What the Supreme Court’s Gun Ruling Means For Gun Control

What the Supreme Court’s Gun Ruling Means For Gun Control

STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court just dramatically expanded Americans’ right to bear arms. In a 6-3 opinion, in which the court’s Republican-appointed justices were in the majority, the court ruled that a New York law severely restricting the ability to carry a concealed handgun in public was violated violates the constitution. This … Read more

The Looming Influence of State Supreme Courts

The Looming Influence of State Supreme Courts

EDITOR’S NOTE:&nbspEach week we cross-post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column at the WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for the nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For more from the … Read more

Biden quietly courts Republican support for SCOTUS nominee

Biden quietly courts Republican support for SCOTUS nominee

In interviews this week, Senate Democrats suggested that they would also like to see a broad bipartisan vote. While they stressed that winning over Republicans shouldn’t be the deciding factor for Biden, they argued that it would send a signal to the public that the high court isn’t as politicized as many perceive it to … Read more

Clarence and Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court’s Unethical “It” Couple

Clarence and Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court’s Unethical “It” Couple

Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sits with his wife and conservative activist Virginia Thomas while he waits to speak at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021, in Washington, DC (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for the nation‘s … Read more

Intel decision spells trouble for European Commission's Google campaign

Intel decision spells trouble for European Commission's Google campaign

Press play to listen to this article EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager hadn’t taken up her post in Brussels when the European Commission levied a €1 billion antitrust fine on intelbut she now has to pick up the pieces of a court debacle that could influence the fate of her record Google antitrust penalty. The … Read more

The Supreme Court’s Right Turn Goes Way Beyond Guns and Abortion

The Supreme Court’s Right Turn Goes Way Beyond Guns and Abortion

When former President Donald Trump’s third nominee for the Supreme Court was confirmed in 2020, it cemented the most conservative majority on the court since the 1930s, it wasn’t clear which conservative goals the judges would tackle first. Culture war issues such as abortion, gun rights, affirmative action and religious freedom were obvious possibilities, but … Read more