No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh’s Nomination No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh’s Nomination
Senators cannot provide advice and consent when basic questions have not been answered.
Sep 27, 2018 / John Nichols
The Chaos That Brett Kavanaugh Has Unleashed The Chaos That Brett Kavanaugh Has Unleashed
By deferring to a secretive and manipulative White House, rather than showing baseline independence, the Supreme Court nominee has made his confirmation hearing a charade.
Sep 4, 2018 / John Nichols
Just How Bad Would Kavanaugh Be for the Environment? Just How Bad Would Kavanaugh Be for the Environment?
Trump’s Supreme Court pick has a long track record of favoring business interests over the health of people and the earth.
Jul 31, 2018 / Michelle Chen
The Republican Congress Isn’t Even Pretending to Do Its Job The Republican Congress Isn’t Even Pretending to Do Its Job
It’s much easier to let judges and appointees do the unpopular work of stripping workers of their rights, outlawing abortion, and running the administrative state into the ground.
Jul 24, 2018 / Ed Burmila
Sex, Race, and the Law: Considering America ‘In the Dark’ Sex, Race, and the Law: Considering America ‘In the Dark’
Madeleine Baran’s stunning investigative podcast grapples with our so-called “justice” system.
Jul 18, 2018 / Steven W. Thrasher
Judge Kavanaugh: An Originalist With a New—and Terrifying—Interpretation of Executive Power Judge Kavanaugh: An Originalist With a New—and Terrifying—Interpretation of Executive Power
With an ultraconservative majority on the Supreme Court, it will be up to Congress to save our civil rights.
Jul 13, 2018 / Diary of a Mad Law Professor / Patricia J. Williams
The Supreme Court’s Rightward Lurch The Supreme Court’s Rightward Lurch
The highest court in the land was never supposed to be a political body.
Jul 10, 2018 / James D. Zirin
Why Trump’s Denaturalization Task Force Matters Why Trump’s Denaturalization Task Force Matters
The fear of losing citizenship will have a chilling effect on America’s immigrants.
Jul 10, 2018 / Stephanie deGooyer
Brett Kavanaugh Once Argued That a Sitting President Should Be Above the Law Brett Kavanaugh Once Argued That a Sitting President Should Be Above the Law
And that should be disqualifying.
Jul 9, 2018 / John Nichols
The Supreme Court’s Five ‘Black-Robed Rulers’ The Supreme Court’s Five ‘Black-Robed Rulers’
In a time of deep polarization, the lawless majority of the Court has chosen to side with the powerful few against the vast majority.
Jul 3, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel