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Ian Millhiser

Ian Millhiser

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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 2

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 10

Vox

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 10

Vox

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 10

Vox

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 10

Vox

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 10

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court lets Trump deport people back to war zones

25.06.2026 10

Vox

Ian Millhiser

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

25.06.2026 10

Vox

Ian Millhiser

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

23.06.2026 9

Vox

Ian Millhiser

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

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

23.06.2026 10

Vox

Ian Millhiser

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

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

18.06.2026 10

Vox

Ian Millhiser

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

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

16.06.2026 9

Vox

Ian Millhiser

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

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

12.06.2026 10

Vox

Ian Millhiser

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

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

10.06.2026 10

Vox

Ian Millhiser

Trump’s attorney general pick has exactly one qualification

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

04.06.2026 10

Vox

Ian Millhiser

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

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

03.06.2026 10

Vox

Ian Millhiser

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

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

02.06.2026 10

Vox

Ian Millhiser

Brett Kavanaugh just won a surprising victory for racial justice

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

28.05.2026 10

Vox

Ian Millhiser

A new Supreme Court opinion is terrible news for federal workers

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

26.05.2026 20

Vox

Ian Millhiser

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

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

21.05.2026 20

Vox

Ian Millhiser

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

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

19.05.2026 30

Vox

Ian Millhiser

Packing the Supreme Court is no longer a fringe idea

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

19.05.2026 40

Vox

Ian Millhiser

Mifepristone survives another Supreme Court scare — for now

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

14.05.2026 20

Vox

Ian Millhiser

Virginia Democrats’ irresponsible new plan to save their gerrymander

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

12.05.2026 30

Vox

Ian Millhiser

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

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

08.05.2026 30

Vox

Ian Millhiser

Is Trump’s Justice Department trying to discredit itself?

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

07.05.2026 30

Vox

Ian Millhiser

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

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

06.05.2026 20

Vox

Ian Millhiser

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

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

06.05.2026 50

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court gets thrown back into the abortion wars

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

04.05.2026 30

Vox

Ian Millhiser

What the Supreme Court still has left to decide this term

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

04.05.2026 20

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The Voting Rights Act is all but dead. Prepare for maximum gerrymandering.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

29.04.2026 20

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court seems a bit nervous about letting the police track you with your phone

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

27.04.2026 20

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The wide-ranging fallout from the Supreme Court’s new terrorism decision, explained

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

22.04.2026 40

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court will decide if migrants can be sent back to war zones

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

22.04.2026 50

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court will decide when the police can use your phone to track you

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

20.04.2026 30

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court could legalize moonshine, and ruin everything else

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

14.04.2026 40

Vox

Ian Millhiser

It should be much easier to remove the president from office

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

08.04.2026 20

Vox

Ian Millhiser

Democrats just locked down control of one of the most important courts in America

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

08.04.2026 30

Vox

Ian Millhiser

Pam Bondi’s ouster makes Trump’s Justice Department even more dangerous

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

02.04.2026 30

Vox

Ian Millhiser

Even this Supreme Court seems unwilling to end birthright citizenship

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

01.04.2026 30

Vox

Ian Millhiser

Why an 8-1 Supreme Court just ruled in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy”

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

31.03.2026 20

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The sneaky way Trump’s lawyers are supercharging ICE

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

27.03.2026 30

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court is scared it’s going to break the internet

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

26.03.2026 30

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The ugly history behind Trump’s birthright citizenship case in the Supreme Court

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

24.03.2026 50

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court seems alarmingly willing to trash thousands of ballots

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

23.03.2026 20

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court case attempting to sabotage voting by mail, explained

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

16.03.2026 30

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s Republicans just seized the most dangerous power in constitutional law

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

04.03.2026 70

Vox

Ian Millhiser

MAGA’s top lawyer just gave a sitting GOP senator the biggest scare of his career

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

04.03.2026 70

Vox

Ian Millhiser

The MAGA court decision that just supercharged ICE

Two judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, a court dominated by MAGA Republicans, just handed the Trump administration...

10.02.2026 90

Vox

Ian Millhiser

Why a Republican Supreme Court just handed a victory to Democrats

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court handed down a one-sentence order announcing that California’s newly gerrymandered maps, which are expected to give...

06.02.2026 50

Vox

Ian Millhiser