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October 31, 2025
Matt Ford
The Law Professors Aiding Trump’s War on Birthright Citizenship
A plain reading of the Constitution refutes Trump’s spurious claims about the Fourteenth Amendment, but the conservative legal movement is doing what it can to muddy the waters.
June 3, 2025
Matt Ford
Trump’s War With Leonard Leo Could Expose a Conservative Legal Scam
The former Federalist Society power broker used the president to achieve judicial supremacy. Now all that work could get wrecked by the monster he turned loose.
June 3, 2025
Harry Litman
Why Trump Moved Leonard Leo From the Short List to the Sh*t List
Conservative legal scholars believe in things like originalism and the Second Amendment. Donald Trump’s OK with those, but he really believes in only one thing.
March 9, 2025
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Matt Ford
Amy Coney Barrett Isn’t What the Conservative Legal Movement Expected
The Supreme Court’s second-newest justice is proving herself to be a non-hack—to the increasing consternation of MAGA.
February 19, 2025
Matt Ford
The Latest Case Against Birthright Citizenship Is a Joke
A new op-ed from a pair of conservative legal experts only raises unflattering questions about the direction of the right's juridical scholarship.
December 12, 2024
Steve Kennedy
The Federalist Society Will Soon Be Under New Management
Here’s what we know about the major players jockeying to lead the linchpin organization of the conservative legal movement.
April 10, 2023
Matt Ford
The Conservative Legal Movement Is Basically an Elite Social Club
Why the latest Clarence Thomas revelations are shocking, yet unsurprising
December 2, 2021
Matt Ford
Ted Cruz Thinks There Are Only Two Votes on the Supreme Court to Overturn Roe.
What?
A revealing exchange between Fox News host Laura Ingraham and the Texas senator offers a window into the ways the right views the high court.
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