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.

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.