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Trump and Musk are playing fast and loose with presidential and constitutional norms.
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.
Let’s move the 2 million permanently out of Gaza. But where? And how? And who will take them? Unclear.
Frankly, I am frightened.
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...
By artifice, luck, disinformation and extraordinary political success, Trump has shown that the only verdict that counts is in the court of public...
The unexpected happened at home and abroad, auguring a new year of chaos and civil unrest.
Congressional leaders struck a bipartisan deal Tuesday to keep the government funded, kicking the deadline from Friday to March 14. The 1,500-page...
Revenge prosecutions had always been alien to our laws and our way of life. No longer.
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,...
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...
It is a given that Patel as FBI director would not act independently of the president.
Even conservative senators should find Vought problematic.
Trump has appointed people to his cabinet whose cardinal virtue appears to be loyalty to him — not to the Constitution.
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.
Some might be excused for being fooled by Trump in 2016, but they will not be fooled again.
It had emerged in 2022 that a key item of exculpatory evidence had not been turned over to the defense.
Smith could have waited a month. There was no hurry.
Adams loved to live high on the hog, particularly at the expense of others.
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...
The Supreme Court has become a political clubhouse, consumed with optics, log-rolling and media leaks.
Nothing could erase the overwhelming impression that Harris is a normal reasonable candidate, and that Trump is by any metric so bereft of...
Like the seasoned lawyer that she is, Kamala Harris took on Donald Trump point by point, with prosecutorial efficiency, and achieved her two...
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...
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.
When it comes to politically charged issues, the partisan, sharply divided Supreme Court justices rarely agree on anything. But they did agree last...
I am no fan of Donald Trump. I am no fan of vigilante justice either.
The Supreme Court needs reform if it is ever to regain public confidence.
What has become of America?