Updates on two events that shook the world.
Supreme Court
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Perpetrator and the Prosecutor
Harris is framing the race, in part, as a tough-on-crime campaign against a convicted felon, but will Trump’s convictions be upheld?
Posted inPolitics
I’m 84 and Know Something About Aging. It Was Right for Biden to Get Out of the Race
I’m 84 and Know Something About Aging. It Was Right for Biden to Get Out of the Race. We all age differently, but views harden, and perspectives stiffen. That’s reason enough for the president to end his re-election bid.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Democratic Nominee Needs to Put the Supreme Court Front and Center
The Democratic Nominee Needs to Put the Supreme Court Front and Center. President Biden has the right ideas about reforming the out-of-control jurists, but here’s why whoever is chosen in Chicago next month needs to go even further.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Chief Justice Roberts’s Rule of Disorder: Where the Trump Legal Cases Stand
Where the Trump Legal Cases Stand. The efforts to hold the felonious ex-president criminally accountable are stalled and even the New York State felony convictions are unlikely to lead to sentencing, but it’s not entirely over.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Roberts Court’s Chevron Ruling and Darkening Clouds Over the Administrative State
Conservatives cheered the Court overturning the 40-year-old reasonable standard of deference to agencies. But other rulings may do more to hamstring both elected branches of government while aggrandizing the role of judges.
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The Supreme Court’s Naked Power Grab
This past term, from Trump immunity to voting rights, the conservative supermajority ignored restraint and gave itself untoward authority.
Posted inLaw and Justice
This Horrible Supreme Court Term
This horrible supreme court term: Kneecapping the administrative state, making bribery great again, immunizing presidents, and legislating from the bench—the justices really earned their motorcoach and fishing vacations.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Trump Immunity Decision is Even Worse Than You Think
The Trump Immunity Decision is Even Worse Than You Think. In a frightening ruling that gave the felonious former president more than he could have wished, the conservative supermajority expanded the imperial presidency.
Posted inUncategorized
The Supreme Court Comes for the Homeless
I suspect the lawyers for the City of Boise, Idaho, sensed trouble back in 2018 when they read the first paragraph of Judge Marsha Berzon’s opinion in a lawsuit against the city by six homeless plaintiffs. It begins with a quote from Anatole France, the French novelist: “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich […]
