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• The Supreme Court Case That Reveals Just How Pickled Sam Alito’s Brain Is
  “It seems like they are not reading real news or talking to normal people; they are absolutely on a Fox News IV drip.”
• The Supreme Court Sure Loves Forking Over More Power to Donald Trump
  Another day, another expansion of the mad king's power.
• The Supreme Court Just Handed Trump the Keys to the Entire Kingdom
  On Monday, the Supreme Court swung a wrecking ball into our federal government’s structure in Trump v. Slaughter.
• Elena Kagan Just Bolstered the Fourth Amendment in a Badly Needed Way
  Kagan insists that the Fourth Amendment cannot be defeated by slicing invasions of privacy into pieces small enough to appear insignificant.
• When It Comes to Trump’s Power, SCOTUS’ Red Line Is as Cynical as Possible
  Samuel Alito’s an election denialist now, but thankfully Amy Coney Barrett followed the law on mail-in ballots.
• The Supreme Court Takes One More Big Step Toward Autocracy
  On Monday, the Supreme Court banished any doubt that it has claimed absolute authority to reshape the federal government as it sees fit.
• The Supreme Court Rejected a Bonkers Idea About Voting by a 5–4 Margin. Next Time We Won’t Be So Lucky.
  Justice Barrett relied upon the common understanding of the meaning of the word “election.”
• Which Adjective Describes a Worker Called a Stakhanovite?
  Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for June 29, 2026.
• What Was Really Going On With Republicans’ Show of Rebellion Against Trump’s War
  It was more posed than real.
• The GOP Has Finally Found a MAGA Candidate Who Goes Too Far
  Victor Marx’s Colorado governor run is causing real problems for the state’s GOP.
• Here Come the Socialists
  Are Democrats going to harness this energy or fight it?
• It’s Been Two Years Since the Supreme Court Made Homelessness a Crime. The Result Speaks for Itself.
  Grants Pass has not solved homelessness, and things have gone from bad to worse.
• The Supreme Court Decided to Punish 1.3 Million People Who Used the Legal Immigration System
  Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern break down the Supreme Court's sweeping immigration rulings on TPS, asylum, and green cards with Andrea Flores.
• John Bolton May Be Headed to Prison
  Sometimes bad things happen to bad people.
• Sam Alito’s Textualism Has Entered the Realm of the Absurd
  Justice Alito’s opinion is a classic exercise in textualism.
• The Supreme Court’s Latest Immigration Decisions Will Be Deadly
  Both opinions garnered scathing dissents by the Supreme Court’s three liberal justices, and for good reason.
• The One Guns Case Where the Supreme Court Actually Got Its Awkward New Standard Right
  Reasonable people can disagree about whether mixing guns and drugs is wise.
• Off the Record: Taylor’s Version
  JD Vance’s book tour drastically improves when he decides to read from Winnie the Pooh instead.
• Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Assistant Managing Editor? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.
  Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
• Republicans Have a New Supervillain in the Works
  You’re going to be hearing a lot more about Darializa Avila Chevalier.
• Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine Won Big at the Supreme Court
  The Supreme Court dealt a painful blow to immigrants on Thursday in a pair of 6–3 decisions.
• Sam Alito Wrote One of the Cruelest Opinions in Recent Memory
  On Thursday, the Supreme Court blessed the Trump administration’s efforts to kick hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians out of the United States.
• The Supreme Court Ran Wild Today. Let’s Get You Caught Up.
  This is what a Republican supermajority looks like—and it sucks.
• Extremism Is the New Normal at SCOTUS as the Right-Wing Justices Step on the Gas
  This is a bold, maximalist, and absolutely fearless right-wing supermajority.
• The Mamdani Machine and What It Means for the Democratic Party
  Can national Democrats harness the energy behind the democratic socialist movement without getting pulled into the politics that cost them in 2024?

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