Supreme Court

Neil Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing

Neil Gorsuch’s Own Testimony Clearly Disqualifies Him Neil Gorsuch’s Own Testimony Clearly Disqualifies Him

The nominee failed to outline even minimal concerns about the GOP’s judicial coup.

Mar 27, 2017 / John Nichols

Gorsuch Senate Confirmation

Yes, Dems Should Block Gorsuch While the FBI’s Trump Probe Goes on Yes, Dems Should Block Gorsuch While the FBI’s Trump Probe Goes on

Mitch McConnell obstructed not only Obama’s Supreme Court pick but his effort to alert voters about Russian election hacking—inextricably tying these issues together.

Mar 22, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Neil Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing

Neil Gorsuch Is Not Another Scalia. He’s the Next John Roberts. Neil Gorsuch Is Not Another Scalia. He’s the Next John Roberts.

Gorsuch puts a handsome face on an ugly ideology.

Mar 21, 2017 / Ari Berman

Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court Nomination Protest

Call Your Senators and Demand That They Reject Neil Gorsuch Call Your Senators and Demand That They Reject Neil Gorsuch

Unlike Trump’s other appointments, Democrats can filibuster a Supreme Court nominee.

Mar 21, 2017 / NationAction

Neil Gorsuch and Hans von Spakovsky

In E-mails, Neil Gorsuch Praised a Leading Republican Activist Behind Voter Suppression Efforts In E-mails, Neil Gorsuch Praised a Leading Republican Activist Behind Voter Suppression Efforts

Gorsuch’s ties to Hans von Spakovksy suggest a hostility to voting rights.  

Mar 17, 2017 / Ari Berman

Texas polling station

Texas’s Redistricting Maps and Voter-ID Law Intentionally Discriminated Against Minority Voters Texas’s Redistricting Maps and Voter-ID Law Intentionally Discriminated Against Minority Voters

Federal courts have now found that the state’s voter-ID law and redistricting maps purposefully targeted black and Latino voters.

Mar 13, 2017 / Ari Berman

Gavin Grimm

We Are Still Winning the Fight for Trans Rights We Are Still Winning the Fight for Trans Rights

The Supreme Court may have declined to hear Gavin Grimm’s case—but history is firmly on his side.

Mar 7, 2017 / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

Trump signing orders

The Real Danger in Trump’s Attacks on Judges The Real Danger in Trump’s Attacks on Judges

He’s repeating the right-wing libel of “judicial overreach”—but he’s also challenging the bedrock principle of judicial supremacy on constitutional questions.

Feb 16, 2017 / Bruce Shapiro

PP counter protest

Planned Parenthood Asked These Pro-Choice Activists Not to Rally Outside Its Clinic. Here’s Why They Did Anyway. Planned Parenthood Asked These Pro-Choice Activists Not to Rally Outside Its Clinic. Here’s Why They Did Anyway.

Under Trump, strategies have diverged.

Feb 13, 2017 / Julia Mead

tammy baldwin fierce

Senator Tammy Baldwin Just Destroyed Scott Walker on Twitter Senator Tammy Baldwin Just Destroyed Scott Walker on Twitter

The Wisconsin governor apparently didn’t like it, because he threw a 16-tweet-long tantrum in response.

Feb 3, 2017 / John Nichols

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