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October 9, 2020
Joe Biden Doesn’t Have to Answer Your Court-Packing Question
The media is becoming obsessed with a distraction from what’s actually happening to the Supreme Court.
September 29, 2020
The Elite Sisterhood of Amy Coney Barrett
Her nomination to the Supreme Court isn’t just about overturning Roe. It’s about redefining womanhood.
September 19, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Failure of Democratic Politics
The Supreme Court justice was both an icon and a symbol of modern liberalism’s flawed approach to accruing power.
July 9, 2020
Neil Gorsuch Affirms That Treaties With Tribal Nations Are the Law
In upholding the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s treaty-guaranteed lands, the justices did something simple but unexpected.
July 1, 2019
The Supreme Court Steps to the Right
Though liberals could issue a few sighs of relief, the recent term signaled a continued consolidation of conservative power.
June 27, 2019
A Partisan Supreme Court Upholds Partisan Power
In Rucho v. Common Cause, the conservative majority gave its approval to gerrymandering electoral districts to favor entrenched political interests.
October 9, 2018
Donald Trump ensured that Brett Kavanaugh will forever be tied to him.
October 4, 2018
The FBI’s Kavanaugh Dilemma
Why the agency is in the crosshairs yet again in Washington
October 2, 2018
What Brett Kavanaugh Is Getting Away With
Even with an FBI investigation, Republicans have no intention of getting to the bottom of the assault allegations against him.
September 27, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh’s strategy is to be mad as hell.
September 27, 2018
The GOP’s strategy for the Ford hearing isn’t working.
September 27, 2018
Christine Blasey Ford: “Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter.”
September 27, 2018
Christine Blasey Ford’s gut-wrenching testimony was a huge blow to Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination.
September 18, 2018
Democrats: Don’t Get Your Hopes Up On Brett Kavanaugh
The accusations against Trump's Supreme Court pick are credible, but the GOP has shown over and over again what kind of party it is.
September 17, 2018
Confirming judges was Trump’s magic bullet until Brett Kavanaugh.
June 29, 2018
Trump’s relationship with Justice Kennedy sounds shady in this new report.
May 16, 2017
Merrick Garland now has a lifetime appointment as a political prop.
April 3, 2017
The smallest violin is playing for these Republicans crying about the Neil Gorsuch filibuster.
March 23, 2017
Democrats will use the filibuster to try to block Neil Gorsuch after all.
March 21, 2017
Neil Gorsuch will be our first lit bro Supreme Court justice.

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