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Noah Feldman
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In the first 48 hours of his second term, President Donald Trump moved to eviscerate the surviving remnants of affirmative action, swiftly upending decades of…
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Trump Seriously Abused His Pardon Power. Biden Also Indulged
January 23, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The pardon power is evolving before our very eyes — and not in a good way. First outgoing President Joe…
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Texas Porn Law Has a First Amendment Problem
January 15, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Twenty years ago, the Supreme Court held 5-4 that the government couldn’t block minors from accessing pornography by requiring websites…
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Yes, Trump Could Declare an Economic Emergency for Tariffs
January 10, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: President-elect Donald Trump reportedly is considering declaring a national economic emergency to give him legal cover to impose tariffs. Wait,…
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Musk and His Critics are Both Wrong About Free Speech on X
January 6, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Elon Musk is in a free-speech fight over his decision to demonetize the content of some far-right MAGA critics who…
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Democracy Could Have Fared Worse in 2024
January 6, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: In historical terms, 2024 was not a banner year for democracy around the world. But considering the deterioration of constitutional…
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ABC’s Decision to Settle Trump’s Defamation Suit Makes Sense
December 17, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Donald Trump loves to sue people for defamation to scare them out of making negative statements about him. In a…
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Why the Naval Academy Gets to Keep Affirmative Action
December 9, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: In 2023, the US Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in private and public university admissions. Now a federal district…
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The Supreme Court Won’t Save Musk’s DOGE Plans
December 3, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The plans for the Department of Government Efficiency laid out by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are so riddled with…
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Hunter Biden’s Pardon Is Understandable — But Wrong
December 2, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: No government action implicates raw emotion more than a president pardoning a family member. Seen from a human perspective, Joe…
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Trump’s Recess Appointment Gambit Is Unconstitutional
November 20, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Donald Trump has been the president-elect for only two weeks, but he is already pushing to see how much deference…
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Trump 2.0 Will Have an Unusual Amount of Power
November 14, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Right now, Democrats are asking despairingly what, if anything, can constrain Donald Trump from doing whatever he wants in his…
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No, the Supreme Court Wouldn’t Tip the Election for Trump
November 5, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Since Bush v. Gore, a specter has loomed over our presidential elections: the possibility that a close election could be…
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Trump’s CBS Lawsuit Is a Frivolous Election Stunt
November 4, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Donald Trump’s lawsuit against CBS is utterly meritless. On one level, it’s a last-ditch political stunt from a man who…
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Trump sues CBS News over 60 Minutes interview with Harris; network says suit is “completely without merit”
November 1, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has sued CBS News, alleging the network’s “deceitful” editing of a recent 60 Minutes interview with Vice President Kamala Harris misled…
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Election Lawsuits Are Piling Up. How Worried Should You Be?
October 31, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Pre-election litigation is the new normal in a presidential year. As of Oct. 15, Bloomberg had counted 165 election lawsuits…
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What could happen at the Supreme Court under Harris and Trump
October 31, 2024
The upcoming election, less than a week away, could reshape the U.S. Supreme Court — or not, depending on retirements, deaths, or other unforeseen events.
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A Trump Win Could Actually Be Terrible for Israel
October 31, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Both Donald Trump and the pro-Palestinian Democratic left would like to make support for Israel into a partisan issue. If…