Mark Joseph Stern
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Mark Joseph Stern covers courts and the law for Slate.

Jurisprudence
June 21 2018 5:55 PMElena Kagan Is Up to SomethingIs the liberal justice drifting to the right, or is she playing the long game with her conservative colleagues?Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
June 20 2018 5:00 PMTrump Fixed Nothing TodayBy trading the policy of family separation for one of indefinite detention, the president has only deepened the legal and moral crisis.Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
June 19 2018 4:27 PMKris Kobach Killed His Signature Voter Suppression Law Through His Own IncompetenceMark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
June 18 2018 11:31 AMThe Supreme Court Punted on Partisan Gerrymandering. The Fight to Kill It Is Far From Over.Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
June 14 2018 3:29 PMThe Sam Alito TreatmentHow the conservative justice’s searingly funny questions doomed Minnesota’s ban on political apparel at the polls.Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
June 11 2018 6:01 PMJeff Sessions Just Barred Most Domestic Violence Victims From Applying for AsylumMark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
June 11 2018 11:39 AMSupreme Court, in 5–4 Decision, Allows States to Purge Voters for Their Failure to VoteMark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
June 6 2018 4:41 PMAnother Federal Judge, Citing Alito, Strikes Down Trump’s Anti–Sanctuary City PoliciesMark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
June 4 2018 1:07 PMSCOTUS Rejects the Trump Administration’s Attempt to Punish the ACLU in Jane Doe Abortion CaseMark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
June 1 2018 6:24 PMNew Hampshire Police Charged and Arrested a Man for Criticizing Them on the InternetMark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
May 30 2018 6:01 PMTrump Crony Proves Widespread Voter Fraud Doesn’t ExistAn investigation in New Hampshire refutes Republicans’ wild claims about busing in out-of-state voters.Mark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
May 24 2018 4:13 PMFederal Appeals Court Emphatically Shoots Down Anti-Trans Lawsuit in Rare Ruling From the BenchMark Joseph Stern
Future Tense
May 23 2018 5:40 PMJudge: Trump Can’t Block Twitter UsersDespite the novel nature of the claim here, Buchwald’s ruling hews closely to established First Amendment principles.Mark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
May 23 2018 2:28 PMFederal Judge Vindicates Gavin Grimm, Who Sued His School to Use the Boys’ BathroomMark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
May 21 2018 12:27 PMNeil Gorsuch Just Demolished Labor RightsHis decision, a frontal attack on the New Deal, effectively legalizes wage theft.Mark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
June 20 2018 6:24 PMKris Kobach’s Office Delays Compliance with Court Order, Questions the Meaning of “Immediately”Mark Joseph Stern and Sofie Werthan
Politics
June 20 2018 1:07 PMHow the Senate Can Stop Trump’s Child Separation PolicyRefuse to confirm any of Trump’s judicial nominees.Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
June 18 2018 4:24 PMA Jury Likely Sentenced a Man to Death Because He’s Gay. The Supreme Court Just Let Its Verdict Stand.Mark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
June 15 2018 4:44 PMTrump’s DOJ Contradicts His Claim That Democrats Are to Blame for Family SeparationMark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
June 14 2018 11:19 AMJeff Sessions’ Latest Immigration Ruling Is a Violation of International LawAn interview with Archi Pyati about the dire consequences of Matter of A-B-.Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
June 11 2018 1:10 PMThe Supreme Court’s Decision Greenlighting Voter Purges Is a Big Win for the Trump AdministrationMark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
June 7 2018 3:27 PMMaking Sense of Masterpiece CakeshopThe Arizona Court of Appeals interprets the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to protect gay couples’ right to equal access.Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
June 5 2018 6:45 PMThe Cake Is Just the BeginningJustices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch’s bizarre First Amendment theory would sabotage American civil rights law.Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
June 4 2018 11:54 AMGay Americans Have Little to Fear From the Supreme Court’s Compromise in Masterpiece CakeshopMark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
May 31 2018 4:35 PMPerformative PardonsDonald Trump is using presidential clemency to signal what laws he thinks matter—and which laws his friends can break with impunity.Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
May 29 2018 6:51 PMGet Off My Lawn!Sonia Sotomayor’s defense of property and privacy under the Fourth Amendment puts Thomas and Alito to shame.Mark Joseph Stern
Family
May 24 2018 9:07 AMMy Flailing BoyhoodFor bookish gay kids like me, sports were a crucible that laid bare our secret.Mark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
May 23 2018 5:31 PMNew Hampshire Just Created a “Death Benefit” for Teachers “Killed in the Line of Duty”Mark Joseph Stern
Jurisprudence
May 22 2018 5:44 PMEpic DistortionNeil Gorsuch’s ruling on mandatory arbitration clauses doesn’t reflect the reality of American labor relations.Mark Joseph Stern
The Slatest
May 18 2018 3:56 PMNo, Aaron Schlossberg Will Not Be Disbarred Over His Racist RantMark Joseph Stern

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