As COVID Surges in Wisconsin, Federal Judges Stay an Order to Extend Ballot Counting
Absentee ballots in Massachusetts on September 1, 2020.Sue Dorfman/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.A federal appeals court issued an order on Sunday temporarily suspending a lower court’s order that Wisconsin ballots postmarked by election day should be counted if they are…
Biden Warns Republicans, “Voters Are Not Going Stand for This Abuse of Power”
Joe Biden gives a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 27.Andrew Harnik/ AP Photo For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Joe Biden said Sunday that Republican senators should refuse to consider President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, until after Election Day,…
Amy Coney Barrett Isn’t Even Confirmed Yet and Trump Is Cheering the End of Obamacare
Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.President Donald Trump kicked off his Sunday by tweeting out a call for Joe Biden to take a drug test before their debate next week, adding that he’d take one too. But that wasn’t his dumbest…
Trump Picks Amy Coney Barrett to Replace Ginsburg on the Supreme Court
A woman holds a placard in support of Judge Amy Coney Barrett as a potential nominee for Supreme Court Justice as supporters of U.S President Donald Trump arrive at a Great American Comeback campaign rally at the Jacksonville JetPort at Cecil Airport. Paul Hennessy/Sipa via AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the…
It’s Not Anti-Catholic to Ask Amy Coney Barrett About Her Religious Group “People of Praise”
On May 19, 2018, Amy Coney Barrett, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit judge, speaks during the University of Notre Dame’s Law School commencement ceremony.Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Members of the Christian right…
The Left Wasn’t Ready to Fight Brett Kavanaugh. That Isn’t the Case This Time.
Lev Radin/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Almost two years ago to the day, Ana Maria Archila wedged herself between the doors of an elevator in the bowels of the US Senate’s serpentine basement corridors and forced Sen. Jeff…