As federal agents sought to arrest a Mexican national during a state court hearing, Judge Dugan let him use an exit usually reserved for jurors, and the DOJ literally made a federal case out of it. Her conviction should be set aside.
James D. Zirin
James D. Zirin, author and legal analyst, is a former federal prosecutor in New York’s Southern District. He also hosts the public television talk show and podcast Conversations with Jim Zirin.
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Brown, Bondi Beach, and the Reiners: The Murderous December
Shocking slayings and the background of Trump’s dysfunction cast a pall over the holidays.
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Trump’s Pardon Power Abuses
The president has wide latitude to grant clemency, but Trump has broken all norms and sought even more authority to help his allies.
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Our Heroic Lower Court Judges
And the Justice Department’s war on the only group blocking Trump’s extra-legal push.
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An American Comes to Jesus
I spoke at Jesus College, Cambridge, recently. The latest Trump maneuvers gobsmack our British friends. They’re right to be alarmed.
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Redistricting, Supreme Court Should Worry Democrats About 2026
Despite this week’s blue wave, the Supreme Court and GOP statehouses could preserve the House Republican majority.
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Supreme Court Set to Rule on National Guard Troops in Chicago
The Supreme Court is About to Rule on Trump Troops in Chicago—and Nationwide. What could go wrong?
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Family Feud: Donald Trump and the Pritzkers
The president and the Illinois governor are at war, and now the Supreme Court is involved. Why the Realtor-in-Chief has fought with the family behind Hyatt Hotels.
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Federal Judges Are Worried About the Supreme Court
A confidential survey revealed their concerns about the Supreme Court’s promiscuous use of the shadow docket
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The Roberts Court at 20
John Roberts, the “institutionalist” chief justice, has given the president kingly powers, overturned a Reagan-era regulation doctrine, and issued two decades of wrecking ball opinions. It’s only going to get worse.
