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The Big Choice about the Supreme Court that Democrats Will Face
When Democrats next hold Congress and the presidency, they could see their entire agenda nullified by the Court’s right-wing majority.
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Masterpiece Cakeshop, the Sequel: the Baker Is Back in Court
Colorado baker Jack Phillips claims that he is being harassed by the state in a new tussle over cakes, celebrations, and discrimination law.
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Kavanaugh Will Further Divide Us
If Kavanaugh is confirmed, it will be due to a process that has violated all prevailing norms for how someone should be chosen to be a Supreme Court justice.
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Kavanaugh Nomination Is Dangerous for Disability Rights Community
As an attorney and judge, Brett Kavanaugh has done everything in his power to limit the rights of people with disabilities. As a Supreme Court justice, he would have the ability to do even more damage, rolling back decades of progress in the field of disability rights—and civil rights more broadly. As a disabled Latina, […]
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Small Donors May Soon Be the Only Way to Fight Big Money
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh doesn’t think much of campaign-finance transparency, foreign money restrictions, or even contribution limits—leaving few political money fixes that may pass constitutional muster.
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No, Trump Is Far from Finished
The Manafort and Cohen convictions haven’t changed the political realities.
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Republicans Can Honor John McCain by Putting America Before Trump
Trump is more than willing to take down America if that’s what it takes to save his own neck—and Republicans might just let him.
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Don’t Just Impeach Trump. Annul His Presidency.
Impeachment would remedy Trump’s “high crimes and misdemeanors.” But it would not remedy Trump’s unconstitutional presidency.
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Middle East Diplomacy Didn’t Save Nixon. It Won’t Save Trump.
The president warns Israel it will have to pay a “higher price” in his peace plan. It’s one more distraction.