Jurisprudence

The Latest Ruling Against Obamacare Is a Bridge Too Far—Even for SCOTUS

Dec. 17 2018 10:55 AMFailure to Prosecute AMI Is the Latest Example of DOJ’s Reluctance to Go After Large CorporationsLiam Brennan

Dec. 13 2018 5:13 PMAMI’s Immunity Deal Is a Disaster for Donald TrumpThere’s only one big target left for prosecutors.Michael Stern

Dec. 13 2018 11:53 AMEverything Trump Did Before Entering Office That Could Justify ImpeachmentFrank Bowman

Dec. 11 2018 6:38 PMThe Single Fatal Flaw in the Legal Argument Against Indicting a Sitting PresidentShould a president be above the law because of the statute of limitations?Jed Handelsman Shugerman

Dec. 11 2018 2:36 PMThe Electric Chair Is Back and the Death Penalty Is on Life SupportAustin Sarat

Dec. 10 2018 6:14 PMEven if Trump Tries to Fire Mueller, He Can’t Fire the Grand JuryPeter M. Shane

Dec. 10 2018 3:52 PMFlorida Is Just a StartHow the rest of the country can take the Sunshine State’s lead and embrace second-chance criminal justice reform.Robert Rooks

Dec. 10 2018 10:16 AMMueller Can Take Better Care of Cooperating Witnesses Than Trump CanMary Shannon Little

Dec. 8 2018 1:15 PMThe Reason Prosecutors Hammered Michael Cohen Despite His Cooperation With Robert MuellerFrank Bowman

Dec. 7 2018 3:37 PMWilliam Barr Is Jeff Sessions Without the BaggageMark Joseph Stern

Dec. 6 2018 6:24 PMGinsburg and Gorsuch Demolished a Terrible Double Jeopardy Loophole, but That Won’t Be Enough for SCOTUS to Overrule ItMark Joseph Stern

Dec. 4 2018 7:00 PMMatthew Whitaker Hasn’t Obstructed Mueller Yet. Maybe He Remembers What Happened to Nixon’s Crooked Lawyers.Jed Handelsman Shugerman

Dec. 4 2018 2:54 PMTrump Is Even Worse at Enforcing White-Collar Crimes Than George W. Bush WasTerri Gerstein

Dec. 1 2018 5:45 PMThis Was the Week the Mueller Probe Switched From “What If” to “What Else”Real-world conspiracies don’t unravel neatly. But this is a week we’ll look back on.Dahlia Lithwick

Nov. 30 2018 3:12 PMHow Devin Nunes Helped Robert MuellerThe House Intelligence Committee chair may have unintentionally assisted the special counsel in building cases against Trump associates.David R. Lurie

Dec. 13 2018 6:19 PMNew Jersey Democrats’ Diabolical Gerrymandering Scheme Is an Affront to DemocracyMark Joseph Stern

Dec. 13 2018 12:29 PMI Worked in a U.S. Embassy and Saw How the Travel Ban Set the Stage for Family SeparationI am terrified of what immigration policies Trump is planning next.

Dec. 12 2018 4:01 PMFive Years Since It Was First Introduced, It’s Time to Renew the New Family Leave ActTerri Gerstein

Dec. 11 2018 5:35 PMTrump Is Trying to Use Credit Scores to Keep Immigrants Out of the U.S.This approach is as racially biased as it is absurd.Amy Traub

Dec. 11 2018 2:36 PMTrump Keeps Saying “No Collusion” Because He Doesn’t Understand CollusionTo be fair to the president, almost no one does.Dahlia Lithwick

Dec. 10 2018 4:10 PMA Conservative Judge Torched Donald Trump’s Latest Illegal Assault on ImmigrantsMark Joseph Stern

Dec. 10 2018 2:38 PMTrump’s “Obama Did It Too” Legal Defense Does Not Hold an Ounce of WaterRichard L. Hasen

Dec. 8 2018 6:31 PMEight Takeaways From the Mueller and SDNY Filings Against Michael CohenThese documents appear loaded with intention.Ryan Goodman and Andy Wright

Dec. 7 2018 5:13 PMThe GOP Is Using Republican Election Fraud to Try to Punish DemocratsRichard L. Hasen

Dec. 6 2018 7:29 PMRobert Mueller’s Bigger Collusion Picture Is Starting to EmergeJohn Reed

Dec. 6 2018 12:37 PMTwo Top Conservative Judges Offer Plan to End Discovery for Most LitigantsTerri Gerstein

Dec. 4 2018 3:40 PMAmerica’s Leading Reform-Minded District Attorney Has Taken His Most Radical Step YetMaura Ewing

Dec. 3 2018 5:20 PMWisconsin Republicans Are Mounting a North Carolina–Style Assault on DemocracyMark Joseph Stern

Nov. 30 2018 3:53 PMNYPD Has Been Quietly Revamping How It Treats Crime Victims. The Results Are Impressive.Mark Obbie

Nov. 29 2018 5:58 PMIt Looks Like Another Black Man With a Gun Was Killed by Police After Trying to HelpCynthia Lee