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This was John Roberts’ plan all along

The chief justice has declared that the Court is not political. The facts — and his own history — say otherwise

saturday 8

Salon

David Daley

SCOTUS just unleashed a gerrymandering dragon

The Court's 6-3 decision gutting the Voting Rights Act will reshape the nation's political map in dramatic fashion

01.05.2026 10

Salon

David Daley

Meet the Upstart Candidate Running in NY for What May be Among the Most Powerful Offices in the Country

Katrina vanden Heuvel

27.04.2026 8

The Nation

David Daley

Coming This Fall: Disputed Elections—and a New Supreme Court Nominee?

Samuel Alito, a suspected Dobbs and Hobby Lobby leaker, wine aficionado, and far-right flag waver, has a new book coming this fall. Ordinarily, a...

20.02.2026 10

New Republic

David Daley

How to fire up 2026’s hottest House race

Ranked choice voting would help Democrats choose the strongest candidate in the NY-12 primary

11.01.2026 20

Salon

David Daley

Why Indiana's Gerrymander Victory May Be Short Lived

15.12.2025 10

The Nation

David Daley

MAGA’s State-by-State Plot to Butcher Democracy

20.11.2025 10

New Republic

David Daley

How New York could have avoided a nasty mayoral election

Ranked choice voting worked in the Democratic primary. New Yorkers should take note

02.11.2025 20

Salon

David Daley

Welcome to the Age of the Robertsmander

18.10.2025 10

The Nation

David Daley

John Roberts is slowly dismantling America

Twenty years of the Roberts Court has wreaked shocking damage. Is the Voting Rights Act next?

15.10.2025 30

Salon

David Daley

Democrats can’t win the gerrymander war

They have to win elections instead — and with reapportionment coming, that's about to get a lot harder

25.08.2025 10

Salon

David Daley

Trump, John Roberts and the Unsettling of American Politics

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority kicked away the best, even last, chance at a national solution to a national problem.

15.08.2025 20

The New York Times

David Daley

Democrats can’t gerrymander themselves out of their gerrymandering problem

The math doesn’t add up. It’s a war they almost certainly cannot win.

06.08.2025 10

Boston Globe

David Daley

How the GOP Hopes to Gerrymander Its Way to a Midterms Victory

01.08.2025 20

The Nation

David Daley

Can Texas GOP steal the midterms in advance? Yes, they can

Sorry, political wise men: "Dummymander" is not a thing — the plan to create more GOP seats will probably work

20.07.2025 10

Salon

David Daley

How ranked choice voting will shape the red-hot NYC mayoral race

You vote for five candidates? What are "cross-endorsements"? NYC's election may preview the future of democracy

21.06.2025 20

Salon

David Daley

“No more Souters”

In memoriam to an abandoned Supreme Court standard bearer

16.05.2025 10

Salon

David Daley