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March 16, 2018
Matt Ford
Can drug dealers really be executed?
March 15, 2018
Matt Ford
Why Mueller is subpoenaing the Trump Organization (because of course he is).
March 15, 2018
Matt Ford
The Grisly Murder Case That Could Turn Half of Oklahoma Back Into Tribal Lands
Did Congress fail to legally abolish the Muscogee Creek Nation's reservation? The Supreme Court may have to answer that question.
March 13, 2018
Matt Ford
More than two dozen criminal cases have been dropped because a police officer beat a jaywalker.
March 13, 2018
Matt Ford
Can the NRA Defeat Florida’s Gun Law?
The organization says it's unconstitutional to prohibit people under 21 from buying guns, but the courts have consistently upheld age restrictions.
March 12, 2018
Matt Ford
The Case Against Jaywalking Laws
They're enforced disproportionately against black Americans, sometimes with fatal results.
March 9, 2018
Matt Ford
Republicans are wishcasting Justice Kennedy’s retirement again.
March 9, 2018
Matt Ford
Trump can’t do much about violent video games, thanks to Antonin Scalia.
March 7, 2018
Matt Ford
Jeff Sessions’s Wrongheaded War on California
The U.S. attorney general is suing the "lawless" state over its immigration laws, but his legal case is unconvincing.
March 7, 2018
Matt Ford
Can States Ban Trump From the Ballot If He Doesn’t Release His Tax Returns?
The constitutionality of a bill advancing through the Maryland legislature
February 28, 2018
Matt Ford
Jeff Sessions rebukes Trump by vowing to act with “integrity and honor.”
February 28, 2018
Matt Ford
The Court and the Cloud
The Supreme Court wrestles with how to apply U.S. laws to international tech companies.
February 27, 2018
Matt Ford
The Cruelty of Executing the Sick and Elderly
Two controversial cases in Alabama reveal a disturbing trend in the death penalty in America.
February 26, 2018
Matt Ford
Hobbling Unions in the Name of Free Speech
The Supreme Court's conservative justices were receptive to arguments Monday that public employees shouldn't be forced to pay union fees.
February 26, 2018
Matt Ford
The Gun Control Movement’s Silent Ally: The Supreme Court
The justices haven't taken a Second Amendment case in almost a decade, to the benefit of states—like Florida—that want to tighten gun laws.
February 22, 2018
Matt Ford
Mueller just put more pressure on two former Trump campaign officials.
February 22, 2018
Matt Ford
A Third Way to Think About Russiagate
Some journalists are skeptical that Trump colluded with Moscow. Others are true believers. But all should be cautious in their conclusions.
February 21, 2018
Matt Ford
Pennsylvania Republicans are inching toward a constitutional crisis.
February 21, 2018
Matt Ford
Nationalize the Trump Organization
The president refuses to give up his companies. But Congress can make him do it—and distribute the profits to the American people.
February 21, 2018
Matt Ford
Dismantle the Department of Homeland Security
The case for abolishing the wasteful, incompetent, and abusive mega-agency has become especially urgent under Trump.
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