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July 28, 2023
Matt Ford
Trump’s Favorite Hobby Comes Back to Haunt Him
No, it’s not golf.
July 28, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Trump Is an Extremely Dumb Fascist
The latest criminal indictment highlights his idiocy—but also the threat he still poses to American democracy.
July 28, 2023
Jess Coleman
The Radical Makeover of the Israeli Supreme Court Has Nothing to Do With Democracy
The hard-liners pushing for change may sound like our own liberal reformers, but their aim is a power grab.
July 27, 2023
Matt Ford
Leonard Leo’s Slippery Trick for Dodging the Scrutiny of Congress
The Federalist Society’s leader is hoping to pluck a “get out of jail free” card from Donald Trump’s back pocket.
July 26, 2023
Matt Ford
The Right’s Cynical Embrace of Judicial Ethics
Critics of the liberal justices’ ethical lapses aren’t trying to make the case for reform—they’re trying to kill it.
July 25, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
A Real Wedding Website in a Fake Gay Wedding Website Case
An archive shows that the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case did once design a wedding website, contrary to what her lawyers presented during her legal challenge.
July 25, 2023
Alex Shephard
The False Hope That the Law Will Finally Catch Up to Trump
The former president’s pending third arrest will buoy the hearts of his opponents, only to cruelly break them—again.
July 21, 2023
Stephen Siegel
Clarence Thomas’s Cherry-Picked Originalism on Affirmative Action
The ahistorical dishonesty of the Supreme Court justice’s concurrence in the Harvard and UNC cases exposes the originalism fraud.
July 20, 2023
Matt Ford
The Big Story of the Supreme Court’s Next Term
The justices will have a chance to further disrupt the balance of power between the courts, Congress, and the White House.
July 18, 2023
Matt Ford
The Deeper Meaning Behind Vivek Ramaswamy’s Supreme Court Short List
It’s the latest sign that the high court is the epicenter of U.S. politics.
July 14, 2023
Matt Ford
Brett Kavanaugh’s Novel Use of Concurring Opinions
The conservative justice has a lot to add on the biggest cases.
July 7, 2023
Rob Pegoraro
A Judge Says Biden Can’t Scold Social Media Firms. That Makes Zero Sense.
His ruling seems more interested in ideological grievance than the First Amendment.
July 7, 2023
Brynn Tannehill
How the Supreme Court’s Idea of Religious Freedom Could Resegregate the Country
The court once held that the Civil Rights Act trumped religious freedom. After these recent decisions, that’s over. The consequences could be enormous.
June 30, 2023
Matt Ford
John Roberts Begs the Liberal Justices to Stop Criticizing the Court
The chief justice doesn’t like his conservative Supreme Court colleagues getting called out for judicial overreach.
June 30, 2023
Michael Tomasky
How We’ll Defeat the Federalist Society and Take Back the Supreme Court
It’s a long fight—but it has already begun, with promising results.
June 29, 2023
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Just Started a New Legal War Over College Diversity
The affirmative action ruling doesn’t end the diversity debate so much as push it into new areas.
June 27, 2023
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Saves Our Elections From Right-Wing Legislatures
The ruling in Moore v. Harper kills the independent state legislature theory, scoring a victory for American democracy.
June 23, 2023
Matt Ford
Clarence Thomas Wants to Demolish Indian Law
The conservative justice is on course for an originalist fight with Neil Gorsuch.
June 21, 2023
Matt Ford
Samuel Alito’s Cheap-Wine Defense of His Alaska Jaunt Misses the Point
It does illustrate the judicial ethics system’s blind spots, however.
June 20, 2023
Matt Ford
Republicans Are Smearing the Bidens Like They Did Hillary Clinton
Their Hunter Biden probe is about muddying the president, not finding actual corruption.
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