A misinformed idea underlies much of the work of John Roberts’s Supreme Court.
Constitution
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The Case for a Shadow Court
Our constitutional system is being torn asunder. Enter an intriguing idea from a great legal mind.
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The Swastika and the Red Hat
Comparing Trump to Hitler is considered facile, a trivialization of genocide. But their rises to power are frighteningly similar.
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Get Smart: Our Summer Reading Roundup
Here are some of our editors’ and reviewers’ top picks so far this year for policy and political nonfiction.
Posted inPolitics
A Better Celebration of America at 250
The new Lincoln Memorial Undercroft museum enshrines America’s highest ideals, however unrealized.
Posted inPolitics
A Unified Theory of Donald Trump’s Presidency
Past presidents have tapped their unarticulated prerogative powers in times of necessity and for the national good. For Trump, it’s a permission slip to do as he will.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Roberts Court’s Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Nears Completion
Two rulings this year, including one this month, have laid bare the court’s fundamental misinterpretation of the landmark law and the Reconstruction Era Constitutional amendments that transformed America.
Posted inPodcast
The Republicans Who Could Save Democracy
So-called “Constitution-First” Republicans are uncomfortable with Trump’s abuses of power. They could be the key to a pro-democracy coalition that cuts across party and ideology.
Posted inLaw and Justice
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, A Moment to Reflect on the Constitution
The Constitution is occasionally amended and continually interpreted, and it still offers hope for the future.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Great Might-Have-Been of the Constitutional Convention
The U.S. Senate was almost structured very differently in ways that would have dramatically altered the chamber and America.
