The legal miasma promises to set the tone for the rest of the country’s midterm legal dramas.
Supreme Court
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Q&A: Preventing a Trump Election Coup
A conversation with retired federal judge Nancy Gertner
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Trump, Election Theft, and the Courts
It looks like the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, are unsympathetic to Trump’s schemes to steal the election.
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A Casualty of a Cruel Immigration Policy
Pierre Damas Bel, 20, died by suicide after being fitted with a tracking device by ICE. ‘That ankle monitor is what killed him,’ a family friend said.
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Trump Weaponizes the IRS Against Liberal Nonprofits
He may not succeed in stripping their tax exemptions, but the scheme could well intimidate big foundations.
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The Battle Over Mail-In Ballots
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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Here Are the States Deciding Whether You Can Get an Abortion
This fall, several states will vote to enshrine abortion access, while one asks voters to weigh in on the issue a second time.
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Trump Wants Black People Barred From Med School
By targeting medical schools for prioritizing diversity, the Trump administration insists on a century-old belief that Black people are unequipped to practice medicine.
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Right-Wing Activists Co-opt Environmental Laws to Fight ‘Abortion Pollution’
In their zeal to create a de facto national abortion ban, anti–abortion rights groups are claiming that medications like mifepristone poison the water supply.