Tim Burns

Enjoy my recent article in the New Republic.

Court-Packing Is Not a Threat to American Democracy. It’s Constitutional. Congress is allowed to change the size of the Supreme Court, and it has done so seven times. The country survived just fine.

Analysis | A new explanation for the stubborn persistence of the racial wealth gap A new analysis aims to upend conventional wisdom about why black wealth lags so far behind.

How Redlining Continues To Shape Racial Segregation In Milwaukee Milwaukee is one of the most racially segregated cities in the United States, and one of segregation's most meaningful engines was the historical practice of redlining.

Liberals eye 2020 takeover of Wisconsin Supreme Court If the liberal-backed candidate wins the April 2 state Supreme Court race, liberals would be in prime position to take over the court when the next seat comes up in

Must read.

‘Sir, I Never Thought I’d See the Day I’d Be Working for a Colored Officer’ These words were a jarring reminder of the prevalence of racism in the military and the United States at large.

State Democratic Party chairwoman won't seek post again Former Democratic congressional candidate Randy Bryce, speaking shortly after Laning's announcement, told the Wisconsin State Journal he's considering a run to succeed her.

Opinion | The crux of Republican policy: Make public services harder to use Conservatives have weaponized administrative burdens to achieve policy goals.

This is wrong.

Supreme Court Revives Transgender Ban for Military Service By a 5 to 4 vote, justices temporarily stayed trial court decisions blocking the policy while litigation in the lower courts moves forward.

Poor stay in jail while rich go free: Rethinking cash bail in Wisconsin Across the country, poor defendants can spend days, weeks — even years — behind bars awaiting trial, an approach that judges increasingly find is unconstitutional.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's recovery "on track," no sign of remaining cancer The Supreme Court justice recently underwent surgery to remove cancerous growths from her lung

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