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Six of the nine justices on the Supreme Court are current or former members of the Federalist Society, which advocates the idea that the Constitution is a fixed document, whose meaning may not evolve from what its 18th-century authors intended. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | Dobbs v. Jackson was a clear indication that the Supreme Court will allow states broader latitude to pass laws that discriminate against women. This new reality makes final recognition of the Equal Rights Amendment more important than ever.

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Demonstrators protest against gerrymandering at a rally outside the Supreme Court on March 26, 2019, during the gerrymandering cases Lamone v. Benisek and Rucho v. Common Cause. (Evelyn Hockstein / For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

BY RAKIM H. D. BROOKS | In 2019, the Supreme Court ruled along political lines that it could not review disputes over partisan gerrymandering. The conservatives in Rucho v. Common Cause insisted that the question of how state legislatures draw their maps is a “political” question and thus “nonjusticiable” by the Court.

The truth is more that the Court silenced the Constitution and set our democracy on a destructive course. As Justice Kagan wrote in the liberals’ dissent, the Court had “encouraged a politics of polarization and dysfunction.” The resulting “unchecked” gerrymanders, she warned, “may irreparably damage our system of government.”

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The number of women formally employed expanded to a record 77.8 million in February. (Getty Images)

BY WENDY J. FOX | The structure of employment in the U.S. has long been untenable for anyone who has caregiving duties, but now that hybrid work is here—the flexibility of which women have been advocating for basically forever—is it enough?

A stark contrast to the benefits of hybrid work: It is precisely the people who need hybrid schedules the most who will end up paying the highest price. 

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