Matt Ford

@fordm

Hint: It comes from what Roberts said, not Alito.

Not so long ago, Steven Calabresi thought Trump should be kicked off the ballot. Now he thinks the former president’s critics are engaged in “a political witch hunt” to take him down.

A baby products company and an anti-woke activist group are trying to weaken a critical consumer watchdog agency. If one of their cases reaches the Supreme Court, we’re all in trouble.

The federal judge overseeing the classified documents case keeps coming up with increasingly ridiculous reasons not to begin the trial.

The state GOP just approved a party platform that would effectively ensure one-party rule.

The former president’s life will get even more complicated in July, when he’s sentenced just days before the Republicans nominate him at their convention.

As he made clear in a Supreme Court opinion in 2022, he’s well aware of how private intentions and public perception can differ when it comes to flying flags.

The city, joined by some odd bedfellows from U.S. industry, is challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s water quality enforcement. And it could spell trouble for the rest of America.

In a Supreme Court decision siding with South Carolina Republicans, the right-wing justice took the opportunity to attack landmark civil rights rulings that protected Black voters’ political representation.

Carlton Reeves did not pull any punches in criticizing qualified immunity—and demanding that the justices finally do something about it.

The fact that the American flag flew upside down at his house not long after January 6 further confirms his warped worldview.

Led by Clarence Thomas, the justices overwhelmingly rejected an outlandish conservative attempt to abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Arizona wants to keep Lonnie Allen Bassett locked up for good—despite a Supreme Court ruling that abolished mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles.

The Supreme Court justice claims he can’t stand Washington, but he has the capital city to thank for all of those wealthy friends who have treated him to lavish trips and luxury goods.

The cases in Georgia and D.C. have been pushed back. Every delay is a victory for the former president.

Two little-noticed FEC decisions last week could both increase and obscure the money flooding into elections.

Thirteen conservative judges say they won’t hire from the university—a blatant abuse of their judicial office.

Protecting democracy isn’t just about holding elections. It means making the government responsive to the American people’s wishes.

A group of newspapers is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of effectively stealing—and profiting from—journalists’ work. This could well be an existential legal fight.

The FTC is banning noncompete clauses for almost all American workers, and already corporate interests are challenging it in court.