DARK SECRETS: 28 | Vintage Vibes

U.S. Supreme Court overturns Alabama’s congressional maps in Allen v. Milligan decision

On June 8, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Alabama’s congressional redistricting plan adopted in November 2021 and used in the state’s 2022 elections violated the Voting Rights Act and must be redrawn to include a second majority-Black district.

Ballotpedia · Jun 8, 2023

Roy Wood Jr.: I need to host late night

As the comic heads out on tour, he discusses the writers' strike, Gwyneth Paltrow, Correspondents' Dinner and more

Salon · Jun 8, 2023

Supreme Court backs challenge to Alabama congressional map - Roll Call

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Black voters who challenged Alabama’s congressional map as a violation of the Voting Rights Act.

Roll Call · Jun 8, 2023

How the SCOTUS 'Supermajority' is shaping policy on everything from abortion to guns

Constitutional lawyer Michael Waldman says there's a growing divide between the electorate and the Court: "the country is moving in one direction ... the Court is moving fast in another direction."

WEKU · Jun 6, 2023

The Supermajority review: How the supreme court trumped America

Michael Waldman delivers a terrific if chilling account of how conservatives hijacked US democracy

The Guardian - US · Jun 4, 2023

Judging the judges: Scandals have the potential to affect the legitimacy of judges – and possibly the federal judiciary, too

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is no stranger to controversy.

The Conversation · Jun 2, 2023

Thomas and Paxton: Oligarchy at work

Clarence Thomas and Ken Paxton's high-end corruption isn't about a few "bad apples." It's how our system works

Salon · Jun 2, 2023

Supreme Court revives claims that SuperValu, Safeway overcharged governments for generic drugs

The Supreme Court has unanimously revived whistleblower lawsuits claiming that supermarket and pharmacy chains SuperValu and Safeway overcharged government health-care programs for prescription drugs by hundreds of millions of dollars

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023

One justice explained absence from case. Another didn't. Ethics questions vexing Supreme Court

One Supreme Court justice explained her absence from a case

The Independent UK · May 30, 2023

Congress ‘absolutely’ can impose ethics reform on supreme court, senator says

Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse insists legislature has power to make justices follow ethics code but ‘It is not going to be easy’

The Guardian - US · May 28, 2023