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June 27, 2018
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Take Their Long-Awaited Shot at Unions
Wednesday's ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, Local 31 is a blow to organized labor—and a boon for the Republican Party.
June 26, 2018
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Upholds Presidential Bigotry
The justices signed off on Trump's travel ban at the cost of their own credibility—and perhaps emboldening him further.
June 25, 2018
Matt Ford
How Texas Republicans Got Away With a Racially Discriminatory Electoral Map
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld several gerrymandered districts.
June 22, 2018
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Cares About Your Digital Privacy
Friday's ruling was the latest to apply the Fourth Amendment to technology.
June 21, 2018
Matt Ford
The perils of using DNA tests to reunite migrant children with their parents.
June 21, 2018
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court’s
Wayfair
ruling is big for state budgets, bad for e-commerce companies.
June 20, 2018
Matt Ford
Trump’s Astonishing Reversal Is No Solution
The president bowed to outrage over his migrant family separation policy, but his executive order may cause yet other cruelties.
June 20, 2018
Matt Ford
Do the Democrats Even Want Power?
While the Republican Congress breaks one norm after another, Democrats are mulling ideas that would weaken their future majority.
June 18, 2018
Matt Ford
The Consequences of the Supreme Court’s Punt on Gerrymandering
The justices on Monday ensured that warped legislative maps will continue to erode American self-government.
June 15, 2018
Matt Ford
How Conservatives Conned James Comey
They spent years working the refs, and the FBI’s handling of the Clinton email investigation rewarded them for it.
June 14, 2018
Matt Ford
Donald Trump’s charity is an ‘empty shell.’
June 14, 2018
Matt Ford
Supreme Court paves the way for “Make America Great Again” gear in the voting booth.
June 12, 2018
Matt Ford
America, brace yourself for more corporate mergers.
June 12, 2018
Matt Ford
Can the Trump administration legally strip immigrants of citizenship?
June 11, 2018
Matt Ford
Jeff Sessions shuts the door on asylum for women escaping domestic abuse.
June 11, 2018
Matt Ford
Losing the Right
Not
to Vote
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld Ohio's aggressive effort to purge voters from its electoral rolls.
June 8, 2018
Matt Ford
Mueller adds new charges for Paul Manafort and his longtime Russian associate.
June 8, 2018
Matt Ford
The Immigration Forces Beyond Trump’s Control
The administration took credit for a drop in border arrests last year. Now they're on the rise again.
June 6, 2018
Matt Ford
United States
v.
Trump
How the president ends up at the Supreme Court—and how he might fare
June 4, 2018
Matt Ford
Why Trump Should Worry About the Supreme Court’s Cakeshop Ruling
Government officials' words matter, the justices declared. Will the court apply the same standard to the president's travel ban?
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