Today on TAP: The Court uses a backdoor procedure to allow Trump to get rid of civil service employees at will.
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Requiem for the Wagner Act
Signed into law 90 years ago, labor’s onetime ‘magna carta’ is now a very dead letter.
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Trump’s Ultimate Cure for an Unpopular Budget Bill
Today on TAP: Republicans are worried that voters will punish them in 2026. What if voters can’t?
Posted inPolitics
Social Security Offices Brace for Birthright Ruling Fallout
The besieged agency cannot even handle its current workload. After last week’s Supreme Court ruling, workers expect millions more people seeking help.
Posted inPolitics
Supreme Contempt for the Constitution
As Trump moves toward outright dictatorship, the Roberts Court keeps enabling him.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Assault on Trans Rights
On our live show, Ryan Cooper and Evan Urquhart dig into the recent transphobic Supreme Court decision, and how The New York Times enabled it.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Not Only a Threat to Trans Rights
The Supreme Court rules against health care access for trans youth. Don’t count on other sex-based rulings to stand either.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Does the Supreme Court Really Believe in the Constitution?
States are supposed to lose representatives in the House if they infringe on voting rights. So far the Court has ignored that part of the 14th Amendment.
Posted inPolitics
DOGE Wants to Make Your Baby’s Crib Unsafe
Three Democratic commissioners have been fired from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Trump’s team has its eye on dismantling the agency entirely.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Supreme Court: Agency Deference Is Good Now
Less than a year after ending the latitude federal agencies were previously given by courts to implement laws, the Court’s conservatives brought it back for infrastructure approvals.