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Todd Blanche should not be attorney general. That won't likely stop Republican senators.
Also: The Trump administration is taking on law enforcement — to try and protect semi-automatic guns. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
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Federal judge finds Trump's IRS case and "settlement" was "improper," sanctions lawyers
Judge Williams: "[T]his was an attempt to use the Court to provide some legitimacy to an agreement to confer immunity to people and entities affiliated…
Jul 13
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Two-hundred-and-fifty years in, Justice Jackson is doing the work that is needed from our leaders
The United States needs leaders willing to speak forthrightly about our past and ambitiously about our future in order to make it through the…
Jul 4
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Does DOJ even know how to issue subpoenas for a proper purpose these days?
Judge Patrick Schiltz quashed federal grand jury subpoenas issued against Minnesota officials. The move echoes the quashed Federal Reserve and trans…
Jun 22
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As the Trump admin begins a new prosecution in Minnesota, the "Broadview Six" fallout continues
Fifteen people were charged Tuesday as part of the Trump admin's effort to go after its “antifa” boogeyman. Also: The "Broadview Six" aren't going away.
Jun 17
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What's left from SCOTUS, and when to expect it
There are still 20 argued cases awaiting action, with 19 opinions expected. Also: Talking with TPM about Trump's anti-trans attacks. And, for paid…
Jun 14
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The Kennedy Center is a reminder that we can win, it will be messy, and Trump will be petty
The illegal effort to put Donald Trump's name on the Kennedy Center has always been a metaphor — but, this weekend, it became a story of how we get…
Jun 14
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The Supreme Court's Republican appointees end civil rights redistricting protections
The majority invoked “our colorblind Constitution” to expand and transform April's Callais decision. Sotomayor, in dissent, highlighted the "grave…
Jun 3
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SPLC seeks dismissal of charges, citing Trump admin's "vindictive motive to punish the SPLC"
The motion highlights other cases either dismissed by courts or by the Trump administration itself in the wake of other vindictive prosecution claims.
May 27
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Read Trump's "settlement" with the Trump admin to create a nearly $2 billion slush fund that Trump ultimately controls
Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward and Frank Bisignano, the chief executive officer of the I.R.S., signed Monday's “settlement agreement.”
May 19
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SCOTUS majority gives Alabama GOP a chance to use a map already found to be unconstitutional
Justice Sotomayor, for the three Dem appointees, noted in dissent that the majority acted "without regard for the confusion that will surely ensue." The…
May 12
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The many problems with and caused by Monday's Supreme Court voting-case order
The rush to act in the wake of last week's Voting Rights Act decision has meant stretching, if not ignoring, the ordinary rules. And, for paid…
May 5
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