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, he was a columnist at ThinkProgress. He is the author of Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted, and his writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Yale Law & Policy Review. He received his J.D. from Duke University and clerked for judge Eric L. Clay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Lawyer Millhiser, a senior correspondent at Vox, argues persuasively that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 Republican majority, 'is potentially an existential threat to the Democratic party's national ambitions--and, more importantly, to liberal democracy in the United States'....A cogent, timely warning about the fragility of American democracy. -- Kirkus Reviews Writing clearly and succinctly, Millhiser dissects many of the worst opinions the modern court has rendered about voting rights, administrative law, religion and forced arbitration. After reading his cogent arguments, it becomes perfectly obvious why he thinks it's necessary to end 'with a note of alarm' ... [A] great short book. -The Guardian