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Greg Sargent
Deep in Rural Virginia, a MAGA Pro-Gun Push Takes an Unnerving Turn
Governor Spanberger signed an assault weapons ban. Some county prosecutors in pro-Trump areas say they won’t enforce it. Is a new MAGA nullification movement brewing?
June 8, 2026
June 4, 2026
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Is Showing Its Boundless Contempt for Black Voters
In a controversial shadow-docket ruling, the high court’s conservative bloc has fully dismantled the constitutional protections of Black voters.
May 29, 2026
Matt Ford
A Fractured Supreme Court Plucks a Death-Row Defendant From Harm
While it’s not a surprise that the high court reached a just conclusion, it’s troubling to see how many justices didn’t join the majority.
May 22, 2026
Matt Ford
A Rare Win at the Supreme Court for a Death-Row Prisoner
It was a limited victory, but it broke with the high court’s long-standing favor toward the death penalty.
May 21, 2026
Matt Ford
Trump’s January 6 Slush Fund Is a Criminal Enterprise
The president has long been operating under the assumption that he is immune from prosecution. His latest scheme, however, may be a step too far.
May 18, 2026
Matt Ford
Making Sense of the Supreme Court’s Mifepristone Ruling
A recent shadow docket decision suggests that the court isn’t hungry for further legal restrictions on abortion. But there are two familiar holdouts.
May 18, 2026
Aaron Regunberg
Samuel Alito Has a Corruption Problem
The justice has significant—and familiar—conflicts of interest in an upcoming Big Oil case. The question is: Will he recuse himself?
May 14, 2026
Steve Kennedy
The Conservative Legal Movement’s New Purity Tests
Time was that David Souter was the bête noire of the right wing. But now judges like Amy Coney Barrett aren’t passing muster.
May 12, 2026
Matt Ford
Trump Thinks the Supreme Court Works for Him
Despite their handing him an endless array of political wins over the past few years, the president still believes his nominees haven’t shown sufficient loyalty.
May 9, 2026
Jason Linkins
Every Democratic Candidate Must Have an Answer for This Question
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is trying to drive the party to extinction. What do they plan to do about it?
May 8, 2026
Matt Ford
John Roberts Is Trying to Defend the Indefensible
The chief justice insists he and his colleagues are not political actors, but can’t explain what an overtly politicized right-wing court would do differently from the one he leads.
May 7, 2026
Matt Ford
Southern Republicans Are Already Deleting Black Districts
The Supreme Court’s recent gerrymandering ruling has touched off an instantaneous demolition of Black political power as state lawmakers roll back the Second Reconstruction.
May 1, 2026
Matt Ford
The Best Way to Fix the Supreme Court’s Attack on Voting Rights
If U.S. electoral politics is going to survive the high court’s attack on equal rights, the game will have to change.
April 30, 2026
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Lands Its Fatal Blow on the Voting Rights Act
The conservative bloc has dismantled the law that ensures that Black Americans can fully participate in American electoral politics.
April 29, 2026
Matt Ford
Trump’s Quixotic Push to Denaturalize U.S. Citizens
While the push is another example of the administration’s anti-immigrant animus, it does not have a free hand to kick masses of naturalized citizens out of the country.
April 17, 2026
Matt Ford
Clarence Thomas Can’t Get American History Right
In his recent broadside against the twentieth century, the justice is as ill informed as he is mean-spirited.
April 9, 2026
Matt Ford
How an Alito Retirement Could Allow Trump to Reshape the Supreme Court
The president won’t increase the conservative bloc’s margins, but he could more deeply entrench the high court’s Trumpist bent.
March 25, 2026
Matt Ford
Where Do Conservative Supreme Court Justices Get Their Information?
The recent oral arguments in an important voting rights case suggest that the right wing of the high court has a suspect media diet.
March 24, 2026
Matt Ford
Will the Supreme Court Make Bribery Even Easier?
The high court’s campaign to provide cover to the quid pro quo arrangement of corrupt politicians seems set to continue.
March 11, 2026
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Has Another Tribal Sovereignty Test on Its Hands
In
McGirt v. Oklahoma,
the high court opened the door to an expansive view of tribal territory. The State of Oklahoma has been trying to shut it ever since.
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