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The Supreme Court’s Hands Are All Over The 2022 Midterm Election Results
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf Republicans win control of the House by just a handful of seats or less, they will owe their slim...
James W. Pfister: Can the federal judiciary save our democracy?
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhen gerrymandering (drawing electoral district maps for political advantage) wastes votes of an...
James W. Pfister: Political dysfunction and the maldistribution of people
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 8 months agoYears ago, in 1962, in Baker v. Carr, the Supreme Court agreed to hear cases where legislative...
The sad story of how democracy got drained out of one NC Congressional district | Opinion
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDemocrats say putting former President Donald Trump back in the White House would endanger...
The Supreme Court Will Consider A 'Dangerous' Theory That Could Break American Democracy
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe independent state legislature theory is “historically implausible,” “antithetical” to the...
Clarence Thomas Is a Big Fan of Racial Gerrymandering
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoIn a Supreme Court decision siding with South Carolina Republicans, the right-wing justice took the...
Expert says SCOTUS ruling subjects Black voters to "abuse." Clarence Thomas wants to go even further
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoClarence Thomas Drew Angerer/Getty Images This week, the Supreme Court made it harder for plaintiffs...
Trump's influence over the Supreme Court is just beginning. Next the conservative majority could...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Fair Maps Rally in front of the US Supreme Court on March 26, 2019.Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington...
Danger to Democracy: In NC, a national fear plays out in a fight over representation
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 years agoNorth Carolina's threatened democracy From Opinion: With narrowed access to polls, gerrymandering...
Why SCOTUS Could Be About to Unleash Frankenstein’s Monster
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyIn Moore v. Harper—scheduled for oral...