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Supreme Court Preview: This Term, It Can Always Get Worse

Supreme Court Preview: This Term, It Can Always Get Worse Supreme Court Preview: This Term, It Can Always Get Worse

With the liberals thoroughly outmatched, the upcoming term will not be a battle between right and left—it will be a battle between shades of extremism.

Sep 29, 2023 / Feature / Elie Mystal

Volunteer Rojauna McPherson looks at a table full of pamphlets after being trained as a new volunteer at one of the

It’s Time to Abolish Grand Juries Once and for All It’s Time to Abolish Grand Juries Once and for All

Whether they’re targeting Donald Trump or Cop City protesters, grand juries are an irredeemable and unaccountable tool of state prosecutorial power.

Sep 27, 2023 / Chava Shapiro and James Clark

Donald Trump poses for a picture at a South Carolina gun store.

The Supreme Court Could Soon Let Trump Buy All the Guns He Wants The Supreme Court Could Soon Let Trump Buy All the Guns He Wants

Trump is currently prohibited from buying guns because he’s under criminal indictment. But two big court cases could change that.

Sep 26, 2023 / Elie Mystal

“Succession” for suckers: While Lachlan Murdoch (left) gets the fancy title, Rupert retains the ultimate power.

Rupert Murdoch’s Final Con Game Rupert Murdoch’s Final Con Game

Announcing his exit, the right-wing baron mixes public populism and private elitism.

Sep 25, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) listens to reporters' questions during a news conference at the US Capitol on September 12, 2023.

Mitch McConnell Will Not Go Gently Into the Senate Goodnight Mitch McConnell Will Not Go Gently Into the Senate Goodnight

Even if the senator wanted to retire, there’s no way he’ll let Kentucky’s Democratic governor choose his replacement, even temporarily.

Sep 18, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Senator Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney's Lonely Exit Mitt Romney's Lonely Exit

The former GOP presidential nominee is now a pariah in his own party.

Sep 15, 2023 / Jeet Heer

During an April 19, 2023, news conference outside the US Capitol, activists hold signs calling for the immediate resignation of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.

Democrats Need to Grow a Spine and Actually Fight for the Courts Democrats Need to Grow a Spine and Actually Fight for the Courts

The GOP is trying to impeach judges over nothing, but Dems won't even go after Clarence Thomas for his very real mega-corruption. Come on!

Sep 11, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly Robin Vos speaks during a news conference at the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison, Wis., Feb. 15, 2023.

The Wisconsin GOP’s New Attack on Democracy Is Obscene Even for Them The Wisconsin GOP’s New Attack on Democracy Is Obscene Even for Them

Conservatives lost control of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court with April’s election of Justice Janet Protasiewicz. Now, they’re scheming to impeach her.

Sep 8, 2023 / John Nichols

Military Academies SCOTUS Affirmative Action Exemption

How the Affirmative Action Exemption for Military Academies Exploits Students of Color How the Affirmative Action Exemption for Military Academies Exploits Students of Color

“Military recruiters will find a way to use this decision to convince young people that they are offering them the best path to a college education.”

Sep 8, 2023 / Aina Marzia and Lajward Zahra

A line of people wait outside the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. to watch a redistricting hearing.

The Road to a Democratic Congress Could Run Through Alabama The Road to a Democratic Congress Could Run Through Alabama

A court will intervene to create a second majority-Black district in a state that has used gerrymandering to boost the GOP.

Sep 6, 2023 / John Nichols

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