Supreme Court

Today Marks the Start of a Truly Terrifying Supreme Court Term

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 31 Days Until the Election

Vanity UnFair: Trump dismantles democracy.

Oct 3, 2020 / OppArt / Mark Bryan

Hillary Clinton

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

Donald Trump speaks on the right while Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani look on in the background.

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

Lindsey

Lindsey Lindsey

The way the Graham crackers.

Sep 28, 2020 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Trump and McConnell Are Undoing the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Legitimacy

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 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 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

Mitch McConnell

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

A television at the White House shows Al Gore giving his concession speech

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

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