The Trumpian Consequences of Delaying Justice The Trumpian Consequences of Delaying Justice
Rather than rising to the moment, our courts seem to be succumbing to the uncertainty of it all.
Mar 6, 2024 / Karen J. Greenberg
The Supreme Court Just Rejected the Constitution to Help Donald Trump The Supreme Court Just Rejected the Constitution to Help Donald Trump
The court’s ruling that states can’t remove Trump from the ballot flies in the face of the 14th Amendment’s crystal-clear language.
Mar 4, 2024 / John Nichols
The Supreme Court Must Be Stopped The Supreme Court Must Be Stopped
The court is fundamentally antidemocratic—and the only way to limit the damage it can do is to reduce its power, budget, and lack of accountability.
Mar 1, 2024 / Elie Mystal
The Supreme Court Could Decide This Term’s Big Gun Case on the Basis of… Grammar The Supreme Court Could Decide This Term’s Big Gun Case on the Basis of… Grammar
Justices like Neil Gorsuch are doing all they can to make sure “bump stocks”—which turn regular guns into machine guns—are legal.
Feb 29, 2024 / Elie Mystal
Alabama’s IVF Ruling Is Christian Theology Masquerading as Law Alabama’s IVF Ruling Is Christian Theology Masquerading as Law
The ruling is clearly unconstitutional, but don’t expect the Supreme Court to come to the rescue.
Feb 23, 2024 / Elie Mystal
There Is Only One Way for Biden to Fulfill His Promise to “Restore Roe” There Is Only One Way for Biden to Fulfill His Promise to “Restore Roe”
If the president truly wants to protect reproductive rights, he’s going to have to do what he’s so far refused even to consider: expand the Supreme Court.
Feb 20, 2024 / Column / Elie Mystal
Donald Trump Makes a Mockery of the Constitution Donald Trump Makes a Mockery of the Constitution
His determination to put the 14th Amendment in the trash can of history should draw the most concern.
Feb 15, 2024 / Clarence Lusane
This Valentine’s Day, It’s Not Just Love That’s on the Ballot This Valentine’s Day, It’s Not Just Love That’s on the Ballot
Basic dignity is threatened as LGBTQ+ freedoms are increasingly endangered.
Feb 13, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Clarence Thomas Broke the Law. Why Is He Not Being Prosecuted? Clarence Thomas Broke the Law. Why Is He Not Being Prosecuted?
The debate about whether Supreme Court justices are bound by ethics rules drew attention away from the fact that Clarence Thomas’s conduct violated federal laws.
Feb 12, 2024 / William W. Taylor III