The Secret Plan to Strike Down US Gun Laws
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. For decades, McLean Bible Church has served as the place of worship for many of DC’s Republican elite. The sprawling evangelical megachurch…
Biden’s Call for Supreme Court Reform Is Long Overdue
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. President Joe Biden called for a series of major reforms to the Supreme Court on Monday that would counteract the unchecked power of its conservative supermajority. In an op-ed in the Washington Post, which was…
Will Ohio Strike Down Its Draconian Gender-Affirming Care Ban?
A transgender rights advocate holds a sign outside the Ohio Statehouse during a protest against a bill to ban trans girls and women from playing women’s sports. Stephen Zenner/SOPA/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The fate of gender-affirming care for transgender youth in…
Another Likely Casualty of the Latest Supreme Court Rulings: The Taxman
Mother Jones illustration; Erin Schaff/The New York Times/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Just when the IRS was starting to get its mojo back, the Supreme Court had to go and throw a wrench into the works. By now, most civic-minded Americans…
Aileen Cannon Threw Out the Trump Documents Case—Just Like Clarence Thomas Wanted
Mother Jones; Eric Lee/Pool//CNP/ZUMA; Southern District of Florida Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court announced that former presidents are immune from prosecution for possibly all official acts undertaken while in office. This new rule, the majority said, was…
AOC Wants to Impeach SCOTUS Justices Thomas and Alito
AOC is taking on SCOTUS.Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wants justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas removed from the Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the congresswoman filed articles of impeachment against the two justices, alleging in a…