The pandemic caused a lot of crime. But police reform can play a part in reducing it as well.
Law and Justice
Trump Judge Effectively Names Himself President
Terry A. Doughty says he gets to decide who the FBI, DHS, HHS, and the Justice Department can talk to.
Moving On to Adversity-Based Affirmative Action
Here’s a package of options for turning a legal defeat into an opportunity.
Supreme Court Decides Fake Plaintiffs Are Good Plaintiffs
The result is that student debt cancellation for 43 million borrowers has been wiped away.
SCOTUS Trashes Precedent and Resegregates Higher Education
The affirmative action case once again distorts constitutional protections to ideological ends.
Pleasant Surprises From the Roberts Court
This session’s rulings on voting rights have broken with recent trends.
Samuel Alito’s Revealing Temper Tantrum
Let’s compare his behavior to Justice Barrett.
Fleecing in Indian Country
An undercovered SCOTUS decision brushes against Native sovereign immunity, but also potentially snuffs out loopholes exploited by payday lenders.
The Student Loan Case’s Unwilling Participant
MOHELA, the loan servicer that is the basis for standing in the Supreme Court case against student debt cancellation, didn’t want to be associated with it at all, according to newly released documents.
Black Political Power Still Traumatizes the White South
After ‘Milligan,’ some redistricting cases may find their way back to state lawmakers who fear Black voters—and the multiracial coalitions they can anchor.

