It’s a recycled isolationist talking point from World War II, and it’s just as wrong now.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Why Radical Supreme Court Reforms Are Not the Answer to the Radical Roberts Court
Ending affirmative action in higher education, permitting anti-gay discrimination, and forbidding the education secretary from canceling student loan debt solidified the sorry legacy of the John Roberts Supreme Court. As both Garrett Epps and Joshua Douglas have thoroughly documented in the Washington Monthly, this is a radical Court dominated by six conservative justices willing to […]
Posted inEducation
Why We Wrote an Amicus Brief to Contest the Stop WOKE Act
Under Ron DeSantis, Florida is waging war on freedom of speech in its schools and universities.
Posted inPolitics
Building on Bidenomics
The president has done big things and is rightly boasting about them, but there’s more he can do to build public support for his government-forward ideas and new policies he can pursue to achieve progressive goals.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Roberts Court Isn’t Getting More Moderate
The six conservative justices haven’t been shy about jettisoning decades of precedent and even their supposedly moderate rulings aren’t so moderate.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Unforgiven: The Supreme Court and the Student Loan Conundrum
Its rejection of the Biden administration’s plan fuels cynicism and seems to foreclose similar initiatives going forward.
Posted inPolitics
Why Ron DeSantis is Talking About an Immigrant “Invasion”
The Florida governor is promoting a crank and dangerous theory about states having their own border control policies.
Posted inPolitics
The Emergence of the Anti-MAGA Coalition
There’s a voting bloc that hates Donald Trump, despises MAGA, and could help Democrats win the House and hold the White House next year.
Posted inPolitics
This July 4, Be Thankful the Biden Administration Has Revived Soft Power
America’s democratic culture is as formidable as its military and economic might. A scholar and former ambassador explains why the administration is getting it right while Russia and China are not.
Posted inLaw and Justice
John Roberts’s Tiresome Act
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has taken a sledgehammer to precedent and balanced notions of judicial responsibility—led by a chief justice who acts like he’s just an ol’ country lawyer.
