Trump Escalates His War on Independent Regulatory Agencies: His February executive order and the firing of a labor relations board member are the latest moves in a multi-decade right-wing campaign to legitimate an authoritarian presidency.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
What You Should Know About the Right to Protection in the Trump Era
What You Should Know About the Right to Protection in the Trump Era. The 14th Amendment was meant to enforce the laws equally, not put vulnerable populations in harm’s way. But that’s what the administration is doing.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Why There Could Still Be an Eric Adams Trial
Why There Could Still Be an Eric Adams Trial. Under Trump, the Justice Department wants to drop the corruption case it pursued under Biden. The judge has every reason to keep it going and it looks like he may.
Posted inPolitics
Madison’s Constitution is Coming Undone
Madison’s Constitution is Coming Undone. Trump and Musk are testing the founder’s assumptions as never before. How did we get to this moment?
Posted inPolitics
To Save Democracy, Start Filing Cases
The Trump-Musk ransacking of the federal government must stop. The courts offer one important way to apply the brake, says an administrative law scholar.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Trump Escaped Jail or Acquittal by Election
A combination of prosecutorial bumbling, dumb luck, compliant jurists, and winning the election allowed our new president to avoid a day behind bars.
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Executive Orders—Making America Hate Again
His flood-the-zone strategy is overwhelming but his setback on birthright citizenship is a good sign.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
Our American Oligarchy
Extracting, defending, and sanctifying the wealth of—and rule by—the few.
Posted inPolitics
ByteDance and Trump’s Perplexing TikTok Pirouette
Trump was for a TikTok ban until he wasn’t. Why does the 47th president have a different position than the 45th, and how might the Roberts Court rule on the popular platform?
Posted inNewsletter
Trump Is About to Drag America Into the Abyss of Protectionism
Plus, where Democrats went wrong in New York, how we can win the war against DUIs, and why Biden should approve the Nippon Steel deal — all in the January 2, 2025 newsletter.
