Republican attempts to exclude African Americans from the polls echoes efforts by Southern whites that enabled the Jim Crow era.

The nation's founders didn't want an all-powerful court, and the Constitution provides the means for restoring its lesser role in government.

If Harvard ends up losing its case at the conservative Supreme Court, schools will have to find more creative ways to maintain diversity.

The text of the Constitution says no such thing.

How a long history of sidelining women has made us less likely to believe their experiences

The Supreme Court justice's confirmation marks a new, degraded era in American governance.

Liberals are baffled about the conservative female support for an alleged sexual assaulter. Social scientists are not.

The Republicans didn't pursue the truth about the allegations against the nominee. The Democrats will.

Why the agency is in the crosshairs yet again in Washington

Trump and other Republicans say Brett Kavanaugh is being victimized by #MeToo—and they're expressing male solidarity in defending him.

The president wants to let coal plants emit more of the neurotoxin. The Supreme Court nominee's views on the subject are already clear.

They're speaking the movement's language, but in defense of Brett Kavanaugh.

It's the "Year of the Woman." So why is this issue being overlooked ahead of the midterms?

The embattled nominee confirmed Democrats' fears that he would be a partisan warrior for the right.