By allowing him to ignore the law and crush the Education Department, the conservative justices let King Trump do whatever he wants to duly enacted statutes.
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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Emil Bove: Trump’s Judicial Nominee Says “F… you” to the Courts
In our latest examination of the circuit court nominee and Supreme Court frontrunner, we examine his profanity, dissembling, and loyalty to Dear Leader.
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Supreme Court Fallout: The Birthright Citizenship Case and Autocracy
By taking this case, the Supreme Court supermajority is once more abrogating fundamental rights.
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The Birthright Citizenship Case—Loud Music from the Supreme Court
Amy Coney Barrett’s majority opinion used a noise complaint hypothetical to justify letting Trump’s blatantly unconstitutional citizenship order blare on for everyone except the specific plaintiffs who sued.
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Under Trump, The Cruelty of Third-Country Deportation
Conservative Supreme Court justices upheld, for now, the administration’s deportation of migrants to places other than their country of origin.
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After the “Politically Motivated” Minnesota Shootings, A Grim Reality for Politicians, Judges
The alleged Minnesota assassin, said to be a Trump voter, renews speculation on what forces propel zealots to take up arms.
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Are We Suffering from Trump Apathy?
Masha Gessen, the Russian journalist, author, and translator who immigrated to the United States in 2013 because authorities were considering taking children from gay parents, writes in The New York Times about Russia’s slide into autocracy and repressive rule: “I was shaken when Russia invaded Georgia in 2008. My world changed when three very young […]
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Trump Tariffs Under Legal Fire: What You Need to Know
Are Trump’s Tariffs Even Legal? As a little-known trade court rules against the president, all eyes turn to the Supreme Court and how it will navigate its own Major Questions Doctrine.
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Nominating Emil Bove for Appellate Court is Brazen, Even for Trump
If confirmed, the president’s personal lawyer and now top DOJ official would join the Supreme Court shortlist
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Trump’s Qatar Airplane Problem Keeps Flying
The president’s inability to distinguish between public and private interests reaches new heights with the gift of a foreign 747.
