How the Supreme Court might frustrate the effort to use statutory authority to advance a progressive agenda, and why the next president should follow through anyway
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Why Sonia Sotomayor Fears for the Judiciary—and for Justice
Last week, Trump took his fight against asylum seekers straight to the top, and the Supreme Court okayed it. Sotomayor and Ginsburg thought that set a scary precedent.
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States Lock In Fair and Just Redistricting Despite Supreme Court Decision
Voting rights advocates and litigators in Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and other key states are fighting against gerrymandering—and reaping dividends just in time for 2021.
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Mark Janus Wants His Union Dues Back
A year after Janus v. AFSCME, right-to-work forces organize against organized labor in California.
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A Win for Cheap Alcohol, a Loss for Democracy
A Supreme Court ruling nullifies a core piece of the 21st Amendment: state control of alcohol markets.
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Never Mind the Russians. It’s the Court That Rigs Our Elections.
The five Republican justices’ gerrymandering decision ensures GOP rule even when the party’s in the minority.
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A Split Decision at the Supreme Court—Which Might Not Be Split for Long
The justices deny relief from gerrymandering, and hold up the citizenship question on the census … for now.
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The Anti-Entrenchment Agenda
Entrenched power is the problem. What can be done about it?
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Can Democrats Stop McConnell and Trump’s Quiet Regulatory Takeover?
Republicans have stymied the filling of Democratic seats in independent agencies. There doesn’t appear to be any plan to confront this.
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Does the Civil Rights Act Protect Gay Employees? The Court Will Decide.
And the conservative justices will have to choose between their self-proclaimed allegiance to what a law says and their social biases.