Masha Gessen, the Russian journalist, author, and translator who immigrated to the United States in 2013 because authorities were considering taking children from gay parents, writes in The New York Times about Russia’s slide into autocracy and repressive rule: “I was shaken when Russia invaded Georgia in 2008. My world changed when three very young […]
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Trump Tariffs Under Legal Fire: What You Need to Know
Are Trump’s Tariffs Even Legal? As a little-known trade court rules against the president, all eyes turn to the Supreme Court and how it will navigate its own Major Questions Doctrine.
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Another Supreme Court Blow for Autocracy?
Its order allowing Trump temporarily to oust two tenure-protected officials bodes ill for agency independence.
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Nominating Emil Bove for Appellate Court is Brazen, Even for Trump
If confirmed, the president’s personal lawyer and now top DOJ official would join the Supreme Court shortlist
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Why Did Americans Elect a Felon Instead of a Prosecutor?
Blame it on justifiably diminished confidence in our criminal justice system.
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In Birthright Citizenship Case, Trump DOJ Asks Supreme Court Justices to Make Themselves Irrelevant
Attempting to limit trial judges’ power to issue nationwide orders, the solicitor general argued that every crying newborn rendered stateless by MAGA executive order had better get their own lawyer.
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Trump v. Letitia James—Hypocrisy and Vengeance in the Palace of Justice
Trump v. Letitia James—Hypocrisy and Vengeance in the Palace of Justice. Will the president and Attorney General Bondi really try to prosecute New York’s Attorney General over a mortgage application?
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How Reproductive Freedom Advocates Outsmarted the Anti-Abortion Movement
Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the number of abortions is up because of telehealth and the free sharing of mifepristone and misoprostol.
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Is the Supreme Court Standing Up to Trump?
The answer is complicated, but Chief Justice John Roberts may be treading a fine line between institutionalism and cowardice.
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What Liberals Can Learn From Ted Kennedy’s “Robert Bork’s America” Speech
A Fresh Look at Ted Kennedy’s Famous “Robert Bork’s America” Speech. The senator’s 1987 floor statement helped sink the jurist’s Supreme Court nomination and is considered by Republicans (and some Democrats) to have been unfair. Looking back, was it?
