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July 19, 2018
Kaila Philo
A Trump judicial nominee was pulled for his college rants on race and sexual assault.
July 19, 2018
Matt Ford
America Is Stuck With the Death Penalty for (at Least) a Generation
With Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement, the national fight to abolish capital punishment will have to go local.
July 18, 2018
Matt Ford
OK, Abolish ICE. What Then?
Dismantling the government's immigration-enforcement agency isn't as straightforward as the slogan suggests.
July 16, 2018
Matt Ford
Trump’s fear-mongering about MS-13 is working.
July 13, 2018
Matt Ford
Truth Without Consequences
Robert Mueller’s latest indictment details how deeply Russia meddled with U.S. democracy to aid Trump, but the president still refuses to condemn it.
July 11, 2018
Matt Ford
How the Supreme Court Kills
Roe
v.
Wade
With Anthony Kennedy's retirement, the high court may deliver a blow to abortion rights slowly—or all at once. Here are the potential scenarios.
July 10, 2018
Matt Ford
Did Anthony Kennedy make a deal with Trump?
July 10, 2018
Matt Ford
A Watershed Moment in American History
Trump nominee Brett Kavanaugh will deliver Republicans a majority on the Supreme Court. Will he also prompt a reckoning among Democrats?
June 29, 2018
Matt Ford
What the New Supreme Court Will Decide
With Justice Kennedy gone, here's a preview of the cases the newly conservative court already has on its docket.
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 27, 2018
Jacob Bacharach
Don’t Count on History to Judge Wisely
The Supreme Court's rulings on Tuesday aren't certain to be condemned by future generations.
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 22, 2018
David Dayen
The AT&T–Time Warner Merger Is Already What the Government Feared
It took only a week for the company to prove its critics right.
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.
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