He helped turn the Democratic Party away from its New Deal foundations.
Conservatism
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We Already Run the Post Office Like a Business
The U.S. Postal Service loses money because of stifling rules and a mandate to serve the entire country. Privatization would only raise costs and reduce service.
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MAGA’s Way or the Highway
How the cold civil war shares characteristics with the hot one
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Dr. Strangekennedy
Or, how you should learn to worry more about illiberal politics in liberal guise
Posted inLaw and Justice
America’s Judicial Divisions Take New Shape Under Trump
The Fifth Circuit has been the legal center of gravity for years. That’s probably going to change soon.
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Science Is Political
Norms are made to be broken in a time of emergency; so too for the idea that science must float above politics.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Judicial Gerrymandering
On today’s episode, David and Hassan talk about what’s wrong with the courts.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Conservatives Use Trump Assassination Attempt to Target Women in Anti-Diversity War
It’s a move to enshrine values into law, but it’s not beyond the realm of possibility.
Posted inLaw and Justice
America’s Judicial Divisions
Every major policy issue is now also a courtroom battle, decided in increasingly partisan settings. And there’s no end in sight.
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Keith Ellison: Seeing Red
Minnesota’s attorney general on how to fight back against conservative aggression at the state level