How to Actually Prosecute the Financial Crimes of the Very Rich
I quit the DOJ because I no longer wanted to participate in a system this permissive.
The Battle For The Constitution
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The War on Trans Kids Is Totally Unconstitutional
States do not have a defensible reason for denying children recommended medical care.
The Man Who Should Be Merrick Garland’s Role Model
The new attorney general has inherited a department plagued by scandal, just as Edward Levi did in 1975.
Ban Him Forever
To send the right message, Donald Trump’s removal from Facebook must be permanent.
Don’t Fall for the D.C. Retrocession ‘Okey-Doke’
Retrocession is being used to derail what Washingtonians actually want: statehood.
The Year That Changed Everything
Criticizing the Founders is in vogue these days, but what they did was extraordinary.
The Chauvin Trial’s Jury Wasn’t Like Other Juries
Its guilty verdict resulted not just from the strength of the evidence, but from a jury-selection process that departed from American norms.
The Two Memos With Enormous Constitutional Consequences
What’s astonishing is that presidential criminal immunity has no grounding in actual law. It’s not in the Constitution or any federal statute, regulation, or judicial decision. It is not law at all.
How to Stop the Minority-Rule Doom Loop
The next two years might be America’s last chance to protect the basic democratic principle of majority rule.
Trump’s Power Won’t Peak for Another 20 Years
By the early 2040s, Trump-appointed chief judges will simultaneously sit atop nearly every appeals court in the country.