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By the People

By the People

It has often occurred to me that if you were a visiting alien—or even, say, a visiting Norwegian—it might strike you as profoundly odd that many,...

20.07.2026 7

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Dahlia Lithwick

The Supreme Court Has Gone Off the Rails. There’s Actually a Fix. We Just Have to Go Through With It.

The Supreme Court Has Gone Off the Rails. There’s Actually a Fix. We Just Have to Go Through With It.

This is part of Amicus and Slate’s “By the People” series, which explores how the American people can reclaim the Constitution—and the...

20.07.2026 20

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Dahlia Lithwick

By the People

By the People

It has often occurred to me that if you were a visiting alien—or even, say, a visiting Norwegian—it might strike you as profoundly odd that many,...

18.07.2026 10

Slate

Dahlia Lithwick

Republicans Have the Chance to Do the Funniest Thing Ever With Todd Blanche’s Nomination

It now seems as if acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is prepared to do pretty much anything for Donald Trump, having carried that ethos from his...

09.06.2026 10

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Dahlia Lithwick

Pam Bondi’s Epstein Testimony Exposed the Whole Game

13.02.2026 4500

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Dahlia Lithwick

The Little-Discussed Reason Brett Kavanaugh Is Comfortable Greenlighting Racial Profiling

16.09.2025 10

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Dahlia Lithwick

The “Beautification” of D.C. Has a Real Dark Side

30.08.2025 30

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Dahlia Lithwick

The True Purpose of Stephen Miller’s Reign of Terror

21.07.2025 10

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Dahlia Lithwick

This Is the Most Inspiring Thing I’ve Heard About Democracy at the Supreme Court in Ages

15.07.2025 20

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Dahlia Lithwick

The Supreme Court’s Liberals Have an Impossible Task. One of Them Is Charting the Way.

09.07.2025 30

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Dahlia Lithwick

The Biggest Sign That Trump May Already Be an Elected Autocrat

21.05.2025 10

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Dahlia Lithwick