Wish a Not-So-Fond Farewell to Outgoing Attorney General William Barr
His Trump toadying was absolutely awful, but still not nearly as bad as his unremittingly harsh approach to justice and policing.
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The GOP's Great Self-Beclownment
What to say to a political party that keeps trying to overturn the results of an election?
A Trump Appointee Rejects Election Complaints Similar to the Ones SCOTUS Declined to Hear
Although the president says the justices "chickened out," other courts have considered and rejected the merits of his legal arguments.
Ted Cruz's Eagerness To Fight Trump's Legal Battles Epitomizes the GOP's Complete Lack of Principles
By his own account, the Texas senator is committed to defending a dishonest, amoral, narcissistic bully.
Another Court Loss for Trump Campaign in Wisconsin
A recently appointed "Trump Judge" explains why the Trump campaign's legal claims are without merit
Trump Lost Because SCOTUS Answers to the Constitution, Not to Him
Trump’s judicial humiliation is now complete.
The Supreme Court Just Dismissed Trump's Hail Mary Effort To Overturn the Election
With Friday's ruling from the Supreme Court, the result of this year's presidential election is clear. Joe Biden won. It is over.
Thoughts on the Supreme Court's Unanimous Rejection of the Texas Election Lawsuit
The Court made the right decision and demonstrated its independence. But it may not still claims that the election was somehow stolen from Trump.
Supreme Court Unanimously Denies Texas Emergency Relief, Refuses to Grant Motion for Leave to File (Updated)
The Supreme Court, 7-2, voted to deny Texas AG Paxton's motion for leave to file its election complaint. Justices Alito and Thomas would grant Motion for Leave, but provide no other relief.
No Mercy Came for Brandon Bernard and None Will Come Today for Alfred Bourgeois
Bill Barr and Donald Trump spend the end of their terms executing prisoners.
Texas AG Files Reply Briefs in Last Ditch Effort to Upend Election Result
If you thought the briefing in Texas v. Pennsylvania could not get worse, you are in for a surprise.
The House Freedom Caucus Just Trashed What Little Credibility It Had Left
More than 100 members of Congress signed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the presidential election, including several prominent members of the group founded to protect "the rule of law."
Can Americans Inhabit Parallel Political Universes Without Compromising Freedom?
Some Trump supporters find it easier to believe that every major American institution is potentially corrupt than to think that a president with a history of telling whoppers is being dishonest again.
Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin Defend Their Authority to Select Presidential Electors
The four defendant states in Texas v. Pennsylvania file their briefs in opposition.
Trump's Lawyers Claim the Conspiracy To Steal the Election Is Both 'Easily Provable' and Impossible to Prove
Seeking to join a last-ditch effort to overturn Joe Biden's victory, the president's attorney says "it is not necessary...to prove that fraud occurred."
Are Some of the State Attorneys General Supporting the Texas Election Suit Getting Cold Feet? [UPDATED in Light of Ohio Filing]
17 states submitted a brief supporting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's effort to prevent the selection of electors in four states, but only 6 joined today's motion to intervene. [Update: Meanwhile, Ohio files a brief that's worth reading.]
Foxconn Debacle is Yet Another Example of the Dangers of Using Eminent Domain to Promote Economic Development
As in many previous cases, government officials promised huge economic gains from seizing property for transfer to private interests - but failed to deliver.
Stop 'Humoring' Trump
To move back in a libertarian direction, the Republican Party will have to do more than jettison Trump. But as long as it remains in Trump's thrall, that reversal is all but impossible.
Conservative Lawmakers and Legal Scholars Denounce Texas Election Suit as 'a Mockery of Federalism and Separation of Powers'
The Constitution “plainly makes the appointment of electors a state-by-state matter.”
Assessing Trump's Experiment With Protectionist Trade Policies
The Trump years were more than infuriating on trade matters—they were destructive.
Former Judge Michael Luttig on Why the Pardon Power Does Not Encompass Self-Pardons
A pardon is something granted, like a gift, and it is presumed one cannot grant something to themselves.
Trump's Judicial Humiliation Is Nearly Complete
The president and his allies keep losing election cases.
Not Even COVID-19 Infections Among Prison Staff Can Convince the Feds To Halt Executions
Five who tested positive recently will participate in this week’s planned executions of Brandon Bernard and Alfred Bourgeois.
Nevada Supreme Court Becomes the Latest To Reject Republican Election Fraud Lawsuit
Plus: State legislator considering tax on online shopping for residents of New York City, how cops really caught the Golden State Killer, and more...
SCOTUS Full of Trump Appointees Joins the Conspiracy To Deny Trump His Rightful Victory
The justices declined to intervene on behalf of Republicans who challenged absentee voting in Pennsylvania.
Why Rep. Mike Kelly's Challenge to Pennsylvania's Election Results Is Going Nowhere (UPDATE: It Went Nowhere)
Pennsylvania's response to Rep. Kelly's effort to invalidate Pennsylvania's election results.
A Federal Judge in Michigan Says Sidney Powell's Election Fraud Claims Are 'Nothing but Speculation and Conjecture'
According to the ruling, the former Trump attorney also filed the wrong claims in the wrong court at the wrong time on behalf of the wrong plaintiffs.
After Condemning Georgia's Election System As Untrustworthy, Trump Urges Republicans There to Vote in Senate Runoffs
"Don't listen to my friends," the president says, referring to supporters who took his fraud allegations seriously.
Trump Has Only Himself To Blame for Losing the Election
Trump could have reined in his Twitter attacks, surrounded himself with truth-tellers rather than sycophants, and reached out to other voters. He didn't. That's why he lost.
Trump's 46-Minute Rant About Election Fraud Crystallizes the Most Dangerous Aspects of His Personality
"This is about restoring faith and confidence in American elections," the president says.
Ajit Pai on Net Neutrality, 5G, and Why He Wants To 'Clarify' Section 230
The outgoing FCC chairman discusses 'light-touch' regulation and the future of free speech on the internet.
Sidney Powell's 'Kraken' Is Missing More Than a Few Tentacles
The former Trump attorney's election fraud lawsuits feature the same sort of dubious evidence that has failed to impress courts across the country.
Attorney General Barr Says There Is No Evidence of Election Fraud that Would Have Changed Election Outcome
Either the AG is acknowledging reality, or he's joined the anti-Trump deep state conspiracy.
The Pardon Power May Be Broad, But that Does Not Mean a Self-Pardon Would Be Legit
President Trump pardoned a turkey and an agent of Turkey. Will he give himself a lame duck pardon next?
Thoughts on Today's Supreme Court Oral Argument in Trump v. New York
Many of the justices seem intent on avoiding the substantive issues at stake in a case challenging the legality of Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment count for congressional representation.
Will Anybody Besides Michael Flynn Get Mercy from Lame Duck Trump?
The president has the worst record for clemency in modern history.
The Paranoid Style of American Politics - Presidential Election Edition
Trying to counter viral election fraud claims is like playing whack-a-mole. [With Updates]
Supreme Court Considers Whether Trump Can Block Immigrants From Census Counts
Plus: Pennsylvania rejects mail-in vote challenge, Facebook begs for regulation, and more...
Trump: If the President Doesn't Have Standing to Pursue Wild, Unsubstantiated Claims of Election Fraud, Who Does?
Fox News interviewer Maria Bartiromo uncritically accepts Trump's outlandish conspiracy theory.
A Trump Judicial Appointee's Blistering Opinion Is a Reality Check for Republicans Who Still Think Biden Stole the Election
"The Campaign cannot win this lawsuit," the 3rd Circuit says. "The Campaign's claims have no merit."
Trump Imitates King Joffrey From "Game of Thrones"
His angry insistence that "I'm the President of the United States!" is reminiscent of Joffrey's famous similar statement: "I am the King!"
Third Circuit Rejects Trump Campaign's Appeal
Judge Stephanos Bibas, on behalf of unanimous panel, finds the Trump campaigns arguments have "no merit."
Glenn Greenwald on Biden, Free Speech, and Leaving The Intercept
There’s no journalist more relentlessly iconoclastic than Greenwald, who won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the Snowden revelations.
Glenn Greenwald: Nothing Trump Did Compares to the 'Moral Evil' of Bush's and Obama's Wars
The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist on Joe Biden, free speech, and leaving The Intercept for Substack.
The Republican Election Officials Who Put Process Over Partisanship
Aaron Van Langevelde, Brad Raffensperger, and other state and local officials did the right thing and steered America away from the precipice.
As Trump's Fraud Allegations Founder, More Republican Lawmakers Are Acknowledging His Defeat
At least nine GOP senators are publicly urging the president to concede or questioning his claim that he actually won.
Trump's Administration Blinks, Begins Formal Transition Planning
Donald Trump continues to refuse to concede.
