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The Supreme Court’s Latest Blow to Trans Rights
The majority upholds state bans on trans athletes, sidelinging key evidence, scientific fact, and its own logic upholding trans rights in employment.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Clouds Behind the Supreme Court’s Common-Sense Ruling on Postmarked Ballots
A 5-4 majority upheld longstanding practices of allowing ballots postmarked on election day to be counted. But exaggerated fears of “voter fraud” loomed over the ruling and dissent.
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The President’s Birthright Citizenship Order is Not Just Unconstitutional. It’s Crazy
Do you know where your grandparents’ birth certificates are? Even this Supreme Court is unlikely to embrace Trump’s efforts to undo birthright citizenship, but if it did, it would be chaos for all of us.
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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.
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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.
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James Comey Is Insufferable. The Trump Charges Against Him Are Absurd
The former FBI director has been indicted for a threat spelled with seashells. Why this lawfare will falter.
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Vote While You Still Can
Massive turnout is the best strategy for defeating systematic efforts to disenfranchise U.S. voters.
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The Plot to Destroy the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court’s ruling eviscerating Section 2 of the landmark law is only part of its project.
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Trump’s Witch Hunt of Jerome Powell May Be Over, But Keep Worrying
His administration had to drop the case to get a new fed chair, but it could be revived amid a flurry of selective prosecutions.
