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Ian Millhiser

Ian Millhiser

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Ian Millhiser

    Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court’s abortion pill case is only a narrow and temporary victory for abortionThe Supreme Court’s abortion pill case is only a narrow and temporary victory for abortion
    Supreme Court

    The decision is unanimous, but it leaves open two routes Republicans could take to pull mifepristone from the market.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    Justices Sotomayor and Kagan must retire nowJustices Sotomayor and Kagan must retire now
    Supreme Court

    I am begging the justices to learn from Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s historic mistake.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    Trump wants the Supreme Court to toss out his conviction. Will they?Trump wants the Supreme Court to toss out his conviction. Will they?
    Supreme Court

    It’s hard to see how they’d do it legally, but this Court has a history of reading the law creatively.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The NRA just won a big Supreme Court victory. Good.The NRA just won a big Supreme Court victory. Good.
    Supreme Court

    Even truly repulsive speakers have First Amendment rights.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    Alito says the Supreme Court’s fake ethics code allows him to be unethicalAlito says the Supreme Court’s fake ethics code allows him to be unethical
    Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court’s new ethics code is worse than nothing — Alito just proved it.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Abortion
    The Comstock Act, the long-dead law Trump could use to ban abortion, explainedThe Comstock Act, the long-dead law Trump could use to ban abortion, explained
    Abortion

    A defunct federal law is Republicans’ best hope of banning abortion throughout the United States.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court’s new voting rights decision is a love letter to gerrymanderingThe Supreme Court’s new voting rights decision is a love letter to gerrymandering
    Supreme Court

    Thanks to an opinion by Sam Alito, rigged maps now enjoy the Supreme Court’s unambiguous support.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The Republican Party’s man inside the Supreme CourtThe Republican Party’s man inside the Supreme Court
    Supreme Court

    Justice Samuel Alito brings no vision and no unique insights to his job — other than unrelenting loyalty to the GOP.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court decides not to trigger a second Great DepressionThe Supreme Court decides not to trigger a second Great Depression
    Supreme Court

    Two justices dissent.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The messy SCOTUS drama about Black voters in Louisiana, explainedThe messy SCOTUS drama about Black voters in Louisiana, explained
    Supreme Court

    Multiple federal courts are fighting over Louisiana’s illegal racial gerrymander.

    By Ian Millhiser