Matt Ford

@fordm

Amy Coney Barrett’s ascension to the high court could have an immediate, and lasting, impact on how the United States governs public health crises.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority will reign for decades to come, but one of its members can only talk about defeat.

Voters could have given Joe Biden the option to hold the high court in check. Instead, they’ve unleashed its conservative supermajority.

How Biden treats his predecessor could determine the fate of American democracy

While it’s unlikely that Trump will extend his reign by means of any of the strategies he’s deploying, the damage he could do to America is real.

The president’s postelection legal challenges are being laughed out of court. But what if judges weren’t the intended audience anyway?

There’s a lot of damage he can do to America during the lame-duck period before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Trump’s apparent defeat wasn’t the only election result this week that suggested voters’ growing support for a multiracial America.

So far, the election results have provided the president with lots of fuel for bluster but few avenues for the courts to interfere.

Fears of voter intimidation and violence didn’t materialize. But the president’s claim that the election was being stolen could incite chaos in the days to come.

Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation has won some surprising court-packing converts, but the broader public isn’t behind them—yet.

He and Amy Barrett have demonstrated this week that they should be thought of as political operatives, not justices.

Her confirmation on Monday marked the end of an uneasy era in the Supreme Court’s history and the beginning of a tempestuous one.

His latest feint at draining the swamp could put a target on Dr. Anthony Fauci’s back.

If reelected, he would likely take his exuberant penchant for corruption and vindictiveness to pornographic heights.

The president wants to exclude noncitizens from the census, in clear violation of the Constitution. Where does Amy Coney Barrett stand?

The New York Post attempts to manufacture a vintage October surprise for the 2020 election.

There no longer is a point to Senate confirmation hearings of Supreme Court justices, beyond heaping indignities upon the American people.

After this week, they’ll never be able to wage the same old polite judicial war with Republicans again.

If you think something like a deadly pandemic is going to thwart the GOP’s quest for permanent and total judicial power, think again.