Stories by Ian Millhiser

Ian Milhiser is a Policy Analyst and Blogger on legal issues at the Center for American Progress and the CAP Action Fund.

Cruel: Ohio Planned to Fight Dying Man's Last Wish All the Way to Court

Posted on: Jul 26, 2013, Source: Think Progress

Why would a state be this vindictive?

Breaking News: DOJ to Ask Court to Reinstate Voting Rights Act in Texas

Posted on: Jul 25, 2013, Source: Think Progress

Holder cites "evidence of intentional racial discrimination" in Rick Perry's state.

Virginia GOP Nominee For Attorney General Would Force Women To Report Their Miscarriages To Police -- Or Face 1 Year in Jail

Posted on: May 20, 2013, Source: Think Progress

Virginia GOP nominee for Attorney General would force women to report their miscarriages to police.

Republican Congressman: 'Abortion on Demand' Causes School Shootings

Posted on: May 17, 2013, Source: Think Progress

The freshman rep explained, "we’ve normalized perversion and perverted God’s natural law."

Blatant GOP Voter Suppression: Ohio Republicans Try to Punish Colleges that Enable Students to Vote

Posted on: May 2, 2013, Source: Think Progress

Another swing state attempts to restrict voters who tend to be liberal.

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: Maybe Bush v. Gore Wasn't the Best Decision

Posted on: Apr 29, 2013, Source: Think Progress

Bush v. Gore demonstrates how justices who are determined to reach a certain result are capable of bending both the law and their own prior jurisprudence in order to achieve it.

Supreme Court Likely to Strike Down DOMA -- But Maybe for the Wrong Reasons

Posted on: Mar 27, 2013, Source: ThinkProgress

The states' rights argument hinted at by Justice Anthony Kennedy could set a dangerous precedent.

Everything You Need to Know About the Marriage Equality Cases At The Supreme Court

Posted on: Mar 26, 2013, Source: Think Progress

And where the surging support for marriage equality will lead.

13 Most Offensive Things Antonin Scalia Has Said About Homosexuality

Posted on: Mar 25, 2013, Source: Think Progress

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case that could end discrimination against same-sex couples, one thing is for sure: how the bigoted Scalia will vote.

Why Scalia’s ‘Racial Entitlement’ Nonsense Is More Dangerous Than You Think

Posted on: Mar 1, 2013, Source: Think Progress

In context, Scalia’s quote is actually even more disturbing than the initial headlines suggested.

Armed Pro-Gun Protesters Occupy Oregon State Capitol

Posted on: Feb 11, 2013, Source: Think Progress

A handful of protesters also entered the Capitol building itself and brandished assault rifles and other guns in the Capitol rotunda.

Grand Theft Election: How Republicans Plan to Steal the White House

Posted on: Jan 25, 2013, Source: Think Progress

If a Republican plan to rig the Electoral College had been in effect in 2012, it is reasonably likely that Mitt Romney would be President.

10 Awful Crimes That Get You Less Prison Time Than What Aaron Swartz Faced

Posted on: Jan 14, 2013, Source: Think Progress

The young hacker faced a harsher prison than that for manslaughter, bank robbery, or selling slaves.

Texas Church Offers Firearms Classes to Defend Against Imaginary Bands Of Mexicans

Posted on: Dec 4, 2012, Source: Think Progress

Would Jesus pack heat?

School District Claims Student ‘Was Herself Responsible’ For Being Raped

Posted on: Nov 8, 2012, Source: Think Progress

After filing a lawsuit against the district that employed her assailants, a former middle school student finds herself pegged as responsible for her rape.

Right-Wing Billionaire's Newspaper Gives Readers False Voting Information

Posted on: Oct 22, 2012, Source: Think Progress

A Pennsylvania paper that's part of a conglomerate owned by Richard Mellon Scaife is telling voters -- falsely -- that they need photo ID.

4 Terrible Outcomes of a Romney Supreme Court

Posted on: Oct 11, 2012, Source: Think Progress

Romney’s appointees are likely to essentially rewrite the Constitution.

BREAKING: Federal Appeals Court Upholds Decision Restoring Early Voting In Ohio

Posted on: Oct 5, 2012, Source: Think Progress

As the facts of this case demonstrated, cutting off early voting will endanger many voters’ ability to cast a vote.

GOP House Candidate Claims GOP War On Women Will Create ‘More Free Choice’ For Women

Posted on: Sep 10, 2012, Source: Think Progress

Kumar (Kal Penn) Doesn't Understand Obama’s Marijuana Policy

Posted on: Sep 6, 2012, Source: ThinkProgress

Birther Group Launches National Ad Campaign Seeking To Disqualify Obama From Reelection

Posted on: Aug 3, 2012, Source: Think Progress

Supreme Court Springs A Leak; Leaks To Conservative Pundits May Have Started More Than A Month Ago

Posted on: Jul 2, 2012, Source: ThinkProgress

Don't Be Fooled by Obamacare Decision: 10 Ways John Roberts Is Still a Conservative's Best Friend

Posted on: Jun 30, 2012, Source: Think Progress

Justice Scalia Cites Pro-Slavery Laws Excluding ‘Freed Blacks’ To Justify His Anti-Immigrant Opinion

Posted on: Jun 26, 2012, Source: ThinkProgress

Pelosi Urges Obama To Declare The Debt Ceiling Time Bomb Unconstitutional

Posted on: Jun 25, 2012, Source: Think Progress

Virginia House Rejects Judge Because He Is Gay

Posted on: May 15, 2012, Source: Think Progress

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Ten Most Vile, Anti-Latino Acts

Posted on: May 11, 2012, Source: Think Progress

10 Worst Things Arizona's Racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio Has Done

Posted on: May 10, 2012, Source: ThinkProgress

The Department of Justice has filed a suit against Arpaio -- here are the worst examples of his bigotry against Latinos.

CA Cops Finally Face Charges for Beating Mentally Ill Homeless Man to Death

Posted on: May 9, 2012, Source: Think Progress

AZ Lawmakers Lash Out At Imaginary United Nations Conspiracy With Assault On All Poverty & Environmental Laws

Posted on: Apr 30, 2012, Source: ThinkProgress

Miami-Dade Fire Captain Blames Trayvon Martin Killing On ‘Shitbag’ Parents Of ‘Urban Youths’

Posted on: Apr 16, 2012, Source: ThinkProgress

87-Year-Old Woman Turned Away from WI Polling Booth Despite Courts' Decision to Suspend Voter ID

Posted on: Apr 4, 2012, Source: Think Progress

Voter Suppression 101: How Conservatives Are Conspiring to Disenfranchise Millions of Americans

Posted on: Apr 4, 2012, Source: Center for American Progress

A spate of anti-voting-rights proposals in states as different as Florida and Wisconsin is not occurring by accident. Instead, many of these laws are being spread through ALEC.

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