The faith Americans have in the federal bench has hit rock bottom. And that might be a good thing, says NYU constitutional law professor Christopher Sprigman. He says it’s high time to strip the high court of its stranglehold on democracy, one case at a time.

Is the Supreme Court above politics, or is the law just politics by other means? UVA Law School Dean Risa Goluboff helps analyze the role of the federal judiciary amid America’s cultural shifts and rifts.

The core safeguards of the Voting Rights Act are unraveling. We’ve been here before, historian Carol Anderson tells Will and Siva. But Americans won’t sit by as their ballots are shredded.