Adam Serwer
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Getty; The Atlantic Republicans Hope Their Assault on Democracy Will Stop a Post-Roe Backlash
Conservatives on the Supreme Court have engineered a system that allows half the country’s population to be stripped of a fundamental constitutional right.
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Octavio Jones / AP; Stephen B. Morton / … The System Only Worked Because It Was Pushed
The most surprising aspect of the trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers is not the verdict, but the fact that it happened at all.
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Sean Krajacic / Getty Of Course Kyle Rittenhouse Was Acquitted
It is one thing to argue that the jury reached a reasonable verdict based on the law, and another entirely to celebrate Rittenhouse’s actions.
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Alex Majoli / Magnum Conservative Justices Suddenly Discover Limits to Religious Liberty
These jurists appear to believe that questioning other people’s motives is uncivil and undignified—except when they feel like doing it.
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Eve Edelheit / The New York Times / … Democracy Dies in Silence
Florida’s move to silence expert criticism of its disenfranchisement campaign echoes its Redemption-era assault on civil rights.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Greg Abbott Fears Fox News More Than COVID
The Texas governor appears more worried about losing his primary than saving the lives of his constituents.
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Doug Mills / The New York Times / … By Attacking Me, Justice Alito Proved My Point
If he wants the public to see the Court as apolitical, he should try meeting that standard himself.
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Getty; The Atlantic What the War in Afghanistan Could Never Do
Twenty years ago, Americans sought to feel as strong and invincible as they had the day before the towers fell.
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Universal History Archive / Heritage Images / Getty; … The Lie About the Supreme Court Everyone Pretends to Believe
Justices love to proclaim their impartiality, all evidence to the contrary.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty; The Atlantic Trump’s Plans for a Coup Are Now Public
Some of the plots to overturn the election happened in secret. But don’t forget the ones that unfolded in the open.
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The Atlantic Texas Democrats Have an Opportunity
But it’s not clear they can seize it.
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Andrew Harnik / Chip Somodevilla / Montinique Monroe … A Strategy of Confusion
Don’t be fooled by the Supreme Court’s veil of proceduralism on its Texas abortion decision.
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Drew Angerer / Getty Five Justices Did This Because They Could
Emergency appeals have become the tool of choice for the conservative movement.
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Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Absurdity of Police Comparing Vaccine Mandates to Nazi Germany
Law-enforcement officers’ unions are rebelling against the possibility of required vaccinations in a way that reflects their own distorted view of their power in society.
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Jan Hanus / Alamy; Paul Spella / The … Demography Is Not Destiny
New numbers provide a reminder of the fluidity of American identity.
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Brandon Bell / Getty Greg Abbott Surrenders to the Coronavirus
The Texas governor’s warped priorities are allowing an extremist minority to worsen the pandemic.
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ALEX BRANDON / AFP / Getty The Capitol Rioters Attacked Police. Why Isn't the FOP Outraged?
Police unions aren’t usually bashful about defending officers, but they’ve been conspicuously subdued in discussing the January 6 attacks.
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David Goldman / AP Democratic Leaders Are Betraying Black Voters
If the Democratic Party is not upholding a racist double standard with its inaction, it is at least acquiescing to one.
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Illustration by Danielle Del Plato The Authoritarian Instincts of Police Unions
They condition their members to see themselves as soldiers at war with the public they are meant to serve, and above the laws they are meant to enforce.
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Samuel Corum / Getty / The Atlantic Joe Manchin Can’t Have It Both Ways
If the right to vote is fundamental, then it cannot be subject to veto by partisans who benefit from disenfranchisement.
