to Reader Questions on Our Brett Kavanaugh Essay
The Times’s deputy editorial page editor, James Dao, answers questions about how we handled an essay on the Supreme Court justice and a third accuser.
Allegations Against Brett Kavanaugh: A New Uproar
Readers discuss an article about possible sexual misconduct by the future Supreme Court justice when he was a Yale student.
Supreme Court Says Judges Are Above Politics. It May Hear a Case Testing That View.
A new petition asks the court to decide whether Delaware can factor in the political affiliations of judges to try to seek ideological balance on…
Calls for Kavanaugh’s Impeachment Come Amid New Misconduct Allegations
President Trump and other Republicans defended the Supreme Court justice after a New York Times essay described a previously unreported story about him as a…
Brett Kavanaugh Fit In With the Privileged Kids. She Did Not.
Deborah Ramirez’s Yale experience says much about the college’s efforts to diversify its student body in the 1980s.
Is Trump’s America Tougher on Asylum than Other Western Countries?
President Trump’s plan to bar migrants from seeking asylum in the United States is similar to a scheme employed by Australia since 2012. Europe tried…