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Ian Millhiser

Ian Millhiser

Senior Correspondent

Ian Millhiser is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United States. Before joining Vox, Ian was a columnist at ThinkProgress. Among other things, he clerked for Judge Eric L. Clay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and served as a Teach For America corps member in the Mississippi Delta. He received a BA in philosophy from Kenyon College and a JD, magna cum laude, from Duke University, where he served as senior note editor on the Duke Law Journal and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He is the author of two books on the Supreme Court: Injustices: The Supreme Court’s History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted and The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court Is Reshaping America. Follow Ian on Twitter here.

Latest articles by Ian Millhiser

The Supreme IncompetentsThe Supreme Incompetents
Supreme Court

The justices are awful at their jobs, and they don’t know that they are awful at their jobs.

By Ian Millhiser
The Supreme Court handed down a hugely important First Amendment case todayThe Supreme Court handed down a hugely important First Amendment case today
Supreme Court

A few minutes before the Court held that Trump was allowed to do crimes, it did hand Republicans a meaningful loss.

By Ian Millhiser
The Supreme Court’s disastrous Trump immunity decision, explainedThe Supreme Court’s disastrous Trump immunity decision, explained
Supreme Court

The Court's Trump immunity case is a blueprint for dictatorship.

By Ian Millhiser
Why the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of over 300 January 6 insurrectionistsWhy the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of over 300 January 6 insurrectionists
Supreme Court

The rules governing statutory construction often allow judges to choose how they want to read a law.

By Ian Millhiser
The Supreme Court just made a massive power grab it will come to regretThe Supreme Court just made a massive power grab it will come to regret
Supreme Court

Welcome to hell, SCOTUS.

By Ian Millhiser
The Supreme Court just lit a match and tossed it into dozens of federal agenciesThe Supreme Court just lit a match and tossed it into dozens of federal agencies
Supreme Court

SEC v. Jarkesy could render much of the federal government unable to function.

By Ian Millhiser
The Supreme Court’s new abortion decision, explainedThe Supreme Court’s new abortion decision, explained
Supreme Court

The leaked decision is not a victory for abortion rights.

By Ian Millhiser
The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treatThe Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat
Supreme Court

Snyder v. US is the Republican justices’ latest decision weakening anti-corruption laws.

By Ian Millhiser
The Supreme Court hands an embarrassing defeat to America’s Trumpiest courtThe Supreme Court hands an embarrassing defeat to America’s Trumpiest court
Supreme Court

No, MAGA judges don’t get to decide what the Biden administration is allowed to say.

By Ian Millhiser