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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
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Sotomayor Rips Supreme Court for Letting Alabama GOP Steal House Seats
The Supreme Court is letting another state’s Republican Party steal House seats.
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 11, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Democrats Throw Hail Mary to Supreme Court as GOP Steal Seats
Democrats suffered a huge loss on voting maps.
May 11, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Demands Total Loyalty From Supreme Court Justices He Appointed
The unconstitutional demand came in the midst of an unhinged rant over the potential birthright citizenship ruling.
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
Edith Olmsted
Samuel Alito Cited Fudged Data in His Ruling Gutting Voting Rights Act
Alito cited data provided by the Department of Justice that used faulty methodology.
May 8, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Virginia Supreme Court Tosses New Voting Map That Boosted Democrats
Virginia residents had voted to redraw the state’s congressional districts to give Democrats more seats.
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 6, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Enlists DOJ as His Personal Attorneys to Fight E. Jean Carroll
Trump is using the Department of Justice as his personal lawyers in order to get out of paying E. Jean Carroll the millions he owes.
May 5, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Louisiana Governor Tossed Thousands of Votes In Order to Help Trump
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry wasted no time trying to overturn votes.
May 5, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Second Republican Governor Rejects Trump’s Gerrymandering Wars
South Carolina won’t be redistricting anytime soon.
May 4, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Hakeem Jeffries Brings New York Into Trump’s Gerrymandering Fight
The Supreme Court ruling kicked off a wave of redistricting in red states.
May 4, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Supreme Court Saves Abortion Pill Mifepristone—for Now
The Supreme Court is restoring access to mifepristone, in rare but temporary good news.
May 1, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Alabama Rushes to Eliminate Its Only Two Democrats in Congress
Another Republican governor has joined Donald Trump’s gerrymandering wars in light of the Supreme Court ruling.
May 1, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Republican Governor Refuses to Join Trump’s Gerrymandering Wars
Georgia’s Brian Kemp is refusing to take action after the Supreme Court ruling—for now.
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