We can expect the courts to foil Trump’s scheme to have the Postal Service block mail ballots—but it will be a close call.
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Will the Republican Justices OK Trump’s Efforts to Winnow the Midterm Electorate?
Yesterday’s ruling doesn’t foretell where they’ll go, but their Republican bias is an established fact.
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Two Rulings That Are Impossible to Reconcile
If you believe that presidents get to fire executive branch appointees, there is no logical way for that to only be inapplicable for the Federal Reserve.
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Courts Keep Blocking Trump’s Moves Against the Right to Vote
We are protected not only by Congress’s rejection of the SAVE America Act. Courts are distinctly unsympathetic to Trump’s attempted takeover of elections via executive order.
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Trump Goes Postal
The latest scheme to use the Postal Service to block mail ballots and take over elections
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The Right Voting Reforms—and the Wrong Ones
Insurgents are defeating establishment candidates across the country. But bad election laws and Trumpian interventions could frustrate these trends.
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The Real Reason to Worry About the Midterm Elections
Some worry about a November Trump coup. That’s far-fetched, but the ordinary forms of voter suppression are the greater concern.
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Judge the Actually Existing Trump Economy, Not the Theory
Equity stakes, loophole closures, and protecting domestic industries might make sense in someone else’s hands. Not from a president with no strategy or plan.
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How Trump Can Cause a Cargo Crunch
Today on TAP: Trump’s tariffs are messing with production arrangements in ways that are only beginning to reverberate.
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The Coup Has Failed
Trump’s falling approval ratings reveal an out-of-touch presidency, and have given space for allies to turn against him.