The Only Way Trump Stays on the Ballot Is if the Supreme Court Rejects the Constitution The Only Way Trump Stays on the Ballot Is if the Supreme Court Rejects the Constitution
It’s simple: Amendment 14, Section 3 bars Trump from the ballot. The question today is whether the justices will accept this reality.
Feb 8, 2024 / John Nichols
In Red States, the Bill for School Voucher Bait-and-Switch Is Coming Due In Red States, the Bill for School Voucher Bait-and-Switch Is Coming Due
For GOP lawmakers who view public education as a quasi-socialist project, the gaping hole in state budgets left by subsidizing private school tuition is a feature, not a bug.
Feb 7, 2024 / Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider
The Party of Lincoln Is Really the Party of Calhoun The Party of Lincoln Is Really the Party of Calhoun
Nikki Haley and Greg Abbott echo the theorist of secession.
Feb 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Guantánamo Is 22 Years Old. It’s Time to Retire. Guantánamo Is 22 Years Old. It’s Time to Retire.
Though its anniversary may go unnoticed, it’s still here—a dark and shameful continuation of the War on Terror.
Jan 12, 2024 / Karen J. Greenberg
Biden’s Pro-Democracy Message Is Too Negative and Too Narrow Biden’s Pro-Democracy Message Is Too Negative and Too Narrow
A winning campaign needs more than just revulsion at the January 6 coup.
Jan 8, 2024 / Jeet Heer
More Democracy, Not the Courts, Will Defeat Trump’s Authoritarianism More Democracy, Not the Courts, Will Defeat Trump’s Authoritarianism
The pursuit of legal liberalism is a distraction from mobilizing a majority coalition against a would-be dictator.
Dec 29, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Wisconsin Prepares to Crush a Slithering Republican Gerrymander Wisconsin Prepares to Crush a Slithering Republican Gerrymander
A newly progressive state Supreme Court has opened the way for scrapping rigged election maps and renewing the promise of representative democracy in a key battleground state.
Dec 28, 2023 / John Nichols
Texas’s Latest Act of Anti-Immigrant Cruelty Is Blatantly Unconstitutional Texas’s Latest Act of Anti-Immigrant Cruelty Is Blatantly Unconstitutional
This week, Texas passed a law making undocumented immigration illegal in the state. The question now is: Will the Supreme Court do what’s right?
Dec 21, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Why the 14th Amendment Is the Constitutional Remedy for Trump’s Assault on Democracy Why the 14th Amendment Is the Constitutional Remedy for Trump’s Assault on Democracy
Lawyers, scholars, and historians have long argued that the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump. Now, the Colorado high court has agreed.
Dec 20, 2023 / John Nichols
The Colorado Court’s Ruling Banning Trump From the Ballot Is Sharp as Hell The Colorado Court’s Ruling Banning Trump From the Ballot Is Sharp as Hell
While the ruling will be overturned by the Supreme Court, the conservative justices will have to tie themselves into a knot to do it.
Dec 20, 2023 / Elie Mystal