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U.s. Supreme Court
u.s. supreme court
Feb. 22, 2021
Supreme Court Won’t Block Turnover of Trump Tax Returns
Cyrus Vance will now be able to proceed with criminal investigations of the former president involving hush money and fraud allegations.
By
Ed Kilgore
the law
Feb. 3, 2021
Reintroducing Sonia Sotomayor
The once-maligned justice has taken up the mantle of RBG and Thurgood Marshall. But what can she accomplish on the most conservative court in decades?
By
Irin Carmon
impeachment trial
Jan. 25, 2021
Senate Republicans Don’t Even Want to Have an Impeachment Trial
Democrats will force the trial to go forward, but the odds of a conviction are low and getting lower.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
Jan. 23, 2021
Trump Repeatedly Pressured Justice Department to Help Overturn Election
After DOJ leaders refused to file a Supreme Court lawsuit, Trump nearly fired the acting attorney general just days before the attack on Congress.
By
Chas Danner
abortion
Jan. 22, 2021
Can Biden and Democrats Protect Abortion Rights From Trump’s Judges?
The worst was averted when Trump lost and Democrats won control of the Senate. But an anti-abortion majority on the Supreme Court could strike soon.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
Jan. 21, 2021
Biden Will Run a Very Un-Waspy Government
Women, Blacks, Latinos, Catholics, and Jews: This ain’t your grandfather’s Cabinet.
By
Ed Kilgore
voting rights
Jan. 19, 2021
Democrats Push Voting-Rights Expansion With Fresh Urgency
Republicans will block the reforms, but at the price of underlining an authoritarian strain in their thinking that will outlive Trump’s presidency.
By
Ed Kilgore
the law
Dec. 22, 2020
What Will It Take to Get a Black Woman on the Supreme Court?
The fate of Biden’s campaign promise lies with Georgia.
By
Irin Carmon
vision 2020
Dec. 14, 2020
Electoral College Rejects Trump Coup and Confirms Biden as President
It’s a routine process, but threats of violence and plans by Trump’s campaign to “elect” bogus alternative electors are raising eyebrows.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Dec. 11, 2020
Supreme Court Drop-Kicks Texas Lawsuit to Overturn the Election for Trump
A legal effort to keep Trump in power attracted huge Republican support. But the president’s favorite justices wouldn’t even hear it.
By
Ed Kilgore
contested election
Dec. 10, 2020
Every Republican in Congress May Have to Vote on Trump’s Coup
Die-hard supporters of the president may force a January vote to overturn Biden’s Electoral College majority.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Dec. 9, 2020
Ted Cruz Offers to Argue Insane Texas Election Lawsuit at the Supreme Court
Texas is asking the Supreme Court to overturn the election results of four other states.
By
Ed Kilgore
contested election
Dec. 7, 2020
Tuesday’s ‘Safe Harbor’ Deadline Should End Trump’s Failed Coup
Nearly every state has certified its results and electors, which — after December 8 — should cut off further challenges.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Nov. 9, 2020
Trump’s Only Credible Legal Strategy Won’t Be Enough
It’s possible the Supreme Court will accept Republican efforts to disallow late mail ballots in Pennsylvania. But there aren’t enough votes to matter.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Nov. 5, 2020
Trump Scrambles for Legal Strategy to Stop Defeat
A flurry of lawsuits from Team Trump may, at the very best, delay the inevitable.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Oct. 26, 2020
Supreme Court’s Vague Election Orders Are a 2020 Wild Card
Republicans want the Supreme Court to stop lower-court judges from liberalizing voting rules, and the Court’s conservative majority often complies.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Oct. 20, 2020
GOP Hopes That Amy Coney Barrett Would Fire Up the Base Fizzled
It’s unclear that killing Garland’s confirmation or forcing Kavanaugh’s did electoral magic for the GOP. The non-fight over Barrett sure won’t.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Oct. 19, 2020
Supreme Court Stops GOP Effort to Reject Tons of Ballots in Pennsylvania
The 4-4 decision was a setback for Republicans, but it might have gone differently if Amy Coney Barrett were already confirmed.
By
Ed Kilgore
u.s. supreme court
Oct. 15, 2020
Senate’s Uselessness On Display As Judiciary Rubber-stamps Barrett Confirmation
The body’s high regard for itself was never less earned than in this sham of a hearing.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Sept. 30, 2020
The Democratic Advantage in Voting by Mail Is a Mixed Blessing
Democrats will be able to “bank” a lot of early votes, but then they may have to fight all the way to the Supreme Court to get them counted.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Sept. 22, 2020
Pennsylvania Becomes Ground Zero For Election Lawsuits
One key struggle is over a court ruling that determined that “naked ballots” mailed without special envelopes will not be counted in November.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Sept. 11, 2020
Federal Appeals Court Slams Door on Reenfranchisement of Florida Ex-Felons
In a case affecting over a million Floridians, the conservative court let the state undercut a ballot initiative restoring their voting rights.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Sept. 11, 2020
Wisconsin Ballot-Access Legal Battle Could Screw Up Voting by Mail
Don’t look now, but the chaos over Wisconsin’s April primary could be repeated in November as courts interfere with mail-ballot timetables.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
July 6, 2020
Supreme Court Lets States Punish ‘Faithless Electors’
A unanimous Supreme Court found no constitutional sanction for treating presidential electors as free agents.
By
Ed Kilgore
voting rights
May 18, 2020
Wisconsin Showed How Voter Suppression Efforts Can Backfire
Vote suppression efforts can be turned on the perpetrators if they are exposed to sunlight.
By
Ed Kilgore
coronavirus
Mar. 12, 2020
Supreme Court to Close to the Public Until Further Notice
Five out of nine of the Supreme Court justices are old enough to collect Social Security, and two are over 80, making them especially vulnerable.
By
Irin Carmon
voter suppression
Dec. 13, 2019
Georgia Is Really Good at Making It Hard for Black People to Vote, Study Finds
A new analysis reveals the impact of precinct closures and poll-site relocations on voter turnout.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
guns
Nov. 12, 2019
Supreme Court Won’t Intervene to Protect Gun Manufacturer From Sandy Hook Suit
Families of victims will have the chance to show marketing of the weapon used in the massacre violated state laws, which could set a huge precedent.
By
Ed Kilgore
gerrymandering
Oct. 29, 2019
State Court Tosses GOP’s Gerrymandered Congressional Map in North Carolina
Republican boasts about partisan motives for maps challenged, as an illegal racial gerrymander backfired.
By
Ed Kilgore
2020 census
July 2, 2019
Trump Toys With Delaying 2020 Census, Maybe Defying Constitution
After the Supreme Court rejected his rationale for a citizenship question, Trump is mulling a pricy delay or perhaps constitutional brinkmanship.
By
Ed Kilgore
u.s. supreme court
June 27, 2019
Supreme Court Gives Green Light to Partisan Gerrymandering
The brief window for federal court scrutiny of an intensely anti-democratic practices has come and gone.
By
Ed Kilgore
abortion
Apr. 26, 2019
A Decision in Kansas May Show How Abortion Rights Could Outlive
Roe
v.
Wade
The Kansas Supreme Court’s decision may lead other states to establish abortion rights that could survive a reversal of
Roe
v.
Wade
.
By
Ed Kilgore
obamacare
Dec. 15, 2018
Judge Strikes Down Obamacare, but the GOP Should Hold Its Applause
Whether the decision holds up or not, Republicans won’t like what comes next.
By
Ed Kilgore
Aug. 24, 2018
Georgia County Debacle Shows Why We Need a Voting-Rights Act With Teeth
It took an army of lawyers, activists, journalists, and citizens to provide the scrutiny the Voting Rights Act of 1965 used to make routine.
By
Ed Kilgore
voting rights
Aug. 20, 2018
Georgia County Trying to Close Most of Its Polling Places
The move is a dramatic attack on voting opportunities in a small county.
By
Ed Kilgore
Aug. 2, 2018
Trump Plunges Ahead With Attack on Fuel Standards and California
In a long-debated development, the administration freezes gas mileage standards and revokes California’s decades-old authority to be greener.
By
Ed Kilgore
Feb. 20, 2018
The Debate Over Gerrymandering Is Changing in a Fundamental Way
Redistricting isn’t just about nice-looking maps anymore.
By
Ed Kilgore
Feb. 15, 2018
Appeals Court Tees Up Trump Travel Ban for Supremes
The high court will soon consider both statutory and constitutional challenges to Trump’s third effort to impose a travel ban.
By
Ed Kilgore
Jan. 22, 2018
Pennsylvania Court Kills Gerrymandered Pro-GOP Congressional Map
In really bad timing for Republicans, a state court applying state law overturns a congressional map and requires new districts this year.
By
Ed Kilgore
Nov. 18, 2017
Alabama Governor to Vote for Scofflaw Roy Moore to Help Shape SCOTUS
Even if Moore were as morally pure as the driven snow, he’s unquestionably a serial rebel against the federal judges he would vote on as a senator.
By
Ed Kilgore
Oct. 20, 2017
Trump Admin & Appeals Court Keep Imprisoned Immigrant From Having Abortion
The GOP is bending to the right-to-life movement in an effort to deny a woman in federal custody the right to choose.
By
Ed Kilgore
Sept. 22, 2017
The Trump Administration’s New, Permanent Travel Restrictions Are on the Way
The temporary travel ban that caused so much chaos and litigation is now giving way to permanent policies, with more litigation certain.
By
Ed Kilgore