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Lawyers choose their clients. Federal prosecutors need independence. And judges expect their orders to be followed. Those foundations of the American legal system are being…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: A president’s first 100 days are traditionally measured by how much he’s created and accomplished through legislation, leadership, and executive action.
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One hundred days into the second Trump administration, many environmentalists’ worst fears about the new presidency have been realized—and surpassed. Facing a spate of orders,…
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Nearly every president has pushed the bounds of executive power to try to achieve something specific. And a handful of presidents who took office during…
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President Donald Trump’s firing spree that targeted officials at five independent workplace agencies has left three of them hobbled as his administration reaches the end…
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Lab Animals Face Being Euthanized as Trump Cuts Research
April 29, 2025
On April 1, the Trump administration’s effort to slash government funding arrived in Morgantown, W.Va., where federal scientists spent their days studying health and safety…
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When the REI store in Berkeley voted to unionize in 2022, Michael Robin envisioned the company hammering out solutions during negotiations over top employee priorities,…
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Cruelty and Intimidation are the Goals
April 29, 2025
An article by Nancy Gertner: Make no mistake. The recent arrest of Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan is not about the enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws.
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A Hundred Classics to Get Me Through a Hundred Days of Trump
April 28, 2025
An op-ed by Jill Lepore: On the twentieth of January, the year of our Lord 2025, Donald Trump’s one hundred days began. Thank you. Thank you…
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After a routine Supreme Court argument on Wednesday, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked the lawyer who had represented the government to return to…
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Trump Is Insatiable
April 25, 2025
As President Trump’s assault on America’s civic institutions approaches its 100th day, the question is whether those charged with maintaining the integrity of Congress, the…
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Exclusive: Inside Trump’s First 100 Days
April 25, 2025
President Donald Trump emerges through a pair of handsome wooden doors on the third floor of the White House. On his way down the wide,…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: President Donald Trump promised a “secret weapon” in his new executive order on university accreditation. Sure enough, it’s there, hiding in…
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This Supreme Court case could upend class actions
April 25, 2025
When the U.S. Supreme Court next week hears arguments in a case that could reshape class action litigation, the justices will consider some lofty questions…
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New ideas or a revival of his grandfather’s discredited movement? What’s driving Elon Musk?
April 25, 2025
Some have called Elon Musk a visionary, praising the head of President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency as a creative crusader against government bloat, trying…
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How environmental law took shape
April 24, 2025
Richard Lazarus is one of the leading experts on environmental law and recently released the second edition of The Making of Environmental Law, which expands…
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Who will stop Donald Trump’s drive for unchecked power?
April 24, 2025
T WAS APRIL 28th 2017, the 99th day of his first administration, and President Donald Trump was frustrated. “It’s a very rough system, it’s an…
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Constitutional Crises
April 24, 2025
The New York Review of Books presents a series of virtual events on the most pressing issues of the second Trump administration. For our first…
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Cat Farman realized in January that her job might be at serious risk. It was the night she learned that a small group of engineers…
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Here’s Why the President Keeps Ignoring the Law
April 23, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Donald Trump’s disregard for the rule of law is as clear as it could be. Consider that the three justices he…
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When the Supreme Court Spoke With One Voice
April 23, 2025
In an extraordinary, if perhaps temporary, rebuke to the Trump administration, the Supreme Court issued an order at around 1 a.m. on Saturday forbidding the…