Anything relating to state and federal courts, court reform, SCOTUS, etc.
Here is a list of Supreme Court cases we here at Democracy Docket will be keeping our gimlet eyes peeled for in 2026 — those with the greatest potential for reshaping American democracy and our nation’s constitutional order in the coming year, whether for good or for ill (mostly for ill).
While conservatives are concerned with protecting the Second Amendment, my concern lies with the right to vote being treated as an afterthought.
It wasn’t the week’s biggest news. But on Friday, perhaps my favorite recent Democracy Docket story offered the kind of deep, granular reporting, exposing the people and institutions quietly leading Trump’s war on voting, that you won’t find anywhere else.
The GOP’s attacks are highlighting the importance of state courts as perhaps the last line of defense for protecting fair elections.
Days after federal judges disqualified Alina Habba and Lindsey Halligan from acting U.S. attorney positions, the Justice Department continues to claim they are the top federal prosecutors in New Jersey and Virginia.
This was a week when President Donald Trump’s authoritarian power grab — from his bid to rig the 2026 midterms to his corrupt, revenge-driven prosecutions — suffered some major setbacks.
Ratcheting up President Trump’s assault on the judiciary, a group of Republican senators Monday asked an appeals court to suspend Chief Judge James Boasberg, who initiated potential contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials in April.
With all the chaos coming from the Trump administration, it’s important to remember that it also continues to advance judicial nominees — judges who will serve for the rest of their lives, long after Trump is no longer president.
Three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have all won another 10-year term in a high-stakes retention election that saw a major GOP push to reshape the state’s highest court.
This week, Democracy Docket readers were first to learn about three important new developments in Republican voter suppression.