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Supreme Court allows candidate challenges to state ballot-counting rules
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the court's opinion, allowing the challenge to “Illinois’s procedure for counting mail-in ballots received after…
Jan 14
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Kelly sues Hegseth over censure for lawmakers' video about troops' duty to refuse illegal orders
The Arizona senator is seeking an order by Friday blocking the Defense Department's efforts. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
Jan 12
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Following Wednesday's ICE killing, D.C. residents take to the streets, chanting "ICE out now"
A protest at 14 and U streets in Washington, D.C., stopped traffic for roughly an hour on the evening after an ICE agent killed Renee Nicole Good in…
Jan 9
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An ICE agent killed Renee Nicole Good. Judge Sara Ellis all but told us today would happen.
"[A]gents have used excessive force … without justification, often without warning, and even at those who had begun to comply with agents’ orders…
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Five years later, as Trump's lies continue, the danger of the January 6 insurrection remains
An offensive White House web site of lies is an apt anniversary marker — not just of where Trump is but of where the many institutional failures to stop…
Jan 6
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A new, old type of lawlessness as Trump attacks Venezuela — and an opening for a better America
The legal discussion is dark in the wake of the U.S. military taking Nicolás Maduro to the U.S. The path America is on today, however, is not where we…
Jan 4
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The latest effort to hold Gregory Bovino accountable for his disregard of the rule of law
The Border Patrol official is the subject of a sanctions request in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's criminal case in Tennessee.
Jan 2
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Four key lessons that we can and must take out of 2025
It was a long and difficult year as President Donald Trump and his administration sought to push America into authoritarianism. But, they are losing …
Dec 31, 2025
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California case over trans students' privacy rights heads to appeals court
An administrative stay on Friday blocked a district court ruling that would upend state protections. Also: Law Dork 2025 thoughts. And, for paid…
Dec 29, 2025
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Zero minutes, or journalism on the chopping block at CBS News
Bari Weiss's CBS News makes a last-minute decision to pull a 60 Minutes CECOT report. Also: The latest on the National Guard. And, for paid subscribers…
Dec 22, 2025
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100 days of Kavanaugh stops and the justices who silently allowed them — and a bill to change that
The Shadow Docket Sunlight Act is being introduced on Wednesday. And, Justice Kavanaugh still isn't saying if he's having second thoughts on his…
Dec 17, 2025
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Florida's year of executions masks broader discontent with the death penalty
Beneath an alarming number of executions in 2025, there are signs of continued growing opposition. Also: USA Today's ICE propaganda. And, for paid…
Dec 16, 2025
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