The rhetorically modest but functionally powerful ruling that ended segregation shouldn’t be misused to forestall other efforts at racial equality.
John Roberts
Posted inLaw and Justice
America’s Fifth Circuit Problem
Judges are now fighting over the right to hear important policy cases.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Why Racial Remedy Still Matters
Focusing on class is good policy, but the long legacy of state-supported racism means we must find ways to keep taking race into account.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Pleasant Surprises From the Roberts Court
This session’s rulings on voting rights have broken with recent trends.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Why Supreme Court Protests Matter
Public outrage at the extreme decisions and corruption may have gotten John Roberts to uphold Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Fed, the Supreme Court, and Their Legitimacy
The government’s least democratic branches are incompetent and corrupt because they are unaccountable. James Madison would not be surprised…
Posted inLaw and Justice
Supreme Court Justices Offer Unconvincing Dodge on Ethics
Former appeals judge J. Michael Luttig gets it right; Congress has the power to impose rules of conduct on the high court.
Posted inLaw and Justice
What Democrats Can Learn From Reporting on Supreme Court Corruption
The justices are sensitive to political pressure. Senate Democrats can impose that pressure through investigation.
Posted inTAP
Understanding the Latest Restrictions on Mifepristone
Today on TAP: These efforts will backfire on the right—but produce a lot of suffering along the way.
Posted inTAP
Voting Rights in Florida? You Jest.
Today on TAP: DeSantis tries to bar the feds from enforcing voting rights, in the spirit of John C. Calhoun and our last two chief justices.
