Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig explains a promising new strategy to stop the surge of dark money in politics.
Garrett Epps
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Troops on the Streets. Democracy in Peril
The Washington Monthly brings you independent coverage of ICE raids, National Guard troops, and the legal battles to save the Constitution, but we need your help to continue.
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US-Canada Relations Have Hit Rock Bottom
The Trump administration’s policies have damaged the economies of both countries, says former U.S. Ambassador to Canada James Blanchard.
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How the Supreme Court Could Turbocharge Gerrymandering
A pending decision could gut the Voting Rights Act and encourage states to disenfranchise minority voters.
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Constitution in Progress
The most revolutionary part of our founding document is its capacity for change.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Ignoring Case Law and the Constitution, Court Greenlights Trump’s Portland Troop Surge
An appeals court panel combines sloppy reasoning and undue deference to the executive.
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The New Deal Treasures Slated for Demolition
The pending sale of a historic federal building by Trump could mean the wrecking ball for the “Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art.”
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Judge Standing up to Trump’s Portland Invasion
“Freedom,” wrote George Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four, “is the freedom to say two plus two make four. Once that is granted, all else follows.” But what if the test is whether a president can add two and two and get in the neighborhood of four? What if the president says 2+2=10,000? Is that close enough […]
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Brett Kavanaugh Hits the Street!
This summer, the Supreme Court issued an order in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, an “emergency docket” decision permitting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to continue detaining individuals in Los Angeles, based on their race or ethnicity, proficiency in Spanish, and suspicious presence near Home Depot, Beverly Hills lawns, and other hotbeds of criminal activity. […]
