Dahlia Lithwick
Politics
Donald Trump Wants an Etch A Sketch PresidencyUnfortunately for him, presidents don’t get to shake their past mistakes away.
Jurisprudence
Lawyers to the Rescue!Trump’s religious liberty executive order reads like it was lawyered to death.
Amicus
The Neutral Expert TranscriptRead what Slate’s Amicus podcast had to say about McWilliams v. Dunn and capital punishment trials.
Amicus
Amicus: The Myth of the Neutral ExpertIn the context of a capital trial, is there any such thing?
Supreme Court Dispatches
Back at the Supreme Court, After GarlandIt’s strange being back in this place, and stranger still to hear them debate lunacy.
Jurisprudence
Jeff Sessions Thinks Hawaii’s Not a Real State. We Shouldn’t Be Surprised.But we must maintain our outrage.
Politics
Hated in His Own HometownJury selection for Alex Jones’ custody battle reveals the pitfalls of being a conspiracy theorist while living in Austin, Texas.
Jurisprudence
Neil Gorsuch’s First Big TestWhich side will he come down on in an important religious liberty case?
Politics
Jared and Ivanka Are Not Good People. They Are Enablers.Also, there is no evidence that suggests they have ever actually done anything positive for the country.
Amicus
A Short History of Supreme Court Confirmation HearingsRead what Slate’s Amicus podcast asked legal scholar Lori Ringhand about the Senate’s role in approving judges.
Amicus
Amicus: When Prosecutors Keep MumDid eight men spend decades in prison for someone else’s crime? Plus, a history of confirmation hearings.
Jurisprudence
Airless. Insular. Clubby. Smug.How the grossness of the Gorsuch hearings made the Supreme Court nominee vulnerable to organized resistance.
Politics
“Donald Trump Is a Narcissistic Maniac”Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam on how he’ll stop the Trump administration from harming the commonwealth.
Jurisprudence
Trump Poisons His Own LawsThe latest oral arguments over the administration’s travel ban show how the president’s words and intentions taint his agenda and the lawyers who defend it.
The Slatest
Trump’s Executive Order on Churches Is a Nonsolution to a Nonproblem—With a Dangerous Side Effect
Jurisprudence
What Obama’s Former Ethics Counsel Thinks of TrumpSpoiler: He thinks Trump’s actions are illegal, and he’s suing him.
Jurisprudence
Trump Can’t Win His Battle Against the JudgesTry as he might to change the rules, his protests only fuel the fire.
Jurisprudence
Reality CheckAlex Jones’ trial isn’t legally significant. But it’s still culturally terrifying.
Amicus
The Playground of Liberty TranscriptRead what Slate’s Amicus podcast had to say about Trinity Lutheran v. Comer, an important church-state case at the Supreme Court.
Jurisprudence
Arkansas Should Not Be Allowed to Execute Prisoners for the Sake of ConvenienceThat their lethal injection supply is about to expire is the state’s problem, not the prisoners’.
Amicus
Amicus: Playground of LibertyAn important church-state case at the Supreme Court centers on tire scraps repurposed for kids’ play areas.
Jurisprudence
There Will Never Be a “Mainstream” Supreme Court JusticeThe nuclear option won’t change that.
Jurisprudence
Merrick Garland Isn’t the Only Reason the Democrats Should Filibuster GorsuchThe judge’s treatment of female, minority senators should also give lawmakers pause.
The Slatest
With Stunning Moral Clarity, Wallace Global Fund Fires Firm That Endorsed Donald Trump’s Kleptocracy
Amicus
Were the Gorsuch Hearings As Pointless As They Seemed?Read what Slate’s Amicus podcast learned about President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.