Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined with the court’s liberals, but would they do it again?

The 5–4 decision ruled in favor of Black voters.

How far can he go in a state that Democrats don’t win?

The Republicans will evidently control the House—and 70 percent of them are election deniers. And that’s just for starters.

President Biden called on voters to reject election deniers next week. But not everyone has that power because our elections are getting less competitive.

A gaggle of bigoted municipal lawmakers have become unlikely—but effective—poster children for electoral reform.

Clarence Thomas sat silent for years before he said a word. The court’s newest justice came out swinging at her first hearing.

The high court is set to hear two major cases that could allow the conservative majority to redefine the Equal Protection Clause.

As national issues increasingly dominate local politics, the downsides of our federalist system may be outweighing the virtues.

Republicans could be poised to return veto-proof majorities in the state houses. Goodbye, abortion rights. So long, voting rights.

The fact that Congress may not respond to another devastating school shooting is down to the GOP’s ability to skillfully avert the will of the people.

Built-in dysfunction is the only reason the vast majority of Americans cannot exert their will to limit the everyday carnage of mass shootings.

A radical reimagining of the Constitution, dismissed by legal scholars as “rubbish,” may have found a receptive audience in the Supreme Court.

A TNR Live discussion on how the religious right’s well-funded strategists are aiming at Trump voters in 2024, and how we can stop them

Conservatives are suddenly hopping mad that their opponents decided to play the game by the GOP’s rules.

A former state party chairman discusses his new book, “Laboratories of Autocracy”—and whether Democrats can ever win in Ohio again.

Bipartisan redistricting commissions have failed to deliver the fair maps their proponents promised.

Republicans in state legislatures all across the country are slowly gaming the system to deprive voters of their power.

Ohio’s new district maps were supposed to be more democratic. Instead, they point to the possibility that democracy is broken.

The GOP-driven dysfunction of the Badger State is a window into the party’s illiberal plans for the country.