SCOTUS Lux Alptraum Jan 15, 2025

The Most Important SCOTUS Case You’ve Never Heard Of

Lux Alptraum Jan 15, 2025

This week, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments about an online age-verification law that could bar kids’ access from porn sites. That may sound good, but it’s a lot more pernicious than you think.

SCOTUS Claire Bond Potter Jul 9, 2024

Zombie Laws Don’t Have to Be the Last of U.S.

Claire Bond Potter Jul 9, 2024

In the wake of the recent raft of horrifying SCOTUS decisions, Democrats are looking for proactive ways to contain the damage.

The Well Actually Andrea Grimes Jun 25, 2024

The Mifepristone Battle Isn’t Over Yet

Andrea Grimes Jun 25, 2024

On the eve of Dobbs’s second anniversary, we celebrated a small victory with the mifepristone decision. But the time is now for Dems to make a preemptive strike to protect abortion rights before SCOTUS takes another swing at them.

The Well Actually Andrea Grimes May 28, 2024

Justice Alito’s Politics Are Literally Flying in Our Faces

Andrea Grimes May 28, 2024

The Supreme Court judge has been flouting his duties, flying insurrectionist flags at his home while refusing to recuse himself from cases deciding the future of democracy in America. So what are we going to do about it?

Power Structures Brynn Tannehill Jun 28, 2023

There’s Nothing Supreme About the Supreme Court

Brynn Tannehill Jun 28, 2023

The right wing of the highest court in the country is more corrupt than we even imagined. So why should we take their judgments seriously?

State of Disunion Kaitlin Byrd Jun 13, 2023

The Supreme Court Is Profoundly Broken

Kaitlin Byrd Jun 13, 2023

When did the judiciary branch stop serving the American people?

Ginni Thomas looking sideways at the camera with glasses perched on her head, a white woman, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thoman

White Lady Nonsense Jessie Daniels Jul 28, 2022

Will Ginni Thomas Ever Be Held Accountable?

Jessie Daniels Jul 28, 2022

There is mounting evidence that Clarence Thomas's wife helped plan the events of Jan. 6. Can her privilege as a white woman married to a Black Supreme Court Justice shield her from the charges?

An illustration of the American flag having been sewn back together. The stitches are visible, and the needle still has thread in it.

State of Disunion Kaitlin Byrd Jul 5, 2022

The Actual Heirs to American Independence

Kaitlin Byrd Jul 5, 2022

While it may feel like democracy itself is dissolving beneath us, the resurrection of this country won’t come from the Supreme Court or Congress. That power belongs to us.

An image of the 9 Supreme Court justices who voted on Roe v. Wade. The justices the overturned Roe are in color, and the ones who didn't are in black and white.

Explain This Lisa Needham Jun 28, 2022

SCOTUS’s Extremism Is Not Based in Precedent

Lisa Needham Jun 28, 2022

The recent spate of dangerous decisions by the majority Justices are not rooted in principles, but in their politicized and complete disregard for the constitution.

Photograph of people holding up signs that say "keep abortion legal" and "bans off my body" in front of the capitol, the image is shown three times.

Power Structures Brynn Tannehill May 19, 2022

Abortion Rights Aren’t Coming Back

Brynn Tannehill May 19, 2022

Justice Alito's leaked draft goes a lot further than ending the right to an abortion. What can Democrats do to mitigate the damage?