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Justice Jackson is preparing a path forward. Also: The FBI has crime statistics — sort of. Texas is set to kill a man tonight. And Radley Balko shares the story of Charlie Vaughn.
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At 10 a.m. Monday, the Supreme Court justices return to the bench. Be warned.
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President Biden issued a mass pardon for marijuana possession convictions. A great step, the action nonetheless excludes undocumented immigrants and highlights the key role of states in the drug war.
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In which Law Dork heads over to The New York Times for a Monday morning essay about the negative consequences even when election-denying candidates lose.
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Whether it be religious claims, Texas laws, or classified documents kept at Mar-a-Lago long after Trump's presidency ended, Trump's judicial appointees…
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Ron DeSantis is a problem. The media is already treating him like just another (possible) presidential candidate. We've been here before. It didn't end…
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The chief justice is now interested in "moving forward." But Roberts earlier explained that the court was ignoring a "fundamental principle" in Dobbs …
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Far-right US District Judge Reed O'Connor ruled that requiring employers with religious objections to include the HIV-prevention drug in their insurance…
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Trump got what he asked for and more — the appointment of a special master and an order that DOJ put part of its criminal investigation on hold.
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Book-banning, an Alaska Democrat heading to Congress, Trump in disarray, Michigan Republicans' anti-democracy and anti-abortion move, and a Georgia…
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Trump is fighting the Mar-a-Lago search, while DeSantis is fighting to remove elected Democrats from office.
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