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Ian Millhiser

Ian Millhiser

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Ian Millhiser

    Supreme Court
    3 Supreme Court justices just said they’re fine with race discrimination in elections3 Supreme Court justices just said they’re fine with race discrimination in elections
    Supreme Court

    Turns out only half of the Republican justices want to kill off the Voting Rights Act.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Criminal Justice
    The absurd fight over Trump’s MAGA prosecutor in New Jersey, explainedThe absurd fight over Trump’s MAGA prosecutor in New Jersey, explained
    Criminal Justice

    Like much of what Trump touches, the fight over Alina Habba mingles authoritarianism with goonish incompetence.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The lawsuit seeking to kill Trump’s tariffs is backThe lawsuit seeking to kill Trump’s tariffs is back
    Supreme Court

    If the president loses this case, he will go to the Supreme Court to bail him out again.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The conservative case against Trump’s worst judicial nomineeThe conservative case against Trump’s worst judicial nominee
    Supreme Court

    Senate Republicans are taking an enormous risk with the federal bench right now.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    A new Supreme Court case is an existential threat to the Voting Rights ActA new Supreme Court case is an existential threat to the Voting Rights Act
    Supreme Court

    The Black civil rights movement’s greatest legal achievement is now on a Republican Supreme Court’s chopping block.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court just handed Trump his biggest victory of his second termThe Supreme Court just handed Trump his biggest victory of his second term
    Supreme Court

    And they didn’t even bother to explain themselves.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    What the Supreme Court did to America while all eyes were on TrumpWhat the Supreme Court did to America while all eyes were on Trump
    Supreme Court

    Trying to keep track of all the chaos is overwhelming. So here’s a one-stop guide to the turmoil this Court caused.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The hilarious implications of the Supreme Court’s new porn decisionThe hilarious implications of the Supreme Court’s new porn decision
    Supreme Court

    The Court’s opinion has disturbing things to say about privacy, but the biggest losers are likely to be judges themselves.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court just imposed a “Don’t Say Gay” regime on every public school in AmericaThe Supreme Court just imposed a “Don’t Say Gay” regime on every public school in America
    Supreme Court

    The Republican justices’ decision fundamentally altered how public schools must operate.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision isn’t as devastating as you thinkThe Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision isn’t as devastating as you think
    Supreme Court

    This decision isn’t really about birthright citizenship.

    By Ian Millhiser