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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.
May 1, 2026
Matt Ford
The Best Way to Fix the Supreme Court’s Attack on Voting Rights
If U.S. electoral politics is going to survive the high court’s attack on equal rights, the game will have to change.
April 30, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Republicans Begin Their Power Grab After Voting Rights Act Ruling
Republicans nationwide are beginning the push to redraw congressional maps—and erase Black representation.
April 30, 2026
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Lands Its Fatal Blow on the Voting Rights Act
The conservative bloc has dismantled the law that ensures that Black Americans can fully participate in American electoral politics.
April 29, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Kagan Rips Supreme Court for Destroying Right to Racial Equality
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan warned that her colleagues have demolished a foundational right with their attack on the Voting Rights Act.
April 29, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Supreme Court Smothers Voting Rights Act, Hands GOP a Massive Win
The Supreme Court ruled along ideological lines against Louisiana’s congressional map.
April 29, 2026
Matt Ford
Trump’s Quixotic Push to Denaturalize U.S. Citizens
While the push is another example of the administration’s anti-immigrant animus, it does not have a free hand to kick masses of naturalized citizens out of the country.
April 27, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Supreme Court Approves Texas Republicans’ Gerrymandered Voting Map
Republicans just got another helping hand from the Supreme Court in the redistricting war.
April 22, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Melts Down Over Supreme Court Right Before Decisions Released
The Supreme Court has already overturned one of Donald Trump’s signature issues, and has yet to rule on a second.
April 20, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Supreme Court to Hear Another Case Seeking to Destroy LGBTQ Rights
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether religious preschools can still receive state funding if they refuse to admit children of same-sex couples.
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