Matt Ford

@fordm

What sounds like a zany idea dreamt up in an opium den could have dire repercussions for the future of our democracy.

Proponents of the controversial proposal to add justices to the high court will take little solace from the group’s final draft report.

The assault on voting rights advances full bore. These people are fighting back.

A revealing exchange between Fox News host Laura Ingraham and the Texas senator offers a window into the ways the right views the high court.

Wednesday’s oral arguments in a challenge of Mississippi’s abortion law reveal that a majority of justices want to gut abortion rights in America.

This week, the high court will take up the matter of Chevron deference—the judicial doctrine that currently allows the executive branch to function.

The country’s system of national reserves makes zero sense.

The justices changed their approach to oral arguments this term, to the benefit of everyone. But will they return to the dark ages once the pandemic subsides?

The First Amendment watchdogs who stepped up to defend James O’Keefe’s are probably feeling like they got played.

The flagpoles in front of Boston’s City Hall have become the source of a most vexing debate about religious freedom in the public square.

What may appear to be a breakthrough moment for the January 6 commission actually heralds a low-water mark for Congress and its oversight authority.

The Supreme Court’s 6–3 tilt is inspiring right-wing judicial actors to take legal moon shots they wouldn’t have dared to attempt not long ago.

The high court’s unusually generous predisposition to faith-based claims takes a back seat to Samuel Alito’s determination to end the “guerrilla war on the death penalty.”

The only thing more bizarre than his “Texit” fantasy is his read of the current state of American politics.

After FBI informant Craig Monteilh failed to unearth extremism in Orange County mosques, he became an asset in local Muslims’ lawsuit against the agency. Now the Supreme Court will weigh in.

The new OSHA pandemic regulations that just dropped are a work of semantic art with a conservative Supreme Court in mind.

The court’s first Second Amendment case in over a decade could unwind gun regulations across the country.

The high court will decide whether the First Amendment prevents elected bodies from disciplining their own members.

The court’s conservative majority will likely soon scuttle abortion rights, but they don’t seem inclined to let S.B. 8 be the means of destruction.

“When do we get to use the guns?” is the inevitable result of a constant flood of surreal conspiracies and opportunistic lies.