Dahlia Lithwick
Amicus
Gerrymandering Goes Back to CourtAs is so often the case, all eyes are on Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Jurisprudence
Bye-Bye, Blue Slip?Republicans want to trash another century-old Senate norm to help Trump.
Jurisprudence
Unbecoming ConductTrump’s lawyers keep embarrassing themselves and the entire legal profession.
Jurisprudence
Consequences in TexasThe GOP’s racist attack on minority voting rights might finally backfire.
Politics
The Eclipse Skipped CharlottesvilleOne week later, we cannot look at the sky. We are still staring at the ground.
Politics
Yes, What About the “Alt-Left”?What the counter-protesters Trump despises were actually doing in Charlottesville last weekend.
Jurisprudence
Everyone Is Biased (Except White People)Why Trump supporters’ claims that a D.C. grand jury will be biased against the president sound so familiar.
Jurisprudence
The Clarence Thomas TakeoverThe justice has spent his career pushing a fringy, right-wing ideology. Now, he has an army of acolytes who can make his vision a reality.
Politics
Heavy Into JeffSenate Republicans love their former colleague Jeff Sessions. If Trump fires the attorney general, will they finally grow spines?
Jurisprudence
Lawyers Aren’t WizardsThere’s no magic legal spell to remove Donald Trump from office. Americans are just going to have to stand up and fight his abuses of power.
Jurisprudence
Grandma Is Family AgainA judge rules against Donald Trump’s travel ban guidelines saying grandparents don’t count as close family.
Jurisprudence
Was Trump’s Pardon of Joe Arpaio Unconstitutional?A small group of lawyers are fighting to find out.
Jurisprudence
What the ACLU Should Stand for in Trump’s AmericaAn interview with Waldo Jaquith, who resigned from the board of the ACLU of Virginia after Charlottesville.
Jurisprudence
Trump’s Anti-Judge Playbook Originated With ArpaioOf course the president will pardon him—it’s just another way for him to signal his disdain for the rule of law.
Jurisprudence
The Guns WonCharlottesville showed that our First Amendment jurisprudence hasn’t reckoned with our Second Amendment reality.
Jurisprudence
Lawyers Take on Another Trumpian Task: Stopping Science SuppressionFederal scientists fear retribution and data suppression. The lawyers are showing up to help here, too.
Jurisprudence
When Cops Join the ResistanceStatements from the Boy Scouts of America, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Suffolk County police suggest Trump’s closest allies have started to desert him.
Jurisprudence
Jared’s RulesThere’s one legal standard for Trump’s family and another for everyone else.
Jurisprudence
A Prayer for the Real VictimsFor Jeff Sessions and the Supreme Court, the battle for Christians’ religious liberty is one of the only fights that matters.
Low Concept
Robert Mueller Needs a New TeamIn order to crack this case, he’s going to have to call on a new kind of expert.
Jurisprudence
The Russia Conspiracy Goes to CourtTwo DNC donors and a staffer are suing the Trump campaign for working with the Russians to leak their emails. Will they win?