In the heart of the Old South, compact majority-Black districts are being supplanted by elongated majority-white ones.
John Roberts
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John Roberts Is Starting to Sweat
The reactionary hacks on the Supreme Court might have gone too far this time.
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Turning Civil Rights Inside Out
The Supreme Court has now invited racial gerrymandering, as merely political and thus beyond judicial challenge.
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How Trump Lost the Courts
With every passing day, another federal judge issues a scathing order to contain Trump’s autocracy and Trump keeps alienating the Supreme Court.
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Is the Supreme Court Fed Up With Trump?
Let’s hope the ruling blocking National Guard deployment is the beginning of a trend.
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The Right-Wing Legal Movement Made Trump a King
John Roberts turned the presidency into a kingship, and the first president to govern under this ruling has compressed a solid millennium or two of monarchical misrule into a mere ten months.
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Texas Said the Wrong Magic Words When Rigging Their Maps
California said different magic words when rigging theirs. That’s why Texas’s map might be tossed, while California’s might remain.
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The 2026 Election Is Being Decided at the Supreme Court
The Trump gerrymandering tour has not been going well. So far, it has succeeded in Texas, where new districts could dislodge up to five Democrats, and Missouri, where lawmakers voted to muscle out Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) by splitting up Kansas City. But Texas is under a legal challenge and, more importantly, still gives Democrats […]
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How John Roberts Can Help Trump Control the Fed
Today on TAP: Trump didn’t give a reason for firing other members of independent agencies. Roberts can say he gave one here.
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Supreme Contempt for the Constitution
As Trump moves toward outright dictatorship, the Roberts Court keeps enabling him.