The future of American democracy may literally come down to the decisions of one man, Chief Justice John Roberts. That’s because all of Trump’s efforts to place himself above the law—stonewalling subpoenas, telling his people to defy contempt citations, making dictatorial claims about executive power—will eventually end up in court. The Supreme Court. And as […]
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Posted inCivil Rights in America
Resisting Trump’s Politicization of the Census
Trump’s intention is to undercount noncitizens, and Supreme Court conservatives appear on board.
Posted inTAP
The GOP Justices: Republicans First, White Guys Second, Constitutionalists Third
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on the constitutionality of President Trump’s Commerce Department adding a question on citizenship status to the 2020 census, and it looked like the five Republican pooh-bahs (Justices Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh) are poised to give it a thumbs-up. What this means is that the census—for which […]
Posted inWorking in America
Janus’s Progeny? A Supreme Court Threat to Majority Rule Looms
Two cases the Court is considering taking could undermine collective bargaining—and democracy as we know it.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Something There Is that Doesn’t Love a Wall
Could that something be Chief Justice John Roberts?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Not So Supreme?
Congress actually has a lot of mostly unused power to rein in the Roberts Court by clarifying the intent of the law.
Posted inLaw and Justice
John Roberts (the Tortoise) Is Outrunning Trump (the Hare)
To advance the conservative agenda, Roberts invokes the fiction of a nonpartisan judiciary.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump and McConnell Take Gaslighting to New Level in Kavanaugh Confirmation Fight
The use of an anti-Semitic trope to condemn protesters for exercising their First Amendment rights signals a turning point in the authoritarian trajectory of our politics.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Thursday’s Anti-Kavanaugh March
Sexual-assault survivors and protesters demonstrated in front of the Supreme Court against Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Enough Is Enough: Kavanaugh Should Not Sit on the Supreme Court
A law professor who works with juvenile offenders believes that the judge’s behavior during his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing disqualifies him from a lifetime appointment.