Mark Joseph Stern

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

The Slatest

Oct. 18 2017 6:39 PMJudge Orders Trump Administration to Let Undocumented Immigrant Minor Obtain AbortionMark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Oct. 17 2017 7:02 PMWho’s to Blame for America’s Sexual Harassment Nightmare?The Supreme Court, for one.Mark Joseph Stern

The Slatest

Oct. 11 2017 2:58 PM9th Circuit Rules There’s No Constitutional Right to Sell Firearms. Will the Supreme Court Care? Mark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Oct. 10 2017 5:53 PMAn Even More Insidious Kind of GerrymanderingIn North Carolina, Republicans want to use redistricting to kick Democrats off the courts.Mark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Oct. 6 2017 5:44 PMOur Bodies, Their ChoiceThe Trump administration just gave religious employers the right to control female workers’ reproductive health.Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Oct. 4 2017 4:00 PMPartisan Gerrymandering Got the Sotomayor TreatmentThe justice has a knack for crafting simple, devastating questions. She was at her best in Gill v. Whitford.Mark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Oct. 3 2017 11:38 AMSessions the CensorThe attorney general says he values free speech. In 1996, he tried to stop LGBTQ students from meeting at a public university.Mark Joseph Stern

The Slatest

Sept. 29 2017 6:21 PMThe Leading Candidate to Replace Tom Price Seems Way Less Inclined to Sabotage ObamacareMark Joseph Stern

Future Tense

Sept. 28 2017 3:37 PMTrump’s Lawyers: Yes, the President Blocks People on Twitter for Criticizing Him Mark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Sept. 27 2017 2:25 PMLike President, Like JusticeNeil Gorsuch just showed his commitment to racial equality is about as strong as Trump’s.Mark Joseph Stern

Politics

Sept. 26 2017 5:55 AMThe Most Cynical Republican on ObamacareMike Pence successfully expanded Medicaid in Indiana. He would have rather torpedoed the law—and hurt his former constituents—than admit that it works.Mark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Sept. 20 2017 5:21 PMObergefell Is Already Under AttackTrump is laying the groundwork to overturn marriage equality.Mark Joseph Stern

Outward

Sept. 19 2017 4:32 PMArizona Supreme Court Unanimously Affirms the Equal Rights of Same-Sex ParentsMark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Sept. 18 2017 6:00 PMWho Are You Calling Lawless?The Trump administration says sanctuary cities are rule-breakers. But it’s the federal government that keeps losing in court.Mark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Sept. 13 2017 3:32 PMThe Racist Map WinsThe Supreme Court’s conservatives just ensured that Latino votes still won’t count in Texas.Mark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Oct. 18 2017 5:06 PMFeud: Elena and NeilWhy rumors of a Gorsuch–Kagan clash at the Supreme Court are such a bombshell.Mark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Oct. 13 2017 6:32 PMThe Obtuse SaboteurTrump’s plan to kill Obamacare isn’t just reckless—it’s illegal, and likely to fail in the courts.Mark Joseph Stern

The Slatest

Oct. 11 2017 12:19 PMThe Trump Administration Is Preventing Undocumented Immigrant Minors From Getting AbortionsMark Joseph Stern

Politics

Oct. 8 2017 8:07 PMTrump’s PropMike Pence started out as a powerful veep. He's now Trump’s pathetic culture war pawn.Mark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Oct. 5 2017 6:27 PMThe Civil Rights AxUnder Trump and Sessions, the Department of Justice has recast itself as LGBTQ Americans’ staunchest opponent.Mark Joseph Stern

Supreme Court Dispatches

Oct. 3 2017 4:12 PMIs Partisan Gerrymandering Dead?Not quite. But the Supreme Court appears poised to put a stop to the nation’s most egregious political redistricting.Mark Joseph Stern

Outward

Oct. 2 2017 1:40 PMMississippi’s Uniquely Cruel Anti-LGBTQ Law May Be Heading to the Supreme CourtMark Joseph Stern

The Slatest

Sept. 28 2017 4:32 PMA High School Is Trying to Bar Students From Kneeling During the Anthem. That’s Absurdly Unconstitutional. Mark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Sept. 28 2017 12:05 PMSolidarity’s EndNeil Gorsuch is giving conservatives the chance to virtually destroy American unions.Mark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Sept. 26 2017 7:43 PMDepartment of WackadoodleThe DOJ’s new anti-gay legal posture just got shut down in federal court.Mark Joseph Stern

Future Tense

Sept. 22 2017 2:15 PMProsecutors Lied About a Chemist Who Tainted 18,000 Convictions. Time to Overturn Them All. Mark Joseph Stern

The Slatest

Sept. 20 2017 3:08 PMThe Trump Administration’s “Unprecedented” New Attack on Voting RightsMark Joseph Stern

Future Tense

Sept. 19 2017 7:45 AMBlack Robes and Crystal BallsSupreme Court justices like to predict the future. They aren’t very good at it.Mark Joseph Stern

Outward

Sept. 15 2017 4:51 PMHillary Clinton’s Eulogy for Edie Windsor Is Also an Impassioned Call to Resist InjusticeMark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence

Sept. 12 2017 5:29 PMFacts WinWhy a New Hampshire judge blocked the state’s new voter suppression law.Mark Joseph Stern