How John Roberts brought back Donald Trump

Frida Ghitis: Why Americans chose a demagogue to helm their democracy may be partially explained by the fact that, in many ways, the U.S. is n’t a democracy any longer.

The 2024 election cycle was (in a record that is reliably reset every four years ) the most expensive in US history, Ghitis says.

John Avlon : Just three years after Citizens United , Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act .

Avlon says Roberts ' decision in Shelby County v. Holder set the country back in 2010 .

He says the court has greenlit efforts to purge voter rolls in a manner that disproportionately affects poor and minority voters.

In Alabama , the turnout gap between Black and White voters tripled after the decision, he says.

Frida Ghitis: The Supreme Court has made Congress more polarized and dysfunctional.

She says the court blocked Biden 's plan to forgive $400 billion in student debt in Biden v. Nebraska .

Ghitis says it's hard to get stuff done with a judicial veto.

She asks: What’s the point in preserving a system where the policies politicians campaign on disappear into the ether?.