Today on TAP: Consider two pending cases, on Biden’s student debt relief plan and the CFPB.
Law & Justice
Posted inLaw and Justice
Defense Denied
Many poor Texans are being shortchanged on their right to be represented by a defense attorney in cases with potentially life-changing consequences.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Federal Court Tells Starbucks to Stop Illegal Union-Busting
A judge issues an all-too-rare injunction that might just revive the baristas’ organizing.
Posted inLaw and Justice
One Liberal Senator Fights Back Against Judicial Tyranny
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) has had it with a feral Trump judge.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court Lets Domestic Abusers Have Their Guns
Last June’s Court ruling is being used to strike down state laws keeping guns out of the hands of “credible threats” to women and children.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
How Los Angeles Tenants Beat the Landlords—for Now
The rise of a renters’ movement and their electoral victories last November have reshaped some fundamental city policies.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Border Patrol’s Power Grab
The agency seeks more authority from the legislature to nab trespassers and others in Texas.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Difference Between Expertise and Marketing
Attacks on aggressive antitrust enforcement from ‘fellow Democrats’ who work for monopolists should be seen for what they are.
Posted inTAP
Attacking the ‘You Are the Product’ Economy
Today on TAP: The FTC takes action against GoodRx for sharing personal health data with advertisers.
Posted inAmerica and the World
How Biden Can End Secretive Corporate Tribunals
The president has promised not to put anti-democratic investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms in future trade deals. But they are still in many existing ones.
