A series of southern states have ignored federal court rulings on voting rights.
The judiciary defers to the legislature. The legislature defers to the executive. And the executive says it's implementing what the lawmakers and the judges decided.
Sidestepping thorny constitutional questions and focusing on substance and procedure, the appellate panel offered the justices an escape route, if they care to take it.
It's been a year since the Supreme Court gutted the law, and racial justice remains elusive.
The Grand Canyon state wants a divorce from the largest of the federal appellate jurisdictions—but is that the right solution to its problems?
In Bank Markazi v. Peterson, the justices decided that Congress can change the rules while a case is still being litigated.