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Lisa Graves, founder and executive director of the watchdog group True North Research and the host of a podcast called Grave Injustice, speaks with 大象传媒 Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about what the Supreme Court's recent rulings

How to Save Democracy From the Supreme Court

In the wake of a Supreme Court ruling granting former president Donald Trump immunity from prosecution, Lisa Graves explains what鈥榮 at stake.

| Jul 11, 2024

Unpacking the SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling

Long before the recent ruling, a sequence of the Court鈥檚 decisions had been gradually eroding the practice.

Johnisha Levi | Aug 3, 2023

The Unexpected SCOTUS Decision That Upheld Native Sovereignty

In Haaland v. Brackeen, the justices affirmed that Native Americans are not a race鈥攖hey are independent nations.

Democracy Now! | Jun 23, 2023

Opinion | Supreme Court | Moore v. Harper | right-wing extremism | judicial reform

Runaway SCOTUS

The radical right-wing-majority Supreme Court needs to be rebalanced. Here鈥檚 how to do it.

Julia Peter | Jan 17, 2023

The Supreme Court鈥檚 Crisis of Legitimacy

The Supreme Court has demonstrated that the highest law of the land is whatever they feel like saying it is. What do we do when the court and other institutions are widely seen as illegitimate?

Chris Winters | Jul 5, 2022

Roe Has Been Overturned. Now What?

Scholars offer five takeaways to begin understanding the impact of the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision revoking the constitutional right to safe, legal abortion in the U.S.

大象传媒 Editors | Jun 24, 2022

Unpacking the Uproar Over the First Black Woman Supreme Court Nominee

Dr. Judy Lubin of the Center for Urban and Racial Equity explains why it is important to be intentional about dismantling systemic racism in the coming battle to nominate the next Supreme Court justice.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Feb 9, 2022

Opinion | Democracy | Supreme Court | 2020 Election

A New Supreme Court Nominee Before the Election May Spark a Crisis of Legitimacy

With Trump and Senate Republicans planning to push through a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, it鈥檚 an open question if American democracy can survive.

Chris Winters | Sep 21, 2020

How the Supreme Court Undermined the Black Vote

Black Americans braved police violence at Selma and galvanized support for the Voting Rights Act. Fifty years later, the Supreme Court鈥檚 Shelby decision ushered in a new era of racially targeted voter suppression.

Lawrence Goldstone | Jun 16, 2020

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