Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Just Confirmed My New District And I Spent The Afternoon Trying To Figure Out Whether I’m Now Represented By Someone I’ve Never Heard Of

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The Supreme Court Just Confirmed My New District And I Spent The Afternoon Trying To Figure Out Whether I’m Now Represented By Someone I’ve Never Heard Of | A political diary entry on the Supreme Court clearing California’s redrawn congressional maps, the strange experience of discovering your district changed beneath you, and what mid-decade redistricting actually feels like for an ordinary voter

Structure of Federal Courts: District, Appellate, and the Nine Who Decide Everything

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Structure of Federal Courts: District, Appellate, and the Nine Who Decide Everything | How the Federal Judiciary Processes 400,000 Cases a Year While Nine People at the Top Make the Only Decisions Anyone Remembers

I Spent Twenty Years Editing Political Copy And Still Wasn’t Ready For How Normal The Redistricting Wars Have Become

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I Spent Twenty Years Editing Political Copy And Still Wasn’t Ready For How Normal The Redistricting Wars Have Become | A diary entry on the mid-decade map-drawing frenzy reshaping the 2026 midterms, the Supreme Court rulings that greenlit it, and what it means when gerrymandering stops being scandalous and starts being routine

The Supreme Court: Nine People, Lifetime Appointments, Infinite Consequences

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The Supreme Court: Nine People, Lifetime Appointments, Infinite Consequences | Appointment Battles, Ideological Shifts, and the Institution That Decides What the Constitution Means Today