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Scott Lemieux

Scott Lemieux is a Guardian U.S. contributing opinion writer, a lecturer in political science at the University of Washington, and a blogger at Lawyers, Guns and Money.

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May 10, 2018
Scott Lemieux
Democrats: Prepare to Pack the Supreme Court
If Republicans refuse to let the other party govern, all options should be on the table.
February 23, 2018
Scott Lemieux
The GOP Is Scared of a Fair Fight
A battle over Pennsylvania's electoral map reveals the party's casual contempt for basic democratic norms.
September 29, 2017
Scott Lemieux
The Supreme Court’s Anti-Democratic Feedback Loop
The GOP installs Supreme Court justices over the will of voters. The Supreme Court helps the GOP remain in power. Rinse, repeat.
June 26, 2017
Scott Lemieux
How the Supreme Court Screwed Obamacare
That Republicans are on the verge of repealing the law can be partly attributed to the tortured legal reasoning of Chief Justice John Roberts.
May 23, 2017
Scott Lemieux
Why Clarence Thomas’s Rulings on Race Are so Idiosyncratic
The conservative justice this week joined the court’s four liberals in striking down two gerrymandered districts in North Carolina. How come?
April 24, 2017
Scott Lemieux
The 2016 Election Could Have Killed the Death Penalty
Instead, our broken system may well be entrenched for more than a generation.
April 7, 2017
Scott Lemieux
The Supreme Court Will Never Be the Same
Neil Gorsuch has been confirmed by the Senate. The filibuster is dead. And no one knows what happens next.
March 15, 2017
Scott Lemieux
Blame the Media for Trumpcare
Journalists contributed to voters’ weak understanding of health care. So did Hillary Clinton, Republican officials, and, of course, Donald Trump.
February 24, 2017
Scott Lemieux
Will the Trump Era Finally Kill Paul Ryan’s Wonkish Cred?
As Republicans gingerly begin to dismantle Obamacare, his reputation as an earnest number-cruncher is showing serious cracks.
February 1, 2017
Scott Lemieux
The Democratic Response to Gorsuch Is Easy: Just Say No
The Republicans stole Barack Obama's Supreme Court seat. Democrats should return the favor.
January 23, 2017
Scott Lemieux
Is Donald Trump the Next Jimmy Carter?
Political scientists have argued that Trump represents the last gasp of a failing coalition. But we might be in a new political era altogether.
January 6, 2017
Scott Lemieux
Eric Holder to the Rescue?
President Obama's former attorney general will be at the forefront of legal challenges to the Trump administration. Will they work?
December 14, 2016
Scott Lemieux
It’s Not Looking Good for Roe v. Wade
One Trump Supreme Court pick probably won’t change the status quo. But two definitely will.
November 18, 2016
Scott Lemieux
The Trump Era Is Already a Disaster for Civil Rights
Why Jeff Sessions is a terrible pick to lead the Justice Department.
November 9, 2016
Scott Lemieux
How the Terrible, Skewed, Anachronistic Electoral College Gave Us Trump
Once again, a Democrat has won the popular vote but lost the election. It is time to throw out this badly outdated institution.
November 4, 2016
Scott Lemieux
The GOP’s Dysfunction Is Our Dysfunction Now
The fight to fill the vacancy in the Supreme Court is at the center of a new, broken era of American politics.
September 22, 2016
Scott Lemieux
Third-Party Candidates Don’t Have to Be Spoilers
It's time to reform an electoral system in which voting for your first choice can lead to such perverse consequences.
August 5, 2016
Scott Lemieux
How Republican Efforts to Suppress the Vote Backfired Big Time
A string of judiciary defeats could result in a more devastating one: a Supreme Court hostile to voter ID laws.
July 29, 2016
Scott Lemieux
Tim Kaine has flipped on the Hyde Amendment. Does it matter?
July 28, 2016
Scott Lemieux
Why the Left’s Opposition to Tim Kaine Is Misplaced
As in so many things, it's the party, not the politician, that decides.

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