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Ian Millhiser

Ian Millhiser

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Ian Millhiser

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    The Trumpiest court in AmericaThe Trumpiest court in America
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    The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is where law goes to die.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    Sotomayor and Kagan need to think about retiringSotomayor and Kagan need to think about retiring
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    The US Senate is a fundamentally broken institution. Democratic judges need to account for that in their retirement decisions.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    America’s Trumpiest court doesn’t care if your right to a fair trial was violatedAmerica’s Trumpiest court doesn’t care if your right to a fair trial was violated
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    The Fifth Circuit’s decision in Crawford v. Cain is a monument to judicial lawlessness.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    How an obscure Christian right activist became one of the most powerful men in AmericaHow an obscure Christian right activist became one of the most powerful men in America
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    A rule governing federal courts in Texas turned a former lawyer for the religious right into one of the most powerful people in the United States.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    A notorious Trump judge just fired the first shot against birth controlA notorious Trump judge just fired the first shot against birth control
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    In retrospect, it was inevitable that this particular judge would come for contraception.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    Amy Coney Barrett appears likely to block the GOP’s latest attack on democracyAmy Coney Barrett appears likely to block the GOP’s latest attack on democracy
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    Moore v. Harper, one of the scariest election cases in the Supreme Court’s modern history, probably won’t end in catastrophe.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    The deranged Supreme Court case that threatens US democracy, explainedThe deranged Supreme Court case that threatens US democracy, explained
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    Moore v. Harper is a test of whether this Supreme Court can ever be trusted with power.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    The big stakes in the Supreme Court’s new LGBTQ rights caseThe big stakes in the Supreme Court’s new LGBTQ rights case
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    What is art? The Christian right wants that question to be decided by the Supreme Court in 303 Creative v. Elenis.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    A rogue Trump judge has thrown the Supreme Court in disarrayA rogue Trump judge has thrown the Supreme Court in disarray
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    Arguments in United States v. Texas dwelled on whether to upend one of the judiciary’s longstanding procedures in order to neutralize the most reactionary judges.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    A Trump judge seized control of ICE, and the Supreme Court will decide whether to stop himA Trump judge seized control of ICE, and the Supreme Court will decide whether to stop him
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    Judge Drew Tipton’s order in United States v. Texas is completely lawless. Thus far, the Supreme Court has given him a pass.

    By Ian Millhiser