Some justices’ assumptions about guns and pregnancy may shape the term’s biggest cases while revealing how little they know about who we are, what we need, and what we should have to endure.
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled on Texas’ ridiculous suit against four other states, perhaps we can take stock of what’s happened over the past few weeks. Imagine a world where over one-half of the members in the Republican House of...
Egbert v. Boule is a severe blow to the proposition that law enforcement must obey the Constitution.
The Supreme Court has shown its colors in vogue. A year after removing women's bodily rights, it now has gone all fascist as it continues to execute the will of the plutocracy.
The US’s history of racism is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, voting rights and women’s rights are steps to toppling democracy
After overturning
The U.S. Supreme Court will be examining two cases having to do with voting rights, and both of them are from southern states: Moore v. Harper from North Carolina, and Merrill v. Milligan from Alabama. The High Court will begin hearing Merrill v. Milligan on October 4, and both cases, according to P...
The US’s history of racism is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, voting rights and women’s rights are steps to toppling democracy
Chief among them: What good is a court that won't stop the government from breaking the law?
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights now mean less of what the original authors intended and more of what the conservative-leaning Supreme Court tells us they meant.
A federal court in California blocked Trump administration conscience protections regarding abortion in the latest Obamacare court battle.
The US’s history of racism is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, voting rights and women’s rights are steps to toppling democracy
Last week, we learned the Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade, and anyone with a soul was, predictably, quite pissed. People with wombs are about to be reduced to state-controlled ovens, subject to greater surveillance and criminalization than we were before. And now we’re being shushed and told to remain civil and respect the privacy of the SCOTUS justices who are ripping away our bodily rights against the will of the majority of the public. Perfect!
Aiming to overturn Roe. Setting its sights on gun rights. A right-wing onslaught has degraded the credibility of the Supreme Court, whose chambers are now haunted by the ghost of Antonin Scalia.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and her staffers are facing threats over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, including a rape threat.
Mike Johnson, the four-term Louisiana representative just elected as House speaker, makes a pleasant first impression. That may be why his fellow Republicans chose such an untested politician, with no obvious qualifications, to fill that demanding post. Or they may have simply succumbed to exhaustio...
The US’s history of racism is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, voting rights and women’s rights are steps to toppling democracy
An eligible Ohio voter who was removed from the voter rolls prompted the case.
It did not start with Donald Trump. And it will not end with his shuffling off stage, in handcuffs or disgrace
A controversial immigration ban, feuds over inauguration crowd size, unfounded allegations of voter fraud and a Supreme Court nominee: highlights of Trump's first two weeks in office.
The law takes away numerous rights from trans people, with advocates saying it will lead to suicide as trans people feel "hopeless and trapped."
Opinion column by Chris Hedges argues that "an American fascism, wrapped in the flag and clutching the Christian cross, was organizing to extinguish our anemic democracy" and that "this assault is very far advanced".
Florida Republicans are seeking to weaken laws protecting journalists.
The US’s history of racism is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, voting rights and women’s rights are steps to toppling democracy
It is part of a probe into allegations the president tried to replace top federal police officials.
Don't overlook the court's support for white supremacy amid all the insurrection talk and patriarchal revanchism.
The chaos in Brasília hauntingly evoked the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump.
Guided by lists of candidates assembled by the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation, Trump remade the Supreme Court
Trump is likely to invoke presidential immunity before the Supreme Court, according to legal...
A former evangelical leader details his group’s extensive program to influence Justices Thomas, Alito and Scalia through meals and entertainment.
The 5-4 majority ruled that the government can detain non-citizens indefinitely, even years after they went to jail.
The US’s history of racism is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, voting rights and women’s rights are steps to toppling democracy
What happens if the Court rejects the rule of law?
Kavanaugh and his bros were planning a sailing weekend.
Decision to block presidential order won't have immediate effect due to Supreme Court stay.
'Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans have undermined American democracy'
The Supreme Court is relentlessly fueling the rise of fascism: Roe v. Wade is only the most visible example
