Clarence and Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court’s Unethical “It” Couple Clarence and Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court’s Unethical “It” Couple
How the Thomases have been able to get away with their decades long abuse of influence.
Feb 9, 2022 / Elie Mystal
No Attack on Voting Rights Is Too Racist for This Supreme Court No Attack on Voting Rights Is Too Racist for This Supreme Court
The court’s decision to let Alabama’s new redistricting map remain in place opens the door to a season of racist gerrymandering.
Feb 8, 2022 / Elie Mystal
The Many Remarkable Black Women Who Could Replace Stephen Breyer The Many Remarkable Black Women Who Could Replace Stephen Breyer
Biden has a wealth of choices when it comes to fulfilling his campaign promise to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court.
Jan 27, 2022 / Elie Mystal
The Supreme Court vs. the Earth The Supreme Court vs. the Earth
The conservatives on the Supreme Court are increasingly inserting themselves into the climate fight—and you guess which side they’re on.
Jan 26, 2022 / Elie Mystal
John Roberts Gets an F on His Annual Report John Roberts Gets an F on His Annual Report
The chief justice’s year-end appraisal of the federal judiciary reads as innocuous at first glance—it’s anything but.
Jan 24, 2022 / Column / Elie Mystal
Mitch McConnell’s Klanian Slip Mitch McConnell’s Klanian Slip
In saying the quiet part out loud, McConnell confirmed what many of us already knew: White people think they’re the only true Americans.
Jan 21, 2022 / Elie Mystal
What’s Really Behind the Microsoft-Activision Deal What’s Really Behind the Microsoft-Activision Deal
It isn’t the end of the console wars but the start of the metaverse wars.
Jan 19, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Lani Guinier Taught Me Almost Everything I Know About Voting Rights Lani Guinier Taught Me Almost Everything I Know About Voting Rights
A brilliant professor, she showed me how the old Confederacy never really gave up—not after the Civil War, not after the Voting Rights Act, not ever.
Jan 12, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Why Doesn’t the Supreme Court Want Workers to Be As Safe From Covid as They Are? Why Doesn’t the Supreme Court Want Workers to Be As Safe From Covid as They Are?
The court’s conservative justices are opposed to vaccine “mandates” not because they’re anti-vax but because they’re anti-labor.
Jan 10, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Will Garland Do What It Takes to Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice? Will Garland Do What It Takes to Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice?
A lot is riding on the attorney general’s prosecution of January 6 insurrectionists—including whether future coup plotters think they’ll be able to get away with it.
Jan 5, 2022 / Elie Mystal