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May 17, 2025
Jason Linkins
Let’s Start Talking About Jail Time for Trump and His MAGA Enablers
Trump is the head of a criminal syndicate, and he should be treated accordingly.
May 15, 2025
Matt Ford
Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Case Has the Supreme Court Baffled
The Trump administration’s brief against the Fourteenth Amendment is a bad one, and it naturally led to some tortured legal reasoning from his solicitor general.
May 15, 2025
Monica Potts
Trump’s Corruption Is a Huge Problem. But It’s a Hard Sell to Voters.
The scant polling evidence suggests that corruption is not a decisive factor for voters—yet there is a way for Democrats to leverage the president’s malfeasance in next year’s midterm elections.
May 15, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Missouri Voters Overturned an Abortion Ban. Republicans Ignored Them.
State Republican senators have usurped the will of the voters on abortion.
May 15, 2025
Ross Rosenfeld
How Trump’s “Emergency” Powers Could Become Permanent
The president is declaring emergencies on everything from an “invasion” of immigrants to a mythical shortage of fossil fuel production. But it’s all just a ploy for him to act like a Roman emperor.
May 14, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Judge Sends Clear Message to Trump While Freeing Georgetown Scholar
A judge has ordered the release of Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Dr. Badar Khan Suri.
May 14, 2025
Harry Litman
Trump Writes Congress out of the Constitution—and Congress Says Fine
The question regarding the Qatari plane deal isn’t whether it’s corrupt or illegal. It’s both of those. The question is, who will stop it?
May 9, 2025
Matt Ford
David Souter Changed Supreme Court Nominations Forever
The late justice was picked to be a reliable conservative vote on the court. But he drifted left—and the right has never forgotten it.
May 8, 2025
Edith Olmsted
John Roberts Sends Pathetic Message to Trump on Takeover of Courts
The chief Supreme Court justice only lightly pushed back on Donald Trump’s efforts to control the judiciary.
May 8, 2025
Matt Ford
Please Stop Trying to Get Kash Patel Fired
The last thing this country needs is an FBI director who wants to show up for work and zealously enact Trump’s agenda.
May 7, 2025
Katherine Stewart
How Trump Will Use “Anti-Christian Bias” to Entrench His Power
The administration plans to boost the political agenda of Christian nationalists while rolling back the civil liberties of everyone else.
May 6, 2025
Matt Ford
Transgender Rights Are in Grave Peril at the Supreme Court
The high court’s decision to uphold Trump’s ban on trans soldiers points to worrisome outcomes in pending cases that affect these vulnerable Americans.
May 6, 2025
Matt Ford
How Republicans in Congress Enable Trump’s Tyranny
GOP lawmakers in Washington have stumbled onto one neat trick to abet the president’s lawlessness—dismantle their own power.
May 5, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Promise to Pay Undocumented Immigrants to Leave Is a Trap
As with every “deal” the president offers, there’s a huge catch.
May 2, 2025
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Is Declaring War on Secularism
The high court’s recent run at rewriting the Constitution has come for the establishment clause.
May 1, 2025
Harry Litman
Shame: Bukele Cares More About Abrego Garcia’s Rights Than Trump Does
The president’s words and actions on this case have been atrocious. But as of Wednesday, the clock on his antics is now ticking fast.
April 30, 2025
Matt Ford
Will the Supreme Court Save an Apache Sacred Site?
The Native plaintiffs have won over a wide variety of allies to their case. But for some reason, the high court is dragging its feet in making a decision.
April 28, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump DOJ Orders Disturbing Reshuffling on Elections
The Department of Justice just gutted an office that helps protect the right to vote.
April 28, 2025
Claire Potter
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Neil J. Young
JD Vance Likes “Normal Gays.” Should We Count That as a Win?
The pursuit of being seen as “normal” has served the LGBTQ movement well. But is there such a thing as too normal?
April 28, 2025
Matt Ford
The Trumpian Plot to Take Over the Federal Courts
The conservative legal movement’s latest broadside against the judiciary is likely to fail, but it illuminates how far they’re willing to go to dismantle the rule of law.
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