Today Marks the Start of a Truly Terrifying Supreme Court Term Today Marks the Start of a Truly Terrifying Supreme Court Term
The upcoming term always threatened to inflict serious harm on our nation. Then Ruth Bader Ginsburg died.
Oct 5, 2020 / Feature / Elie Mystal
31 Days Until the Election 31 Days Until the Election
Vanity UnFair: Trump dismantles democracy.
Oct 3, 2020 / OppArt / Mark Bryan
Hillary Clinton Warned Us We Had to Get Serious About the Supreme Court Hillary Clinton Warned Us We Had to Get Serious About the Supreme Court
We really should have listened.
Sep 30, 2020 / John Nichols
Trump Threatens America: Reelect Me, or Else Trump Threatens America: Reelect Me, or Else
His plan, aided by the GOP, is to use any means necessary to remain in power despite having lost popular legitimacy.
Sep 29, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
Trump and McConnell Are Undoing the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Legitimacy 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.
Sep 28, 2020 / John Nichols
Amy Coney Barrett’s Extremist Religious Beliefs Merit Examination Amy Coney Barrett’s Extremist Religious Beliefs Merit Examination
Her Catholicism is irrelevant. The worldview of the fringe right-wing sect she has grown up in definitely isn’t.
Sep 26, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Amy Coney Barrett Is an Extremist—Just Not the Kind You Think Amy Coney Barrett Is an Extremist—Just Not the Kind You Think
The problem with Trump’s Supreme Court nominee has nothing to do with her strongly held religious beliefs and everything to do with her right-wing Republican ones.
Sep 25, 2020 / Elie Mystal
The Media Is Missing the Republicans’ Supreme Court Power Grab—Again The Media Is Missing the Republicans’ Supreme Court Power Grab—Again
McConnell and Co. are playing as dirty a game as possible in their quest to fill Ginsburg’s seat before the election, but you won’t find that story in most news coverage.
Sep 24, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Trump Wants Another ‘Bush v. Gore’ Trump Wants Another ‘Bush v. Gore’
The rush to fill the Supreme Court seat is motivated in part by a desire to turn over the election result to the judiciary.
Sep 23, 2020 / Jeet Heer