How Trump Can Get His Muslim Ban
The administration can use the Supreme Court’s ruling to shield its decision-making from judicial review.
Jurisprudence
SCOTUS Splits the Travel Ban BabyThe Supreme Court’s ruling doesn’t make much sense as a matter of law. That may be good for Donald Trump.
The Breakfast Table
Supreme Court Breakfast TableEntry 9: No need to wait until the fall—the court’s biggest travel ban ruling will happen next week.
Jurisprudence
Trump’s Tweets Must Now Be Taken SeriouslyThe 9th Circuit’s travel ban ruling declares the president’s Twitter feed is a legally binding stream of consciousness.
Jurisprudence
Is Trump Trying to Lose?Three ways Monday’s bizarre tweetstorm sabotages his administration’s defense of the travel ban.
Jurisprudence
With Every Tweet, Trump Turns His DOJ Into More of a MockeryHow the president is losing his travel ban case every time he tweets about his travel ban.
Jurisprudence
Bad Faith? What’s That?The Justice Department’s attempts to wish away Donald Trump’s Muslim ban statements are not working.
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
Sally Yates Implies Trump White House Tried to Keep Her From Reviewing Travel Ban Before It Was Signed
Jurisprudence
Does the First Amendment Protect Trump’s Travel Ban?A 9th Circuit judge just gave the Supreme Court’s conservatives an excuse to uphold the president’s bigoted executive order.
Political Gabfest
The “When I’m 64” EditionListen to Slate’s show about Trumpcare, the president’s proposed budget, and the latest hurdles to the federal immigration ban.
Jurisprudence
Where Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is FailingThese maps show how sanctuary cities are winning against federal authorities.
The Slatest
Kellyanne Conway’s Husband, Who Just Turned Down Trump DOJ Job, Attacks Trump Travel Ban Tweets
The Slatest
Fourth Circuit Upholds Travel Ban Injunction, Saying It “Drips With Religious Intolerance”
Amicus
Amicus: Animus AmicusA group of law professors tells a federal court that religious bias lies at the heart of Trump’s travel ban.
Jurisprudence
Slayer of Ted Cruz, Defender of JusticeOn Monday, Sally Yates walked out of an Aaron Sorkin script and into liberals’ hearts.
The Slatest
The Laptop Ban Was Reportedly in Response to New Intelligence. It Still Doesn’t Make Sense.
The Gist
What’s Next for Travel Ban 2.0Typically, judges aren’t supposed to use campaign-trail speech to evaluate official policy. Slate legal correspondent Dahlia Lithwick says the travel ban case isn’t typical.
Politics
Our Brilliant Plan Cannot Fail!Trump and his henchmen keep ruining their Muslim ban by bragging about it like dumb movie villains.
Jurisprudence
Groundhog Day in Travel TownOnce again, federal judges used Trump’s own words to knock down the administration’s travel ban.