A closer look at the Harvard admissions case now before the Supreme Court shows that it’s whites who benefit most from discrimination against Asians.
Law and Justice
Reporting on justice and law in America: the Supreme Court, the Constitution, criminal justice, and how legal fights shape everyday life.
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Do Prisons Need to Be Hellholes?
Thanks to bipartisan efforts, the number of incarcerated Americans has shrunk dramatically. The next step for reform is to treat inmates more humanely.
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John Durham’s Big Flameout
The runaway special counsel was sent to unearth a plot to get Trump. He wound up getting buried in court and blowing millions of taxpayer dollars.
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The Roberts Court Takes Aim at the Voting Rights Act
In a case it will hear next week, the Court could side with Alabama and deliver a devastating blow to the landmark civil rights law.
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The Republicans Are Coming After Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan
Yesterday, the first legal challenge was filed to kill the measure, but the administration is on solid legal ground.
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Can Garland Keep Donald Trump From Office?
Realistically, there aren’t many ways to bar an ex-president from running for office, but a recent New Mexico case raises the possibility of success.
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Indict Trump Over the Mar-a-Lago Documents? Don’t Indict? There’s a Third Option.
A grand jury report puts the facts out there—and avoids the risk of a hung jury.
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Donald Trump’s Executive Privilege Fog Machine
No one should be fooled by Trump’s claims of privilege over the Mar-a-Lago documents.
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Trump “Will Be Indicted”
As the former president faces legal investigations, the author and white-collar-crime scholar Jennifer Taub identifies the probe that’s furthest along, what January 6 Committee graphic was key, and why you can’t get a toupee in federal prison.
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Don’t Abort Local Prosecutors’ Discretion
Liberal and conservative efforts to tie the hands of local elected prosecutors are a bad idea in general. When it comes to abortion, they should be free to decide how to use their limited resources.
