With the End of Its 2023-24 Term in Sight, the Supreme Court Has Not Been Particularly Partisan or Aggressive This Year, Even as it Has Had No Choice but to Take Certain High-Profile Cases (In Part Because of an Out-of-step Lower Court, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals) | Vikram David Amar | Verdict

A common narrative these days is that the Supreme Court is a hard-line, partisan, far-right institution dead set on rapidly transforming American society. Critics have asserted that even in an election year, the Court has reached out aggressively to take up cases to push the Republican agenda. In the recent past, the story goes, conservative…

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Appeals court upholds negligent homicide conviction for encouraging suicide by electronic means

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