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31 March 2017
30 March 2017
Judicial originalism as myth
The first condition required to justify constitutional 'originalism' in anything resembling an intellectually honest manner is that any constitution that may be interpreted this way have a sunset provision. In other words, successive generations must not be bound to the strict interpretation of a document in which they had no voice in creating. -ed.
29 March 2017
28 March 2017
'He’s Going to Be an Enabler'
As White House counsel, Don McGahn's job is to keep Donald Trump in line. But he shares his boss' hard-charging reputation.
27 March 2017
24 March 2017
Who Told Flynn to Call Russia?
Let’s stop focusing on the resignation, and start focusing on the real issue here: The mystery of Trump’s Russia ties.
Daniel Benjamin
Daniel Benjamin
23 March 2017
22 March 2017
21 March 2017
20 March 2017
How American Politics Went Insane
It happened gradually—and until the U.S. figures out how to treat the problem, it will only get worse
16 March 2017
Checks? Never Heard of Them. Balances? Forget About It.
Donald Trump’s unnerving belief that the judiciary’s purpose is to stay out of his way.
15 March 2017
14 March 2017
The Last Time the U.S. Invaded Mexico
In the early 1900s, Woodrow Wilson was plagued by our Southern neighbor’s “bad hombres.” Trying to interfere got him nowhere.
Joshua Zeitz
Dashed Expectations Power White Anger
So this is a possible explanation for why white Americans were angrier at banks and large companies than their minority counterparts. Their extrapolative expectations were more optimistic to start with. Having known nothing but enrichment for three straight decades, they suddenly found that this wasn’t just the way the world worked -- that in fact, wealth doesn’t just build itself for most people in most time periods.