Joshua Douglas’s sterling new book examines the most important Supreme Court cases on voting rights in the last 50 years and suggests ways we can correct this “hard turn toward anti-democracy.”
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Posted inLaw and Justice
The Stigma of Felon Disenfranchisement
This is an excerpt from Chapter 4 of The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights, published today by Beacon Press and written by Washington Monthly Contributing Writer Joshua A. Douglas, a professor of law at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law. […]
Posted inPolitics
Even Without the January 6 Insurrection, the 2021 Presidential Transition Was Not Good. Are We Ready For 2025?
Four years ago, the Trump administration’s cooperation with Biden’s team was inconsistent at best. Can the two camps set aside their differences and properly plan for another transition?
Posted inJonathan Alter's Trump Trial Diary
Day Eight: Pecker Survives Cross-Examination at Trump Trial
Trump’s lawyer tries and fails to break a key witness
Posted inLaw and Justice
Will the Supreme Court Kill the National Labor Relations Board?
As Starbucks—and Elon Musk’s SpaceX—take aim at the New Deal-era body, the Roberts Court could severely curtail the right of workers to organize. Here’s how.
Posted inJonathan Alter's Trump Trial Diary
Day Seven of the Trump Trial: David Pecker, Trash Collector
The former publisher of the National Enquirer delivers devastating testimony against Donald Trump
Posted inNewsletter
A Disturbing Day at the Supreme Court
Plus, dispatches from inside the Trump trial courtroom, the misguided divestment protests, and what we can learn from Polish democracy—all in the April 25, 2024 newsletter.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court Takes On Homelessness. What Could Go Wrong?
Today, the justices hear arguments on a Grants Pass, Oregon, municipal ordinance that slaps heavy fines and, if unpaid, criminal penalties on the homeless.
Posted inMagazine
Trump vs. Biden: Who Got More Done on the Courts?
With serendipity and outside help, Trump achieved a generational shift on the Supreme Court and lower courts. With fewer advantages, Biden is catching up.
Posted inMagazine
Trump vs. Biden: Who Got More Done on Regulation?
Trump launched a massive deregulation campaign that largely failed. Biden has effectively used rulemaking to advance his priorities.
