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June 16, 2025
Michael Tomasky
America Is at a Terrifying Turning Point—and There’s No Going Back
Why the events of this past weekend should worry everyone who wants a peaceful democracy
June 11, 2025
Ross Rosenfeld
In Defense of Confrontational Protesters
Some pundits are urging protesters in Los Angeles not to resist the militarization of their city. That’s easy to say when ICE isn’t snatching up your friends and family members.
June 9, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Pam Bondi’s Brother Suffers Crushing Blow in D.C. Bar Election
Brad Bondi wasn’t anywhere close to winning this election.
June 6, 2025
Matt Ford
The Real Reason Trump Has Created This Autopen Scandal
The latest in manufactured controversies has less to do with legal victories over the Biden administration than it does with creating content for the president’s media allies.
June 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
SCOTUS Sides With Straight Woman in Sexuality Discrimination Case
The Supreme Court just made it easier for a a majority group that historically has not faced oppression to claim they are being discriminated against.
June 5, 2025
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Kim Wehle
Trump’s Pardon Power Isn’t as Absolute as He Thinks
The president believes that he has a free and unencumbered hand to overrule the federal judiciary. But the courts have been quietly checking him.
June 5, 2025
Ross Rosenfeld
Trump’s Vision of Government: Members Only
The right is busy creating two Americas: one for MAGA and one for the rest of us. Those of us who aren’t in their big club won’t have the same rights—and will undoubtedly suffer under this regime.
June 4, 2025
Aaron Regunberg
Big Oil Gets Slapped With Its First Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Leon v. ExxonMobil is the boldest step yet in the efforts to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for the damage it’s done to the planet.
June 4, 2025
Matt Ford
A Major Search and Seizure Case Is Coming to the Supreme Court
The Roberts court will have to resolve a significant Fourth Amendment dispute next term. What they decide could potentially expand the “community caretaker” doctrine for police.
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.
June 2, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Law Firms That Caved to Trump Suddenly Lose a Lot of Big Business
Remember all those law firms that struck a deal with Trump? Some major companies are ditching them.
May 30, 2025
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Angry New Tirade Over Tariff Ruling Accidentally Says Too Much
In suggesting that Congress is a mere nuisance that shouldn’t shape trade policy, Trump revealed his true, unspoken ambitions.
May 30, 2025
Michael Tomasky
The Only “Judicial Coup” in This Country Is by Trump Against Judges
The Trump administration is getting its butt kicked in court. That’s great. But an unprecedented assault on the judiciary is coming.
May 29, 2025
Timothy Noah
A Trade Court Stopped Trump’s Tariffs. Why Didn’t Congress?
The law is clear, and the legislature’s powers are unambiguous. But Republicans in Washington have fully knuckled under.
May 29, 2025
Grace Segers
Trump’s DOJ Has Put Reproductive Health Clinics Under Threat
With the administration’s refusal to enforce a key law for protecting clinics, abortion providers are bracing for increased disruptions.
May 28, 2025
Felipe De La Hoz
The Laws Propping Up Trump’s Masked Deportation Army
Across the country, unidentifiable law enforcement agents are snatching unsuspecting people off the streets where they live. But just because it’s beyond the pale doesn’t make it illegal.
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.
May 24, 2025
Sam Russek
The Texas Judge Race That Republicans Are Suddenly Eyeing
Why is a little-known GOP candidate getting such big-name support in her effort to unseat Harris County’s Lina Hidalgo? It could be a dry run for the party’s next wave of messaging.
May 22, 2025
Matthew Wollin
The Obscure Legal Doctrine Guiding the Supreme Court Into Oblivion
The high court is stretching an interpretive philosophy to the breaking point to avoid confrontations with Trump.
May 21, 2025
Susan Rinkunas
The Surprising Reason Nevada Hasn’t Repealed a 1911 Abortion Ban
The Silver State is the only one that criminalizes self-managed abortion. A bill to change that went nowhere.
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