How Congress Can Pass a New Voting Rights Act Despite the Supreme Court
admin Even after Callais, Congress has the power, under the guarantee clause, to stamp out state efforts to decimate Black representation.
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The Real Reason North Carolina’s GOP Is Proposing the Most Radical Anti-Abortion Bill Yet
The bill has been greeted with bafflement and disbelief. One of its co-sponsors was embarrassed enough to remove his name…
Clarence Thomas Just Issued One of His Strangest Opinions Ever
On Monday, the Supreme Court released an unsigned opinion about a criminal defendant’s right to a fair trial and an…
Did the DOJ Just Admit to Going Too Far With Its E. Jean Carroll Investigation?
It sounds as if the department is targeting Reid Hoffman instead.
The John Roberts vs. Donald Trump Story Conceals Something More Sinister
The Supreme Court has entered its final stretch of the term, with about two dozen opinions to hand down before…
Ketanji Brown Jackson Stands Firm—and Alone—on Compassionate Release
Does the inaccuracy or unfairness of an underlying conviction count as an “extraordinary and compelling reason” for compassionate release?
Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts Remain Strangely Clear-Eyed About One Kind of Racism
The Supreme Court issued a surprisingly good decision in a racial jury-selection case on Thursday.
Trump’s First Big Vindictive Prosecution Just Went Up in Smoke
This week’s Executive Dysfunction.
Three Judges Just Dared SCOTUS to Say What It Really Thinks About Black Voting Rights
A federal court in Alabama on Tuesday ruled, yet again, that the state had illegally discriminated against Black voters.
Trump’s Attacks on the Lawyer Who Argued Birthright Citizenship Give the Game Away
Last month, Cecillia Wang, the head of the ACLU, asked the Supreme Court to preserve the legal principle.