State legislators, local administrators, and advocates must strengthen and clarify election processes, preempt disinformation, and enact stronger measures against intimidation.

Staggered 18-year terms would bring regular turnover to the bench. The result would be a Court that better reflects prevailing public values.

A dangerous wartime authority is broad enough that it could be used for mass deportations in the absence of war.

For decades, the federal government used its grant-making power to spur states to incarcerate more people and to impose longer sentences. It should now use that power to reverse course.