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Jamelle Bouie
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The Repercussions of Trump v. United States May Finally Be Hitting Justice Roberts
What is the chief justice getting at?
Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional
Where all this goes is still up to us.
If Trump Alone Can Fix It, What Is Elon Musk Doing?
The president is handing over the viability of his second term to a figure who is accountable to no one but himself.
Donald Trump Is Done With Checks and Balances
You aren’t just choosing a candidate. You’re choosing a theory of power.
What Is It That the Generals Are Telling Us About Trump?
Trump’s great accomplishment is to spread the dangerous lie that our problems can be blamed on the weakest and most vulnerable in our midst.
Why the Latest Court Reform Bill Matters
One senator’s vision for Supreme Court accountability.
Trump Can’t Get Himself Out of the Abortion Straitjacket
The former president has to answer for Dobbs. He can’t wriggle out of it.
John Roberts Makes His Bid for Infamy
The chief justice and his allies have rewritten the Constitution to make it say what they want it to say.
Your Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card Is Ready, Sir
The Nixonian theory of presidential power is now enshrined as constitutional law.
The Recording of Justice Alito Shows He’s Right About One Thing
There cannot be compromise on the question of American democracy.