Politics Podcast: What We Learned From This Supreme Court Term
By Galen Druke On Thursday, the Supreme Court wrapped up its first term with a 6-3 conservative majority on the...
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The Supreme Court’s Conservative Supermajority Is Just Beginning To Flex Its Muscles
In many ways, the recently completed Supreme Court term was our first comprehensive look at one of the most consequential...
The “good old days” that never were
Will Wilkinson has a post discussing how residential zoning laws were originally instituted to exclude certain minority groups: In 1926,...
The Supreme Court Just Made It Harder To Overturn Voting Restrictions
In a 6-3 decision that broke down along ideological lines, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a lower court’s...
Why The Supreme Court May Be Poised To Deliver The Religious Right A Big Victory
Over the past few decades, particularly this one, the U.S. Supreme Court has increasingly lent a sympathetic ear to those...
In A Unanimous Decision, The Supreme Court Delivered Another Victory For The Religious Right
UPDATE (June 17, 2021, 10:59 a.m.): On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision that Philadelphia’s requirement that...
Most Americans Don’t Want Roe v. Wade Repealed. Many Also Support Restrictions On Abortion.
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in what is...
What Are The Stakes Of The Supreme Court’s Decision To Hear A Case That Challenges Roe v. Wade?
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): On Monday, the...
Trump Made The Federal Courts Whiter And More Conservative — And That Will Be Tough For Biden To Reverse
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER / GETTY IMAGESDuring most of Donald Trump’s presidency, Congress was in a state of persistent...
It Will Be Tough For Biden To Reverse Trump’s Legacy Of A Whiter, More Conservative Judiciary
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER / GETTY IMAGESDuring most of Donald Trump’s presidency, Congress was in a state of persistent...
