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September 9, 2025
Matt Ford
John Roberts Defies the Supreme Court
If the chief justice was once a judicial institutionalist, he has become all too eager to cast norms and precedent aside in matters that benefit Trump.
August 27, 2025
Matt Ford
Trump Is Calling the Supreme Court’s Bluff on the Fed
The conservative justices have let the president have his way with the administrative state. Now he’s coming for the one institution they’ve been reluctant to let fall into his hands.
July 25, 2025
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Has Hit Rock Bottom
For the court’s conservative bloc, the line between upholding the Constitution and serving as Donald Trump’s personal attorneys has all but disappeared.
June 23, 2025
Timothy Noah
I Still Think Trump Will Fire Jerome Powell
It’s getting harder not to read the Federal Reserve chairman’s hesitation to lower interest rates as anything other than a comment on Trump’s incompetence.
May 28, 2025
Timothy Noah
The Supreme Court Wants to Crush Regulation—but Not the Fed
The legal reasoning on this point is unbelievably sloppy—even for this court.
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