The instinct to punish judges for an unpopular or mistaken decision is alive and well and imperiling judicial independence.
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The Press Is Wrong on Masterpiece Cakeshop. The Baker Lost.
Bakery owner Jack Phillips got the decision he wanted, but the next time he turns away a same-sex couple, he will lose his case.
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Why the Mueller Investigation Is Constitutional
Contrary to criticism by the chairman of the Federalist Society, the special counsel’s work is firmly grounded in precedent.
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Did the Supreme Court Just Gut the New Deal?
Monday’s ruling banning employee class-action suits could open the door to destroying non-union workers’ rights.
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Can American Democracy Withstand the Trumpian Barrage?
Caught between alarm and cautious optimism, current and former officials, judges, and members of the news media analyzed the Trump presidency at a recent Georgetown University Law Center forum.
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Those Gig Drivers Aren’t Independent Contractors — They’re Employees
A new California Supreme Court ruling imperils the Uber model of exploitation.
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Trump Trashes the Constitution. So Where Are the Lawyers?
Bar associations condemned Nixon during Watergate. Why are those organizations silent today?
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Trump’s Impotent Rage
The window for firing Rosenstein or Mueller, and getting away with it, has closed.
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Worried About the FBI? No.
The night after the news broke about the FBI collecting material from Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s office and hotel room, a friend who is a prominent social scientist and a persistent liberal, asked me: Do you have any qualms about the FBI poring through a lawyer’s files? My honest, spontaneous answer was: No. On hearing […]
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Maryland Bills Mandate Better Health Care for Pregnant Inmates
Last week, the Maryland General Assembly approved a bill that would require all state correctional facilities to have written medical-care policies for incarcerated pregnant women—the first of its kind in the country, according to NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland. Under the new legislation, which goes into effect in October, all facilities must submit to a legislative commission—and, […]
