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The next generation of Republican justices will be even more partisan

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Ian Millhiser

Big Oil has an audacious request for the Supreme Court

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28.09.2026 8

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Ian Millhiser

The successful campaign to make a terrifying Supreme Court immigration case disappear

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16.09.2026 30

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court has finally had it with Trump’s plan to steal the midterms

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15.09.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court just handed Republicans a surprisingly decisive midterm loss

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10.09.2026 10

Vox

Ian Millhiser

Republicans suffered a stunning Supreme Court loss. It lasted minutes.

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09.09.2026 10

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Ian Millhiser

Republicans ask the Supreme Court to give them a huge discount on ad spending

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03.09.2026 10

Vox

Ian Millhiser

A federal judge just discovered a whole new way to place ICE above the law

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01.09.2026 10

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court just gave Trump his illegal ballroom

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31.08.2026 10

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Ian Millhiser

One of the Supreme Court’s worst ideas could save the midterms from Trump

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30.08.2026 60

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Ian Millhiser

Trump’s new attempt to seize control of the Federal Reserve, explained

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25.08.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court just revived Trump’s attempt to sabotage the 2026 election

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24.08.2026 10

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s about to face an entirely new kind of voter discrimination

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21.08.2026 10

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Ian Millhiser

How the Supreme Court could use Trump’s ballroom to gut environmental law

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18.08.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

How the Supreme Court remade religious liberty in the Christian right’s image

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18.08.2026 60

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Ian Millhiser

Trump is searching for the Supreme Court’s breaking point on birthright citizenship

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11.08.2026 10

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Ian Millhiser

The Republican resistance to Todd Blanche was never serious

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03.08.2026 10

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Ian Millhiser

How a fringe idea about race took over the Supreme Court

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03.08.2026 30

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Ian Millhiser

Trump wants the Supreme Court to give him the unilateral power to rewrite election law

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29.07.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

Trump is stocking the government with his personal lawyers

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22.07.2026 30

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Ian Millhiser

MAGA has a new villain: Amy Coney Barrett

MAGA has a new villain: Amy Coney Barrett A new poll finds that Barrett is the least popular justice. A Republican revolt against her is the biggest...

08.07.2026 20

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court can no longer explain itself

The Supreme Court can no longer explain itself The justices don’t speak a common language, even with each other. The legal profession is much like a...

03.07.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s trans sports ruling is a cautionary tale for all left-leaning lawyers

The Supreme Court’s trans sports ruling is a cautionary tale for all left-leaning lawyers If you’re a liberal, and you’re thinking of bringing a...

30.06.2026 30

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court just came one vote away from a constitutional catastrophe

The Supreme Court just came one vote away from a constitutional catastrophe The 5-4 vote in the birthright citizenship case is a warning that all of...

30.06.2026 30

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Ian Millhiser

Justice Alito does one last favor for the Republican Party

Justice Alito does one last favor for the Republican Party Of course Alito is retiring under Trump. Justice Samuel Alito announced on Tuesday that...

30.06.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

A fringe attack on voting rights just got four votes on the Supreme Court

A fringe attack on voting rights just got four votes on the Supreme Court Watson v. RNC is the easiest election law case to reach the justices in...

29.06.2026 30

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court lets Trump deport people back to war zones

25.06.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s embarrassing new Second Amendment decision, explained

25.06.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s campaign to expand religious liberty now has a glaring exception

23.06.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court is about to decide if children still have free speech rights

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23.06.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court has good news for people who like weed and guns

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18.06.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

Why the Supreme Court is fighting over deadly gas and firing squads

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16.06.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court invented a special legal rule solely to screw Planned Parenthood

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12.06.2026 30

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Ian Millhiser

The next victim of the Supreme Court’s voting rights decision will be workers

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10.06.2026 30

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Ian Millhiser

Trump’s attorney general pick has exactly one qualification

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04.06.2026 30

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s new decision tilting the midterms toward Republicans, explained

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03.06.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

Alabama’s new congressional maps do the one thing the Supreme Court still forbids

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02.06.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

Brett Kavanaugh just won a surprising victory for racial justice

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28.05.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

A new Supreme Court opinion is terrible news for federal workers

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26.05.2026 30

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court hands a rare victory to a death row inmate

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21.05.2026 30

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court just handed down two surprisingly timid Voting Rights Act decisions

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19.05.2026 40

Vox

Ian Millhiser

Packing the Supreme Court is no longer a fringe idea

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19.05.2026 60

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Ian Millhiser

Mifepristone survives another Supreme Court scare — for now

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14.05.2026 30

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Ian Millhiser

Virginia Democrats’ irresponsible new plan to save their gerrymander

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12.05.2026 50

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Ian Millhiser

The glaring error in the Virginia Supreme Court’s gerrymandering decision

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08.05.2026 40

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Ian Millhiser

Is Trump’s Justice Department trying to discredit itself?

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07.05.2026 50

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court broke democracy by saying the quiet part out loud

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06.05.2026 30

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court broke democracy by saying the quiet part out loud

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06.05.2026 70

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court gets thrown back into the abortion wars

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04.05.2026 40

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Ian Millhiser

What the Supreme Court still has left to decide this term

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04.05.2026 40

Vox

Ian Millhiser