His life has been a study in impunity. The criminal justice system may add another chapter.
Law & Justice
Posted inAmerica and the World
Biden’s War Powers Without Limits
Airstrikes blur the distinction between war and hostilities.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The New Freedom Rides
Sixty years ago, activists boarded buses to ride through the South to demand voting rights for Blacks. Today, their successors have been compelled to do it again.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Court vs. Farmworkers May Foreshadow Court vs. All Workers
This week’s ruling by the six Republican justices echoes the pre–New Deal rulings of a social Darwinist bench.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Why Justice Breyer Will Resign at the End of This Court Term
Despite a lot of words about not politicizing the Court, he will do the right thing—and his former clerk is likely to take his seat.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court Is Closer to a 9-0 Corporatist Supermajority Than a 3-3-3 Split
No amount of regrouping can obviate the need for Supreme Court reform.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Unleash the Existing Anti-Monopoly Arsenal
Corporate power can be neutralized if federal agencies simply used the prodigious authority they’ve been granted.
Posted inTAP
Time to Ban Private Cryptocurrencies
Today on TAP: The libertarian crypto fantasy has backfired
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Former Corporate Lawyer Set to Lead Army Corps of Engineers as Planet Sizzles
Michael Connor of WilmerHale has been appointed to run a surprisingly important agency in efforts to mitigate the climate crisis.
Posted inPolitics
Senate Democrat Blocks Military Sexual Assault Bill
The bill’s filibuster-proof. But Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Jack Reed is blocking a vote.
