No Self-Respecting Lawyer Should Touch Trump’s Election-Fraud Claims
The president may not have to worry about keeping a job after January 20, 2021, but the attorneys doing his bidding at the moment certainly do.
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Trump Needs Three Consecutive Hail Mary Passes
The president’s litigation strategy is unlikely to succeed, but it’s doing great harm in the meantime.
The Fallout of a SCOTUS Health-Care Decision Could Be Quick, Devastating, and Irreversible
Millions of Americans could lose their insurance—and neither Joe Biden nor the states will be in a good position to do much about it.
Trump’s Lawsuits Are Politics Disguised as a Legal Strategy
His bald complaints are not viable legal claims—and the courts won’t save him.
Nothing Changes at the Stroke of Midnight Tonight
Counting ballots takes time—and the process isn’t required to arbitrarily stop at the end of Election Day.
‘America Is a Republic, Not a Democracy’ Is a Dangerous—And Wrong—Argument
Enabling sustained minority rule at the national level is not a feature of our constitutional design, but a perversion of it.
How the Court Inverted Constitutional Protections Against Discrimination
What was once constitutionally prohibited is now constitutionally required.
‘Religious Equality’ Is Transforming American Law
The idea that people of faith must be protected from discrimination—even when that means they themselves will discriminate against others—is gaining traction in the courts.
The Transition Is Already Happening (And It’s Going Fine So Far)
Even if Trump were resolved to thwart a smooth transition, much of the process lies entirely outside his control.
Amy Coney Barrett’s Judicial Philosophy Doesn’t Hold Up to Scrutiny
The Constitution should be the sturdy vessel of our ideals and aspirations, not a derelict sailing ship locked in the ice of a world far from our own.