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April 7, 2021
Can Biden Fix the Courts That Trump Broke?
There is no progressive future without a serious fight to reclaim the judiciary from the grips of conservative judges.
Elie Mystal
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December 2, 2020
This Supreme Court Case Could Wreck the New Deal Legal Order
In Cedar Point Nursery, conservatives are invoking a Jim Crow version of property rights.
Nathan Newman
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October 23, 2020
Dianne Feinstein Demonstrates Why Democratic Challenges to Democratic Incumbents Are Necessary
The California senator’s praise for the disastrous Amy Coney Barrett confirmation process played into Republican hands.
John Nichols
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October 22, 2020
It’s ‘Court Reform,’ Not Court Packing
But whatever they call it, Democrats should embrace fixing a Supreme Court that has become an unaccountable legislature in all but name.
Marshall Auerback
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October 21, 2020
What Amy Coney Barrett Means For the Climate
Roe v. Wade and Obamacare aren’t the only things endangered by Republicans’ rushed Supreme Court nomination.
Mark Hertsgaard
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October 14, 2020
Can Trump Delay the Election? Amy Coney Barrett’s a Big Maybe on That One
For two day running, the court nominee has refused to say whether she will respect the clear intent of election laws and the Constitution.
John Nichols
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October 13, 2020
Term Limit the Supreme Court
In the midst of another confirmation circus, Representative Ro Khanna proposes to stop the madness by limiting justices to single 18-year terms.
John Nichols
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October 13, 2020
The Democrats Might Actually Have a Strategy to Block Amy Coney Barrett
Democratic senators demonstrated unusual discipline as they hammered away at Barrett’s threat to the Affordable Care Act. The problem is, it may not be enough.
Elie Mystal
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September 30, 2020
Hillary Clinton Warned Us We Had to Get Serious About the Supreme Court
We really should have listened.
John Nichols
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September 28, 2020
Trump and McConnell Are Undoing the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Legitimacy
A rush to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the eve of an election jeopardizes the credibility of the judicial branch.
John Nichols