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Ian Millhiser

Ian Millhiser

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Ian Millhiser

    Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court’s disastrous new abortion decision, explainedThe Supreme Court’s disastrous new abortion decision, explained
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    The Republican justices just nuked much of federal Medicaid law, in order to spite Planned Parenthood.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    How the Supreme Court paved the way for ICE’s lawlessnessHow the Supreme Court paved the way for ICE’s lawlessness
    Supreme Court

    The Court picked a hell of a time to give lawsuit immunity to federal law enforcement.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court just stripped thousands of immigrants of their right to due processThe Supreme Court just stripped thousands of immigrants of their right to due process
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    The decision nullifies a treaty designed to protect immigrants from torture.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court’s incoherent new attack on trans rights, explainedThe Supreme Court’s incoherent new attack on trans rights, explained
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    What the hell did the Court just do to equal protection law?

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The enormous stakes in a new Supreme Court case about Trump’s mass firingsThe enormous stakes in a new Supreme Court case about Trump’s mass firings
    Supreme Court

    Trump v. AFGE asks if the Republican justices’ new approach to separation of powers applies to Trump.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    Trump asks the Supreme Court to neutralize the Convention Against TortureTrump asks the Supreme Court to neutralize the Convention Against Torture
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    Trump’s lawyers claim they’ve found a loophole that will allow Trump to ship immigrants overseas to be tortured.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    Justice Jackson warns the Supreme Court is manipulating the rules to benefit TrumpJustice Jackson warns the Supreme Court is manipulating the rules to benefit Trump
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    The rules don’t apply to Trump on the Court’s “shadow docket.”

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    Why the Supreme Court just handed a big victory to gun manufacturersWhy the Supreme Court just handed a big victory to gun manufacturers
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    Mexico’s attempt to cut off the flow of guns to drug cartels dies in the Supreme Court.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court’s blessedly narrow decision about religion in the workplace, explainedThe Supreme Court’s blessedly narrow decision about religion in the workplace, explained
    Supreme Court

    Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin could have disrupted workplaces, but it’s probably too narrow to matter to many workers.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Donald Trump
    A federal court’s novel proposal to rein in Trump’s power grabA federal court’s novel proposal to rein in Trump’s power grab
    Donald Trump

    Trump shut down the agency that protects civil servants from illegal firings. An appeals court has a plan to fix that.

    By Ian Millhiser