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Posted inWorking in America
The Musk-Bezos War on Collective Bargaining
When Biden’s NLRB began to restore workers’ rights, the world’s richest men moved to shut down the NLRB altogether.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Illegal Executive Spending Decisions Are Happening Now
With the rightful concern about collapsing the U.S. payment system, we’ve lost sight of the illegality happening in real time: presidential impoundment of funds for disfavored causes.
Posted inPolitics
Will the Republic Strike Back?
The attempted hostile takeover of the U.S. government by Trump and Musk is beginning to hit a wall. Let’s see if the wall holds.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Trump Administration Will Truly Test the Supreme Court
Trump has already flouted a SCOTUS order with impunity. Where does this end?
Posted inTAP
Can We Count on the Supreme Court?
Today on TAP: That will depend on whether two justices, Chief John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett, are offended by a whole new level of dictatorial overreach.
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Most Lawless Action Yet
Pausing funds appropriated by Congress is a deliberate taunt to draw a legal challenge that the White House’s most radical architects think will give them unilateral spending power.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The End of Birthright Citizenship?
Trump’s order is unlawful and unconstitutional under current law, but that’s not the point.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Will the Courts Enforce the Constitution Against President Trump?
If they don’t, the checks and balances that have defined our government since its inception will give way to one-man authoritarian rule.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Socialism, Propaganda, and Crypto Scams
Our managing editor lays out his best work of 2024.