The national council of law wizards held that Donald Trump can deport nonwhite refugees on baldly racist grounds even if he doesn’t follow the law in doing so.
Clarence Thomas
Posted inPolitics
Americans on the Election: God Forbid It Should Go to the Court!
A new Pew survey shows the public thinks the Supreme Court is the single most partisan overseer and adjudicator of elections.
Posted inTAP
SCOTUS’s History and Tradition of Error Correction
Today on TAP: The Supreme Court takes a step back from its partisan ‘history and tradition’ test.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The CFPB Ruling Strikes a Blow for Governing
Instead of giving in to cynicism, Congress created an agency to protect consumers. The Supreme Court declined to overrule it.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Truth About the Comstock Act
The anti-obscenity law is unenforceable and probably unconstitutional. Conservatives still want to use it to ban medication abortions.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Durbin Must Enforce His SCOTUS Investigation Subpoenas
The Court’s own precedents show that its corruption scandals are exactly why Congress has subpoena power.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
This Modern World
Tom Tomorrow returns! His cartoon appears on TAP every Tuesday.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court’s Objectivity Theater
The Court wrote a new ethics code for itself. It’s all but meaningless.
