Politics

John Roberts from 2005 and 2025, and Ronald Reagan signing the voting rights act
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Sources: Win McNamee / Getty; Bettmann / Getty; Chip Somodevilla / Getty.

John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True

The chief justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career.

illustration of bald eagle snatching a red Make America Great Again ballcap off a man's head and flying away
Illustration by Erik Carter

The Neocons Were Right

Not about Iraq. But the moral tenor of their political writings could be an antidote to Trumpism.