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Ian is right—tonight’s order from the Supreme Court is terrifying. Four conservative justices supported a radical theory that would empower state legislatures to violate election laws and engage in voter
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When the NYer realized people thought the Borowitz Report was real, it added NOT THE NEWS to each promo image.The Babylon Bee won’t add a clear satire disclaimer to articles
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The Democratic Party is failing to persuasively explain why the Senate shouldn't even consider Amy Coney Barrett, and it's failing to make a persuasive case against Barrett herself. Republicans are
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The Supreme Court turned away Kim Davis' case, but Thomas (joined by Alito) wrote a jaw-dropping rant taking direct aim at Obergefell and suggesting that SCOTUS must overturn the right
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Oh no. SCOTUS just agreed to hear a case that the conservatives could use to end the Voting Rights Act as we know it. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/100220zr_7l48.pdf Background on the case SCOTUS
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If Senate Democrats do not threaten to expand the Supreme Court after Republicans install a justice in the middle of an election (or during the lame duck), they will have
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Not sure why Twitter allowed this disinformation to stay up; California won’t mail ballots for a month. But I’d like to address a related issue: Why some people are still
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@MollyOlmstead and I wrote a comprehensive guide explaining the best way to vote safely in every state + DC—and how to make sure your ballot is actually counted. Read it,
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At this moment, conservative media figures are crafting a narrative that black people attempting to disarm a white vigilante who was (1) illegally brandishing an assault weapon after (2) shooting
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By a 5–4 vote, the Supreme Court just lifted an order that had required the Orange County Jail to implement safety measures to curb its COVID-19 outbreak. All four liberals
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In 1987’s McCleskey v. Kemp, the Supreme Court ruled 5–4 that evidence of race discrimination in capital sentencing does not violate the Constitution. McCleskey, a black man accused of killing
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Justices Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh all wrote dissents from tonight’s 5–4 decision turning away a church’s challenge to Nevada’s COVID restrictions, an unusual move in the denial of an emergency
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