The Justices are distracting the public with narrow opinions that leave no side satisfied, just like those old Magic 8 balls. Soon, they’re going to have to make a decision.
Garrett Epps
Garrett Epps is the legal affairs editor at the Washington Monthly.
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The War Over the 13th Amendment and Modern Day Slavery
Its “servitude” clause allows prisoners to be put to work and underpaid—i.e. unpaid. How Senator Jeff Merkley and a band of activists are fighting back.
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“Gimme an F!” Supreme Court Mulls the Case of the Cursing Cheerleader
The Roberts-era First Amendment is very protective of millionaires; does it also protect high-schoolers cursing at the Cocoa Hut?
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McConnell to 17th Amendment: Drop Dead
In Kentucky, a new GOP-driven law denies the (Democratic) governor the ability to fill vacant Senate seats and gives it to party apparatchiks. A classic Mitch power play, it flouts the Constitution.
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Why Democrats Can’t Wait on Voting Rights
Delaying or giving away too much will hurt politically and morally.
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The Law that Can Bring Down the Capitol Attackers
Rep. Bennie Thompson and the NAACP are using the Ku Klux Klan Act to bring down the January 6 cabal.
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Anatomy of an Insurrection
To convict Trump, the House Managers laid out a meticulous case. The defense team was left quoting Nancy Pelosi and Johnny Depp.
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The Jamie Raskin Moment
At the bizarre trial of Donald Trump, the Maryland Congressman, law professor, and grieving father was the man of the hour.
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A Would-Be Thief’s Briefs
Donald Trump tried to steal the election. The impeachment papers filed by his legal team are laughably weak.
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Trump’s 1776 Commission: A Fable from the Future
It’s the worst, most bonkers history lesson no one asked for: The former president’s pushback on The 1619 Project. A legal scholar’s imaginative look back.
