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Ian Millhiser

Ian Millhiser

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Ian Millhiser

    Politics
    The Supreme Court will decide when the police can use your phone to track youThe Supreme Court will decide when the police can use your phone to track you
    Politics

    Chatrie v. United States asks what limits the Constitution places on the surveillance state in an age of cellphones.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    The Supreme Court could legalize moonshine, and ruin everything elseThe Supreme Court could legalize moonshine, and ruin everything else
    Politics

    McNutt v. DOJ could allow the justices to seize tremendous power over the US economy.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    It should be much easier to remove the president from officeIt should be much easier to remove the president from office
    Politics

    The 25th Amendment chatter is pointless — but it shouldn’t be.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    Democrats just locked down control of one of the most important courts in AmericaDemocrats just locked down control of one of the most important courts in America
    Politics

    Dems won a swing-state election in a 20-point blowout.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Policy
    Pam Bondi’s ouster makes Trump’s Justice Department even more dangerousPam Bondi’s ouster makes Trump’s Justice Department even more dangerous
    Policy

    The best thing about Bondi was her incompetence.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    Even this Supreme Court seems unwilling to end birthright citizenshipEven this Supreme Court seems unwilling to end birthright citizenship
    Politics

    At least seven justices appear to believe that the Fourteenth Amendment means what it says.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    Why an 8-1 Supreme Court just ruled in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy”Why an 8-1 Supreme Court just ruled in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy”
    Politics

    Sadly, the Court’s decision in Chiles v. Salazar is correct.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    The sneaky way Trump’s lawyers are supercharging ICEThe sneaky way Trump’s lawyers are supercharging ICE
    Politics

    A court just gave awful news to victims of ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    The Supreme Court is scared it’s going to break the internetThe Supreme Court is scared it’s going to break the internet
    Politics

    This is a good thing.

    By Ian Millhiser
    Politics
    The ugly history behind Trump’s birthright citizenship case in the Supreme CourtThe ugly history behind Trump’s birthright citizenship case in the Supreme Court
    Politics

    The peculiar legal argument behind Trump’s attack on citizenship was invented by 19th-century anti-Chinese racists.

    By Ian Millhiser