Jamie Raskin’s Battleplan for Liberals in the War Over the Constitution and the Courts. The Democratic Congressman has an originalist vision that is more persuasive than the legally spurious one the Right offers.
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Hillary Clinton, Truth Teller
Hillary Clinton, Truth Teller: Republicans, the media, and plenty of Democrats were shocked—shocked!—to hear her say anti-Israel protestors don’t know Middle Eastern history and to suggest prejudice might animate a large swath of Trump voters.
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The Business Records Case Against Trump Wasn’t Some Legal Confection
The Business Records Case Against Trump Wasn’t Some Legal Confection: I’ve studied corporate crime for years; business and campaign finance crimes often overlap.
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Democrats Should Run Against the Supreme Court
Democrats Should Run Against the Supreme Court They ought to campaign against the whole Trump-enabled, rights-stealing, gift-taking conservative supermajority.
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After the Trump Verdict: This Week’s Presidential Contest Polls Mean Little to Nothing
The record is clear: Early June polls usually have been way off the mark for the last 44 years.
Posted inJonathan Alter's Trump Trial Diary
Trump Trial, Day 21: The Critical Closing Arguments
Todd Blanche and Joshua Steinglass try to sum it up for the jury–and us.
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Trump Trial, Day 20: Hoffinger Slices Up Costello on Cross
The prosecution ends on a high note as we head to closing arguments.
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Another Biden Accomplishment: 200 Judges and Counting
The president is undoing Trump’s judiciary takeover one nomination at a time, and it won’t be easy to roll back his gains should there be a MAGA restoration.
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This Isn’t Your Father’s Marijuana Use
A new study shows pot use has exploded—surpassing daily alcohol use in 2022. Potency is way up, too. Thoughts on the new age of weed and what to do.
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The Court v. The Voters
Joshua Douglas’s sterling new book examines the most important Supreme Court cases on voting rights in the last 50 years and suggests ways we can correct this “hard turn toward anti-democracy.”
