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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

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Who will stop Trump and Elon Musk from dismantling the US government?

Trump and Musk are playing fast and loose with presidential and constitutional norms.

18.02.2025 10

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Trump DOJ forces a Bloody Thursday to save Eric Adams’s bacon

The decision by Justice to dismiss the case had nothing to do with the facts or the law, but was based wholly on political considerations.

15.02.2025 20

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s nitwitted Gaza plan

Let’s move the 2 million permanently out of Gaza. But where? And how? And who will take them? Unclear.

10.02.2025 30

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Kennedy, Patel and Gabbard: Trump’s terrifying troika

Frankly, I am frightened.

04.02.2025 10

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

At sentencing, Trump lied and got less than a slap on the wrist

Trump’s statements at the hearing were riddled with lies and irrelevancies. His only bit of remorse was saying that “this has been a very terrible...

13.01.2025 2

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

No one is above the law — except Trump

By artifice, luck, disinformation and extraordinary political success, Trump has shown that the only verdict that counts is in the court of public...

07.01.2025 4

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Farewell to a bad year

The unexpected happened at home and abroad, auguring a new year of chaos and civil unrest.

03.01.2025 4

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Live updates: GOP battles over funding bill, Social Security

Congressional leaders struck a bipartisan deal Tuesday to keep the government funded, kicking the deadline from Friday to March 14. The 1,500-page...

18.12.2024 4

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Trump will turn America’s justice system into a tool of political revenge

Revenge prosecutions had always been alien to our laws and our way of life. No longer.

18.12.2024 10

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

The clock is running out on TikTok in the US

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a law requiring TikTok to divest its Chinese ownership if it wants to keep operating,...

10.12.2024 3

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Martial law briefly came to South Korea. Could it happen here?

Is South Korea’s legislative rejection of an autocratic president’s declaration of martial law a one-off — or an object lesson for President-elect...

06.12.2024 4

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Kash Patel, Trump’s latest nominee, is just another toady

It is a given that Patel as FBI director would not act independently of the president.

02.12.2024 3

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Russell Vought is just the man to implement Trump’s autocratic vision

Even conservative senators should find Vought problematic.

26.11.2024 3

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Who will stand up to Trump’s unqualified nominees?

Trump has appointed people to his cabinet whose cardinal virtue appears to be loyalty to him — not to the Constitution.

21.11.2024 2

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Moldova just rejected Putin and chose a future with the West. What did America just choose?

If Trump allows Putin to succeed with his move on Ukraine, the next tempting morsel on his plate may be the tiny Republic of Moldova.

06.11.2024 3

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Don’t let Trump drag America ‘back to before’

Some might be excused for being fooled by Trump in 2016, but they will not be fooled again.

05.11.2024 4

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

The Supreme Court seems inclined to let Richard Glossip be executed

It had emerged in 2022 that a key item of exculpatory evidence had not been turned over to the defense.

13.10.2024 7

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Has Jack Smith botched the Trump indictments?

Smith could have waited a month. There was no hurry.

07.10.2024 2

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Mayor Adams’s Turkish delights

Adams loved to live high on the hog, particularly at the expense of others.

03.10.2024 2

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Harris needs to take off the gloves

I can’t bear to say this, but Kamala Harris, while ahead by a whisker, could lose if Trump succeeds in bringing new likely voters into the...

28.09.2024 2

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

The supremely partisan court of Chief Justice Roberts

The Supreme Court has become a political clubhouse, consumed with optics, log-rolling and media leaks.

20.09.2024 2

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

In last week's debate, Trump showed his true character

Nothing could erase the overwhelming impression that Harris is a normal reasonable candidate, and that Trump is by any metric so bereft of...

17.09.2024 10

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Harris cleaned Trump’s clock

Like the seasoned lawyer that she is, Kamala Harris took on Donald Trump point by point, with prosecutorial efficiency, and achieved her two...

11.09.2024 10

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

The special counsel’s superseding indictment of Trump likely won’t pass muster

While I admire Smith’s deft attempt to maneuver his way through the labyrinth of Supreme Court verbiage and prosecute Trump for those elements of...

05.09.2024 2

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Will Trump avoid prison because of prosecutorial blunders?

It is not just the Supreme Court that has failed to hold Trump accountable, it is the prosecutors charged with enforcing the rule of law.

27.08.2024 10

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Why the Supreme Court punted on regulating social media

When it comes to politically charged issues, the partisan, sharply divided Supreme Court justices rarely agree on anything. But they did agree last...

20.08.2024 9

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Harris rally crowds should not be chanting ‘lock him up’

I am no fan of Donald Trump. I am no fan of vigilante justice either.

13.08.2024 2

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Judging Biden’s Supreme Court reform plan

The Supreme Court needs reform if it is ever to regain public confidence.

01.08.2024 1

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor

Trump, long comfortable with political violence, becomes another victim

What has become of America?

15.07.2024 1

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James D. Zirin, Opinion Contributor