Month: June 2013

The Associated Press notes that the Old Confederacy is prepared to take full partisan Republican advantage of their newfound freedom to discriminate. After the high court announced its momentous ruling Tuesday, officials in...

From Ginsburg’s dissent (pdf, scroll down): All told, between 1982 and 2006, DOJ objections blocked over 700 voting changes based on a determination that the changes were discriminatory… …On top of that, over the...

When Poppy Bush nominated Clarence Thomas to replace Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court, who could have predicted that Thomas would go on to be the deciding vote for striking down the Voting Rights Act? You’d have to...

John Cassidy is right about one thing. How people react to Ed Snowden depends on their attitude toward authority. The more anti-establishment you are, the more sympathetic you are going to be to Mr. Snowden. Frankly, though, I...