In West Virginia v. EPA, the conservative justices acted like they were handing power to the people, but in reality they were giving it to themselves.
It’s not legislation.
Liberty requires restraints on government power.
For years, the conservative majority has worked to cement a system where entrenched leaders pick their voters in a bid to stay in power indefinitely.
The conservative justices say that vaccine policy is Congress’s or the states’ job, but in practice they’re the ones calling the shots now.
This could be the start of a major dismantling of the federal government.
The logic being used against Roe could weaken the legal foundations of many rights Americans value deeply.
Carson v. Makin could set a new precedent for how taxpayer dollars are used to fund religious education.
Democrats have strong constitutional arguments on their side.
Two recent decisions capture perfectly just how distorted the Court’s approach is.
America is inching closer to a possibility it has never seen before: the indictment and trial of a former president.
What’s astonishing is that presidential criminal immunity has no grounding in actual law. It’s not in the Constitution or any federal statute, regulation, or judicial decision. It is not law at all.
The country will not survive this twice.
These lawsuits have upended courts’ role in interpreting voting laws.
The legislative branch is constitutionally charged with checking abuses in the executive branch—and it must act to ensure a smooth transition.
His bald complaints are not viable legal claims—and the courts won’t save him.
Counting ballots takes time—and the process isn’t required to arbitrarily stop at the end of Election Day.
During impeachment, Trump claimed far-reaching authority. In a national emergency, he throws up his hands.
Lawmakers had several different ways to limit the executive branch’s power. The president is sweeping all of them aside—and the Senate is going along with it.
By doing nothing to ensure that Trump’s trial gets at the truth, the chief justice is taking a side. And the Democrats are just watching him do it.