We can expect the courts to foil Trump’s scheme to have the Postal Service block mail ballots—but it will be a close call.
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Will the Republican Justices OK Trump’s Efforts to Winnow the Midterm Electorate?
Yesterday’s ruling doesn’t foretell where they’ll go, but their Republican bias is an established fact.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Here Are the States Deciding Whether You Can Get an Abortion
This fall, several states will vote to enshrine abortion access, while one asks voters to weigh in on the issue a second time.
Posted inEducation in America
Trump Wants Black People Barred From Med School
By targeting medical schools for prioritizing diversity, the Trump administration insists on a century-old belief that Black people are unequipped to practice medicine.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Right-Wing Activists Co-opt Environmental Laws to Fight ‘Abortion Pollution’
In their zeal to create a de facto national abortion ban, anti–abortion rights groups are claiming that medications like mifepristone poison the water supply.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Louis Brandeis: The Empiricist
Louis Brandeis believed that facts could change lives and break excessive power where it accumulated.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
A Stunning Shift in Public Opinion Post-Dobbs
Political scientists Laurel Elder and Steven Greene explore the dramatic evolution of Americans’ views on abortion.
Posted inPolitics
Proportional Representation Gets a New Look
Supreme Court decisions and unrestrained partisan gerrymandering are focusing attention on a fundamental election reform. But one version is more feasible than the others.
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Organized Money: The Supreme Court Gives Wall Street Its Own Regulator
The wealthy got the ultimate regulatory carve-out for when this bubble pops.
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Trump’s Plan to Corrupt American Science
OMB’s Russell Vought would bring all federal research grants under direct political control, to align with ‘the president’s agenda.’