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May 15, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Why Clarence Thomas’s Troubles Have Just Begun
Two of the more aggressive Senate Democrats are asking Thomas and Harlan Crow questions. And they have a lot of ways to get answers.
May 13, 2023
Jason Linkins
Why Is Biden Scared of the Most Logical Solution to Debt Ceiling Insanity?
To avoid a default crisis, the president should combine the power of the Constitution with a touch of Dark Brandon.
May 12, 2023
Matt Ford
Neil Gorsuch’s Ruling Against the Pork Industry Contained a Telling Confession
Intentionally or not, the justice revealed a certain amount of awareness of how the high court’s conservative majority—and its power—is perceived.
May 11, 2023
Matt Ford
George Santos Can’t Even Do Corruption Right
The charges leveled against the New York lawmaker highlight how little thought he put into his grift.
May 10, 2023
Timothy Noah
The Ingenious Lawsuit That Could Break the Debt Ceiling Impasse
A union that’s already endorsed Joe Biden for 2024 is suing him and Janet Yellen. Here’s why.
May 10, 2023
Matt Ford
The Right’s Stupefying Defense of the Supreme Court
Conservatives are up in arms that the high court has become embroiled in a legitimacy crisis.
May 8, 2023
Brynn Tannehill
Now America Is #1 in Something Else: Crazy Random Shootings
Take 330 million people, 400 million guns, and a media that induces paranoia and glorifies gun violence, and, well, what do you expect?
May 8, 2023
Matt Ford
How Clarence Thomas Keeps the Influence Machine Running
The justice has consistently ruled in ways that favor political favor-traders.
May 8, 2023
Thomas Geoghegan
The Best Safeguard Against Artificial Intelligence Is the Constitution
The president has the power to step in now before A.I. becomes a threat to national security.
May 3, 2023
Matt Ford
A Republican Attorney General Is Asking the Supreme Court to Save Richard Glossip’s Life. It May Not Be Enough.
He has the evidence on his side, but the high court usually can’t be dissuaded from upholding a death penalty conviction.
May 2, 2023
Tori Otten
The Lie at the Heart of the States’ Case Against Student Debt Relief
A new investigation has found that the numbers submitted by the plaintiffs simply don’t add up.
May 2, 2023
Michael Tomasky
The Supreme Court Is Out of Control
Join us in an urgent project to track the dangerous ideas and decisions of this activist court.
May 1, 2023
Matt Ford
Is This the Supreme Court Case That Kills the “Administrative State”?
The justices have agreed to hear a case that could make it easier to kneecap federal agencies.
May 1, 2023
Michael Tomasky
E. Jean Carroll Could Win Her Defamation Suit Against Trump. Will the GOP Even Care?
A Manhattan jury may decide that the rape claims against the former president are credible, setting Republicans up for another moral test they will surely fail.
April 28, 2023
Matt Ford
Disney’s Lawsuit Against Ron DeSantis Could Get Very Weird
This lawsuit has it all: tangled politics, obscure legal doctrines, and the possibility of the Supreme Court again upending American life.
April 28, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Rupert Murdoch Must Be Totally and Utterly Humiliated
Forget Tucker Carlson. There are bigger fish to fry.
April 27, 2023
Grace Segers
Don’t Look Now, but a Bipartisan Plan to Rein in the Supreme Court Has Arrived
Clarence Thomas’s news-making scandals have senators eager to rein in the high court. At least one Republican has signed on to the effort.
April 24, 2023
Brynn Tannehill
The End of Trans America Comes Into Focus
The laws proposed around the country by Republicans would make life for transgender people functionally impossible. The danger is in being under-wrought, not overwrought.
April 21, 2023
Michael Tomasky
First Alex Jones, and Now Fox News—Connect the Dots, People
Gee, how come we don’t see liberal media outlets paying huge settlements in defamation lawsuits?
April 21, 2023
Simon Lazarus
The Democrats’ Appalling Failure to Confront the Rogue, Right-Wing Supreme Court
The party needs to take its cue from America’s most celebrated leaders, who had no fear of talking directly to the public about the Constitution.
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