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Republicans in Wisconsin and Michigan want to weaken incoming Democratic governors. Here’s what’s the usual partisan politics — and what isn’t.

Matt Glassman - December 11, 2018

Last week, lame-duck Republican state legislatures in Wisconsin and Michigan

The turnout gap between whites and racial minorities is larger than you think — and hard to change

Bernard Fraga - September 25, 2018

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4 reasons why the Kavanaugh hearings have become a stalled tropical storm

Sarah Binder - September 22, 2018

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It’s hard to find a federal judge more conservative than Brett Kavanaugh

Kevin Cope and Joshua Fischman - September 5, 2018

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge

Will Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski support Trump’s Supreme Court nominee? Here’s what history tells us.

Michele Swers - July 6, 2018

[caption id="attachment_75341" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) speaks at

It took conservatives 50 years to get a reliable majority on the Supreme Court. Here are 3 reasons why.

Brandon Bartels - June 29, 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/segments/what-justice-kennedys-retirement-means-for-the-supreme-court/2018/06/27/deb195fe-7a35-11e8-ac4e-421ef7165923_video.html Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, announced Wednesday, will give President

Trump appoints lots of white men to be federal judges. Here’s why it matters.

Rachael K. Hinkle and Michael J. Nelson - March 13, 2018

[caption id="attachment_70372" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump shakes hands with Judge

How flawed constitutions undermine democracy

Victor Menaldo and Michael Albertus - February 26, 2018

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Trump’s judicial nominations would put a lot of white men on federal courts

Rorie Solberg and Eric Waltenburg - November 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_49518" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The Supreme Court building. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)[/caption]

Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation shattered political conventions. Here is why.

Richard H. Pildes - April 10, 2017

http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/vice-president-pence-reads-final-vote-tally-confirming-gorsuch-to-supreme-court/2017/04/07/635f7fb0-1bae-11e7-8598-9a99da559f9e_video.html The confirmation of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch to the