Matt Ford

@fordm

Capital punishment is losing support in the United States, but what about on the Supreme Court?

Thanks to a 2013 ruling, Southern states are free to pass restrictive laws without government scrutiny.

The president insists that he, not the Constitution, determines who is an American.

When the Ku Klux Klan terrorized the South during Reconstruction, many people denied that the group even existed.

Why is the Democratic senator from Rhode Island so hesitant on full representation for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico?

Whether citizens of all stripes enjoy broad legal protections increasingly depends on where they live.

Trump has seized the federal bench, but there's hope for Democrats in the lower judiciary.

It may not contain bombshells about Trump's potential collusion with Russia, but it can help sustain the public's faith in American democracy.

Republicans are fighting to hold on to secretary of state offices that have become vehicles for purging voter rolls and restricting ballot access.

If Harvard ends up losing its case at the conservative Supreme Court, schools will have to find more creative ways to maintain diversity.

It's not just because of Trump. Millions of voters' rights are at stake, too.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh's first chance to roll back abortion rights almost certainly won't be a challenge to Roe v. Wade.

The Supreme Court justice's confirmation marks a new, degraded era in American governance.

The Republicans didn't pursue the truth about the allegations against the nominee. The Democrats will.

The embattled nominee confirmed Democrats' fears that he would be a partisan warrior for the right.

They've been trying for decades to remake the Supreme Court, but have suffered one disappointment after another.

Kavanaugh's confirmation may convince them to destroy the Supreme Court in order to save it.

His own, extensive experience with being accused of sexual assault informs his defense of Brett Kavanaugh.

A federal appeals court has ruled that prosecutors can withhold evidence that may prove defendants innocent before they plead guilty.

The allegations against Brett Kavanaugh highlight the lack of justice in society for women wronged by men.