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Who Was the First Chief Justice of the United States?

yesterday 6

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Ray Hamel

Republicans Should Cool It With One of Their Major Takeaways From the Election

Tweet Share Share Comment Since winning the presidential election two weeks ago, President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a handful of the most...

yesterday 5

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Jim Newell

I’m a Historian of Public Education. Trust Me, You Don’t Want Schools to Go Back to the Founding Era.

Tweet Share Share Comment What will Trump 2.0 mean for education? His supporters have promised to return America’s public schools to the vision of...

yesterday 10

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Adam Laats

Whew, That’s a Lot of Smoke Around Matt Gaetz Already

Tweet Share Share Comment Since we wrote last week that Donald Trump seems to have homed in on “having been on TV” as the main qualification...

yesterday 0

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Ben Mathis-Lilley

The Danger of Making the Matt Gaetz Nomination About Sexual Misconduct

Tweet Share Share Comment Coverage of President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general has concentrated largely on...

yesterday 0

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Frank Bowman

What Happens to Sexual Assault Survivors if Matt Gaetz Runs the DOJ

Tweet Share Share Comment Here we go again. If you’re experiencing alarming levels of déjà vu this week with the debate over Matt Gaetz’s...

yesterday 0

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Dahlia Lithwick

Two Separate Shaken Baby Cases in Texas Expose the Death Penalty as a Farce

Tweet Share Share Comment Two Texas death cases made headlines last week; both involved a parent who was convicted of killing their 2-year old...

yesterday 0

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Austin Sarat

Why Are Democrats Supporting a Bill That Would Give Trump More Power to Punish His Critics?

Tweet Share Share Comment President-elect Donald Trump should be expected to try to crack down on civil society in his second term. He has promised...

yesterday 0

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Emily Tamkin

This Election’s Surprising Bright Spot for Progressives Is a Very Big Deal

Tweet Share Share Comment The 2024 election marked a painful setback for Democratic hopes of rebalancing the federal judiciary: When Donald Trump...

previous day 20

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Mark Joseph Stern

Which French Artist Worked as a Stockbroker Until the Paris Stock market crashed in 1882?

previous day 4

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Ray Hamel

Which Word Describes the Appearance of a Person Called a Tatterdemalion?

monday 20

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Ray Hamel

The Resistance Will Look Different This Time Around. That’s OK.

Tweet Share Share Comment When Donald Trump was elected in 2016, an angry opposition immediately rose to meet him. News outlets, including Slate,...

monday 20

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Christina Cauterucci

The Rise of the Free Speech Bro

Tweet Share Share Comment As President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet takes shape, Trump has shown a preference for a very clear type: the free...

monday 30

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Dahlia Lithwick

Biden Is Making a Big Change to Ukraine Strategy Before Trump Takes Office. That’s No Accident.

Tweet Share Share Comment In a reversal of a controversial long-held policy, President Joe Biden decided last week to let Ukraine fire...

monday 6

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Fred Kaplan

The Disturbing Reason Senate Republicans Might Greenlight All of Trump’s Nominees

Tweet Share Share Comment Just days after he won reelection, Donald Trump began rolling out his Cabinet picks, the people who’ll run the machinery...

16.11.2024 10

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Dahlia Lithwick And Mark Joseph Stern

The Trump Cabinet Pick That Out-Shocks All the Rest

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, Slate’s politics newsletter and market tip sheet. What’re we buying shares of this week? Tetanus....

16.11.2024 2

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Jim Newell

Why the Senate Will Absolutely Confirm Matt Gaetz

Tweet Share Share Comment We are now engaged in what we in the press like to call a spirited debate about the confirmation prospects of one Matt...

15.11.2024 80

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Dahlia Lithwick

Trump’s Cabinet Picks Are the Israeli Settler Movement’s Dream Come True

Tweet Share Share Comment Of all the people in the United States, the president-elect has settled on Mike Huckabee as his nominee for ambassador to...

15.11.2024 10

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Emily Tamkin

The Newly Revived Zombie Laws Threatening to Lock Up Women When They Miscarry

Tweet Share Share Comment Last week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of a pair of cases that will determine access to...

15.11.2024 4

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Mary Ziegler

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