How Justice Kagan’s invocation of the plain language of the law has come under attack
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Trump’s Bank Regulators Open the Door to More Predatory Lending
A new proposed rule would allow ‘rent-a-bank’ schemes that could permit unlimited interest rates on loans as long as they come via a chartered bank.
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Why Are ‘Liberal Democrats’ Leading the Constitutional Campaign Against the Wealth Tax?
Recent critiques of the proposed levies hinge on breathing new life into the Constitutional Convention’s infamous compromise with slavery.
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The Conservative Legal Community Is Grasping at Straws to Defend Donald Trump
An article from Federalist Society board chair Steven Calabresi misapplies constitutional amendments about jury trials to the impeachment inquiry.
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Libel and the Presidency
ABC News Chief Legal Affairs Anchor Dan Abrams discusses his new book ‘Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense: The Courtroom Battle to Save His Legacy’ and how it resonates today.
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Should the Supreme Court Be Reformed?
Five possibilities for strengthening the Court and rebuilding public trust
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Ridiculous D.C. Invite of the Week: Verizon’s Criminal Justice Forum
Introducing our series on how Washington works.
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Supreme Court Considers Civil Rights Statutes as Tool to Protect LGBT Workers Against Job Discrimination
When it comes to LGBT workplace rights, the justices will rule on whether the landmark 1964 statute means what it says and says what it means.
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Official Secrets: A Conversation With Director Gavin Hood
The story of Katharine Gun, a whistle-blower who exposed NSA spying in the lead-up to the Iraq War, gets the Hollywood treatment.
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Uber Goes Back to Basics: Violating the Law
By announcing it would not comply with a California law reclassifying its workers as employees, Uber is returning to the company’s time-honored tradition as a scofflaw.