Supreme Court misuses Purcell to block New Hampshire student IDs
The Supreme Court blocked the use of student IDs as backup identification in New Hampshire, prioritizing administrative convenience over the legal right to vote.
By Adele Rutherford ·
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Trump destroyed redistricting rules to chase a brief advantage
By prompting mid-decade redistricting to secure House seats, Donald Trump abandoned procedural standards for a political shortcut that threatens his own party under shifting voter moods.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Supreme court blocks Trump prison transgender healthcare policy
The justices refused to lift an injunction against the Bureau of Prisons, maintaining a three-decade practice because the agency failed the administrative record.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Supreme court lets Austin veto 9/11 plea deals
The justices left the Pentagon's withdrawal of the 2024 plea agreements intact, affirming executive authority over military commissions as the 2028 trial approaches.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Treasury's $2 trillion deficit exposes the fiction of growth
The federal budget gap swelled to nearly $2 trillion in fiscal 2026, proving that magical thinking cannot repeal the iron laws of fiscal balance.
By Klaus Berger ·
Supreme Court was right to halt the 4th Circuit's deadline
The Supreme Court correctly rebuked the 4th Circuit for meddling in agency timing, even as the underlying Republican rule on broadcast campaign ad rates remains a transparent shortcut.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Alito decries executive rhetoric while defending emergency docket
Justice Alito laments executive attacks and a surging shadow docket, yet the court built this procedural trap by dodging full merits reviews.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Alito defends the high court while dodging the process mirror
Justice Alito laments political pressure on the bench in a rare interview, yet sidesteps how strategic retirement planning and originalist shortcuts weaken the judiciary's legitimacy.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The Supreme Court erodes its authority on the shadow docket
As the Supreme Court convenes its new term, relying on emergency shadow docket rulings to grant executive relief damages the institutional legitimacy that John Roberts seeks to protect.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Supreme Court must reject Trump's cruel mass detention policy
As the Supreme Court reviews Trump's indefinite detention policy, we must reject this cruel attempt to strip immigrants of their basic right to a bond hearing.
By Alma Cordero ·
Supreme Court clears the runway for Trump's cruel exile policy
By letting the Trump administration resume rapid third-country deportations, the Supreme Court trades human lives for logistical convenience and ignores the risk of torture
By Alma Cordero ·
Bill Lee denies clemency for Christa Pike as process fails
As Governor Bill Lee denies clemency for Christa Pike, Tennessee exposes the fatal flaw of a capital process that ignores adolescent trauma.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The Supreme Court opens a backdoor to dangerous voter purges
By allowing emergency voter screening through a flawed federal database, the Supreme Court dismantled statutory protections and invited future administrations to weaponize administrative purges against lawful citizens.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Supreme court greenlights flawed voter list purges
The supreme court allowed the Trump administration to use an expanded database for voter roll audits, threatening lawful citizens with wrongful disenfranchisement.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Supreme Court blocked Trump's failed heist of the ballot box
When I was eighteen, I watched the people in charge of Flint’s water tell us everything was fine while our pipes leaked poison.
By Maya Ellison ·
Supreme Court blocked Trump's plan to shrink the electorate
When you grow up in Flint, you learn early that the people in charge don’t just make mistakes—they make calculations.
By Maya Ellison ·