Mark Joseph Stern
Mark Joseph Stern Mark Joseph Stern

Mark Joseph Stern is a writer for Slate. He covers the law and LGBTQ issues.

Jurisprudence
June 7 2017 5:55 PMThe Trump Voter Fraud Agenda Is HereA law in New Hampshire is the first sign of a new era of voter suppression.Mark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
June 5 2017 1:37 PMSupreme Court’s Latest Decision Against Racial Gerrymandering Doesn’t Fix the ProblemMark Joseph Stern
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June 1 2017 12:43 PM“Gay Panic” Is No Longer a Legitimate Reason to Murder Someone in IllinoisMark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
May 30 2017 5:03 PMObama’s Civil Rights Legacy Is CrumblingThe Trump administration is dismantling its predecessor’s moves to protect women, minorities, the poor, and LGBTQ people.Mark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
May 25 2017 3:41 PMFourth Circuit Upholds Travel Ban Injunction, Saying It “Drips With Religious Intolerance”Mark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
May 24 2017 5:28 PMVirginia Governor Pardons Undocumented Immigrant’s Traffic Offense to Stop DeportationMark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
May 22 2017 6:28 PMClarence Thomas Joins Liberals, Shocks WorldA strange Supreme Court alliance just struck a blow against racial gerrymandering in the United States.Mark Joseph Stern
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May 18 2017 1:50 PMWhy Republican Governors Keep Signing LGBTQ “Conversion Therapy” BansMark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
May 16 2017 4:41 PMNorth Carolina Republicans Are Already Working on a New Voter Suppression BillMark Joseph Stern
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May 10 2017 3:07 PMWest Virginia Supreme Court Rules Anti-Gay Assaults Are Not Hate CrimesMark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
May 9 2017 11:11 AMThe Only Constitutional Right That MattersConservative judges want to protect domestic abusers’ right to bear arms. Why don’t they care about protecting the right to vote?Perry Grossman and Mark Joseph Stern
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May 4 2017 5:04 PMTrump’s Executive Order Spared LGBTQ People. Trumpcare Could Kill Them.Mark Joseph Stern
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May 2 2017 3:05 PMMan Sues Anti-Gay Mississippi Funeral Home for Refusing to Cremate His HusbandMark Joseph Stern
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April 28 2017 4:00 PMWhy Some Conservatives Think LGBTQ People Deserve to Get Beaten UpMark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
April 25 2017 6:05 PMSex and Hate in the Mountain StateThe West Virginia Supreme Court debates whether an anti-gay hate crime is really a hate crime.Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
June 6 2017 12:54 PMIs Trump Trying to Lose?Three ways Monday’s bizarre tweetstorm sabotages his administration’s defense of the travel ban.Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
June 2 2017 11:51 AMDOJ Asks Supreme Court (aka Anthony Kennedy) to Let Travel Ban Take EffectMark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
May 30 2017 6:15 PMJudge Slams Trump’s Immigration Crackdown: “Even the ‘Good Hombres’ Are Not Safe”Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
May 30 2017 5:44 AMThe Next Ginsburg and Scalia?Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Samuel Alito look like they’re becoming the best of frenemies.Mark Joseph Stern
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May 25 2017 3:37 PMMarriage Equality Is Coming to Taiwan. Is the Rest of Asia Far Behind?Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
May 23 2017 5:10 PMIs Anthony Kennedy Ready to Put an End to Partisan Gerrymandering?The Supreme Court’s swing voter will decide the future of American elections.Mark Joseph Stern
Politics
May 19 2017 3:44 PMWhat Pence BelievesThe vice president’s two-time gubernatorial opponent on his adversary’s political values and what he’d do in the Oval Office.Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
May 17 2017 4:26 PMTrump’s JusticeNeil Gorsuch will be the enduring symbol of a disastrous presidency.Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
May 15 2017 6:45 PMNorth Carolina’s “Monster” Voter-Suppression Law Is DeadIt may have been too overtly racist for the Supreme Court. But don’t think the battle is over.Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
May 9 2017 1:09 PMHow Trump Will Transform the Federal CourtsOne young judge at a time.Micah Schwartzman and Mark Joseph Stern
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May 5 2017 6:45 PMAmericans Now View Health Care as a Right. Republicans Can’t Change That.Mark Joseph Stern and Perry Grossman
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May 3 2017 4:08 PMWhy Trump Is Reportedly Planning an Unconstitutional Assault on LGBTQ RightsMark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
May 1 2017 5:36 PMWill Fair Housing Stay Fair?The Supreme Court’s ruling in Bank of America v. Miami strengthened the Fair Housing Act—for now.Mark Joseph Stern
Politics
April 27 2017 4:55 PMAmerica Could Look Like North Carolina by 2020. Yikes.Republicans in the Tar Heel State are attacking the courts, the environment, voting rights, protesters, and immigrants. They’re giving us a glimpse of America under four years of Trump.Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
April 24 2017 6:05 PMThe Empty WaistbandIn a biting dissent, Justice Sotomayor takes aim at the lie that lets police officers shoot unarmed men with impunity.Mark Joseph Stern

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