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.
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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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
Biden Should Strive To Be Better Than Both Trump and Obama on Central America
The administration’s approach should discourage the drug war, encourage immigration.
Biden's Choice To Head Health and Human Services Is a Lawsuit-Happy Government Nanny
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra loves to tell people what they can and cannot do with their bodies.
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.
For the First Time Ever, the House Votes To Repeal the Federal Ban on Marijuana
The bill is unlikely to make headway in the Senate, but it could nudge President-elect Joe Biden toward more ambitious reforms.
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.
Biden's Natsec Team Is Conventional in Style—and, Unfortunately, Policy
Joe Biden's natsec team fulfills his campaign promise of a return to normalcy and conventional Washington. That also means maintaining the failed status quo of the post-9/11 era.
Lockdowns and Leviathan
How pandemics joined war, terrorism, crime, and economic depression in the toolbox for ratcheting up government
Will a Historic House Vote on Marijuana Legalization Nudge Biden Toward More Ambitious Reforms?
The MORE Act, which would repeal federal prohibition, is scheduled for a vote this week.
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."
Joe Biden Should Think Twice About Cracking Down on Meat-Processing Plants
Requiring meatpackers to pandemic-proof their facilities will have unintended consequences.
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.
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.
Joe Biden's Secretary of State Pick Has Been an Avid Backer of American Military Intervention
The president-elect's forthcoming nomination of Antony Blinken as the country's top diplomat suggests an appetite for continuing America's role as the globe's policeman.
Trump's Administration Blinks, Begins Formal Transition Planning
Donald Trump continues to refuse to concede.
Was Sidney Powell's Conspiracy Theory Too Crazy Even for Donald Trump?
Both the president and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, have publicly embraced Powell's wild claims about voting machine manipulation.
If Joe Biden Is Serious About Criminal Justice Reform, He Won't Pick Merrick Garland for Attorney General
Garland’s judicial record is replete with deferential votes for police and prosecutors.
A Scathing Ruling Against the Trump Campaign Highlights the Gap Between Rudy Giuliani's 'Massive Fraud' Claim and His Legal Arguments
U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann rejected an attempt to block certification of Pennsylvania's election results.
Sidney Powell Now Claims Election Conspiracy Involved Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders
Without a shred of evidence, Sidney Powell is alleging a conspiracy more vast than Russiagate. Shouldn't that raise red flags?
Judges Are Not Impressed by Rudy Giuliani's Evidence of 'Widespread Nationwide Voter Fraud'
Although the president's lawyer says the anti-Trump conspiracy is "easily provable," the affidavits he cites fall notably short.
Worried About Money in Politics? The 2020 Election Showed Political Cash Can't Buy Electoral Victory.
With a lot of money spent for little results, the most recent election was a rebuttal to arguments for campaign finance reform.
Dems Ask Trump Administration to Stop Executing Inmates Ahead of Biden Transition
The incoming administration opposes the death penalty, but the Justice Department has three more executions planned this year.
Does It Matter How Many Trump Supporters Came to Washington on Saturday?
The fabulism that is inseparable from Trumpism can conjure up "millions" of stolen votes as easily as "more than a MILLION" protesters.
Is There Hope for Libertarianism Within a Post-Election GOP?
This is not your older brother's "Libertarian Moment," caution Reason Roundtable podcasters.
Arbitrary COVID-19 Control Measures Will Not Make Americans More Likely To 'Hang in There' Until Vaccines Are Available
Legal responses to this fall's surge in new cases, like last spring's lockdowns, are frequently illogical and unscientific.
The Supreme Court Won't Save Trump
The president’s increasingly desperate legal filings won’t change the ultimate result of the 2020 election.
'I Won the Election' Tweets Trump as Legal Losses Stack Up
Plus: Another COVID-19 vaccine, another blow against DHS DACA order, and more...
No, Trump Did Not Concede the Election (Even Briefly)
The president still insists the election was stolen by a vast criminal conspiracy.
Presidential Pardons Offer Trump a Way to Go Out on a Positive Note
If Trump isn’t interested, maybe the Biden administration could get started with a few acts of mercy.
Will Biden Repeal Trump's Destructive Food Tariffs?
American farmers and consumers deserve freer trade.
The Best Thing About a Trump Loss Is Stephen Miller Leaving the White House
Just about everyone—conservatives, progressives, libertarians—should be glad to say goodbye to this cruel approach to immigration policy.
Biden Has a Plan for a New National 'Supply Commander'
No, we don’t need someone to “take command of the national supply chain for essential equipment, medications, and protective gear.”
The Imperial Presidency Will Not End With Trump
"It's time that we start thinking about reining in the powers that we've let slip to this institution," says the Cato Institute's Gene Healy.
Joe Biden's COVID-19 Death Forecast Looks Less Plausible Every Day
So far the president-elect's "expectation" is off by a factor of more than three, which does not bode well for his approach to the pandemic.
