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19 days ago

In a court of law, tech titans will be judged not for who they are, but what they do. We should take comfort in that

Jury verdicts are meant to speak the truth, and today’s verdict in a California cou…

38 days ago

The administration has been accused of failing to comply with hundreds of orders. The courts must not be paper tigers

Late last month, a Minnesota federal court judge, Patrick Schiltz, issued an opini…

81 days ago

Trump’s remarks and Project 2025’s proposals have made the plan clear. Democrats must focus on stopping it

Last week, during an Oval Office Interview with Reuters, Donald Trump touted his accomplishme…

90 days ago

The inquiry into the Federal Reserve chair sends a message to anyone standing in Trump’s way – including the supreme court

News that Donald Trump’s justice department has launched an investigation of …

3 months ago

Trump is marching into 2026 with the worst cabinet in history | Austin Sarat ⊖⊖

From RFK Jr to Pete Hegseth, the president’s top aides have been disastrous. We shouldn’t be surprised

As 2024 ended and Donald Trump’s cabinet picks were rolled out, commentators scrambled to decide …

Trump’s approach to Venezuela repeats the mistakes of the past | Austin Sarat

Congress must work to stop the president from leading us further into a South American quagmire

Donald Trump seems determined to have a military confrontation with Venezuela. He has deployed a massive…

6 months ago

The court’s opinion in a case on immigrants’ right to free speech is a powerful lesson in civics

Democracy requires that we do more than look out for our own interests and defend our own rights. Ever…

When even Ben & Jerry’s can’t speak out, it’s clear: the era of corporate responsibility is over | Austin Sarat

Jerry himself has left the ice-cream company, alleging it had been silenced. He’s yet another casualty of corporate kowtowing

When the history of this era is written, there will be much to say about t…

7 months ago

The president’s unconstitutional vision would bring a racist practice back to a city that has banned it for decades

The District of Columbia carried out its last execution in 1957. That April, it put …

The deployment of the national guard in Washington ignores the data. But Democrats must not ignore how people feel

In most of America’s largest cities, crime, especially violent crime, is down. But th…

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