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Ian Millhiser

Ian Millhiser

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Ian Millhiser

    Politics
    The GOP’s attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson are nasty even by Republican standardsThe GOP’s attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson are nasty even by Republican standards
    Politics

    Republicans turned the hearing into a blizzard of misleading attacks, many of which seem designed to appeal to QAnon supporters.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    Josh Hawley’s latest attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson is genuinely nauseatingJosh Hawley’s latest attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson is genuinely nauseating
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    Hawley’s going to a place that decent people have the good sense not to go.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    The constitutional problem with Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” billThe constitutional problem with Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill
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    Florida Republicans are leveraging uncertainty to terrorize teachers and school administrators.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    A new Supreme Court case allows the justices to fix one of their worst anti-worker decisionsA new Supreme Court case allows the justices to fix one of their worst anti-worker decisions
    Politics

    Circuit City v. Adams is one of the most indefensible decisions of the modern era. Its shadow hangs over the Court this month.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    The needlessly complicated Supreme Court fight over whether Navy SEALs have to obey ordersThe needlessly complicated Supreme Court fight over whether Navy SEALs have to obey orders
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    Republican judges appear unwilling to acknowledge that they do not command the United States military.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    A grand Supreme Court showdown over gerrymandering ends in a whimperA grand Supreme Court showdown over gerrymandering ends in a whimper
    Politics

    Republicans face a significant, but temporary, defeat in the Supreme Court.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    The fate of American elections is in Amy Coney Barrett’s handsThe fate of American elections is in Amy Coney Barrett’s hands
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    A pair of cases on the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” could eviscerate legal safeguards protecting free and fair elections.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    The Supreme Court hands the CIA a victory in a horrid case about tortureThe Supreme Court hands the CIA a victory in a horrid case about torture
    Politics

    The CIA’s worst-kept secret will remain a “state secret.”

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    How a new Supreme Court case endangers the New Deal, the Great Society, and ObamacareHow a new Supreme Court case endangers the New Deal, the Great Society, and Obamacare
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    The Court’s Republican supermajority will hear a case about the Commerce Clause. God help us.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    The Supreme Court could make it very easy for federal law enforcement to violate the ConstitutionThe Supreme Court could make it very easy for federal law enforcement to violate the Constitution
    Politics

    What’s the remedy if a federal official violates your constitutional rights? The answer may soon be nothing.

    By Ian Millhiser