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Anti-Trans Activists Know What the Supreme Court Will Let Them Do Next
Brett Kavanaugh says that sports are just “different.” The anti-trans activists he’s emboldening do not see things that way.
Jul 17
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Jay Willis
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A Brief History of This Bizarre Pro-Management PSA, Starring the Dallas Cowboys and Young Clarence Thomas
Among the perks of being chairman of Reagan’s EEOC: getting to film public service announcements with your favorite football team.
Jul 10
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Jay Willis
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The Supreme Court Keeps Inviting Trump to Get More Ambitious
The justices don’t give Trump everything he wants. But they are very comfortable giving him a lot.
Jul 2
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Jay Willis
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June 2026
Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas Think Police Abuse of Black People Is Kind of Overblown
The conservative justices’ vision of a “color-blind Constitution” is an effort to declare the law powerless to address real-world consequences of…
Jun 27
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Jay Willis
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Clarence Thomas’s War On Affirmative Action Was Never Just About the Law
As law students, Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor both had memorably awful experiences—and took very different lessons from them.
Jun 18
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Jay Willis
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The Senate Must Not Confirm Any More Trump Judges Who Are This Bad at Parking
A closer look at Judge Ryan Nelson’s deeply embarrassing bid to fight a stranger in a mostly empty parking lot.
Jun 12
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Jay Willis
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“Thank You Very Much, I Love You Sir” Is Somehow a Real Todd Blanche Quote About Donald Trump
Things at the Justice Department are going to get way, way worse before they get better.
Jun 5
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Jay Willis
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May 2026
There Are No Serious People In the Trump Justice Department
The nation’s top law enforcement agency is now a law firm that serves only the president’s personal interests, and bills its time to you and me.
May 29
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Jay Willis
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Senate Democrats Are Not Taking Their Jobs Seriously
If Trump is picking judicial nominees who will serve as “MAGA loyalists,” why are you voting to confirm any of them?
May 22
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Jay Willis
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Trump DOJ Lawyer Correctly Describes Congress’s History of Circumcising Presidential Power
During oral argument in the cases about Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms, a Justice Department lawyer brought up a very different form of…
May 15
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Jay Willis
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The Justice Department Offers America’s Least Employable Lawyers $25,000 to Humiliate Themselves In Public
In response to an ongoing staff shortage, the Trump administration launches a real-world experiment to see how much an attorney’s reputation is worth.
May 9
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Jay Willis
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The Republican Justices Want to Help Republican Politicians Win Elections
The Supreme Court just issued a decision making it easier for lawmakers to racially gerrymander their states. Republicans are already racing to take…
May 1
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Jay Willis
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