From GOP leaders to titans of business, those who might have mitigated the president’s second term lawlessness instead bent the knee. Each had their reasons.
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Posted inBooks
What Makes Sam Alito So Angry?
Irked by liberals from Princeton to Yale and the Justice Department to the Supreme Court, the conservative jurist finishes another term unbowed.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Roberts Court’s Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Nears Completion
Two rulings this year, including one this month, have laid bare the court’s fundamental misinterpretation of the landmark law and the Reconstruction Era Constitutional amendments that transformed America.
Posted inNewsletter
Vote While You Still Can
Massive turnout is the best strategy for defeating systematic efforts to disenfranchise U.S. voters.
Posted inNewsletter
An AI Crash Is Coming. What Then?
Risky financial maneuvers and mountains of debt mean the AI economy is in trouble, says Vanderbilt’s Asad Ramzanali. America needs to get ready.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Plot to Destroy the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court’s ruling eviscerating Section 2 of the landmark law is only part of its project.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
Don’t Panic About Trump’s Election Threats
He has no authority to run federal elections. In this year’s midterms, the big threat to democracy is apathy and complacency.
Posted inPodcast
How the Supreme Court Could Turbocharge Gerrymandering
A pending decision could gut the Voting Rights Act and encourage states to disenfranchise minority voters.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How the Roberts Court Could Neuter the Voting Rights Act
By rendering race subordinate to partisan redistricting, the conservative justices can destroy the landmark law without declaring a key provision unconstitutional.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Roberts Court at 20
John Roberts, the “institutionalist” chief justice, has given the president kingly powers, overturned a Reagan-era regulation doctrine, and issued two decades of wrecking ball opinions. It’s only going to get worse.
