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Ian Millhiser

Ian Millhiser

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Ian Millhiser

    Supreme Court
    Chuck Schumer’s ambitious plan to take the Supreme Court down a pegChuck Schumer’s ambitious plan to take the Supreme Court down a peg
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    Schumer wants to engage in jurisdiction stripping, a rarely used tactic that can shrink the Supreme Court’s authority.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    Biden’s new Supreme Court reform proposals are mostly uselessBiden’s new Supreme Court reform proposals are mostly useless
    Supreme Court

    The president is finally going after the high court, but his ideas are pretty weak.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    A new Supreme Court case threatens to gut the Court’s one good trans rights decisionA new Supreme Court case threatens to gut the Court’s one good trans rights decision
    Supreme Court

    Republican Justice Neil Gorsuch surprised most Court watchers by supporting trans rights in Bostock v. Clayton County. We’re about to find out if he actually meant it.

    By Ian Millhiser
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    Republicans ask the Supreme Court to gut student loan relief a second timeRepublicans ask the Supreme Court to gut student loan relief a second time
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    The Court’s first decision blocking student loan forgiveness was a lawless mess.

    By Ian Millhiser
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    Could Republicans sue to keep Biden on the ballot?Could Republicans sue to keep Biden on the ballot?
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    Speaker Mike Johnson’s threat to challenge Vice President Harris’s nomination in court should be frivolous. But who knows with this Supreme Court?

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The Supreme IncompetentsThe Supreme Incompetents
    Supreme Court

    The justices are awful at their jobs, and they don’t know that they are awful at their jobs.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court handed down a hugely important First Amendment case todayThe Supreme Court handed down a hugely important First Amendment case today
    Supreme Court

    A few minutes before the Court held that Trump was allowed to do crimes, it did hand Republicans a meaningful loss.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court’s disastrous Trump immunity decision, explainedThe Supreme Court’s disastrous Trump immunity decision, explained
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    The Court’s Trump immunity case is a blueprint for dictatorship.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    Why the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of over 300 January 6 insurrectionistsWhy the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of over 300 January 6 insurrectionists
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    The rules governing statutory construction often allow judges to choose how they want to read a law.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court just made a massive power grab it will come to regretThe Supreme Court just made a massive power grab it will come to regret
    Supreme Court

    Welcome to hell, SCOTUS.

    By Ian Millhiser