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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 11 days 4 hours 59 minutes
Yes, You Can Vote for an Insurrectionist
The Supreme Court unanimously restored Trump to the Colorado primary ballot, but a clutch of conservative justices went further - neutering 14th amendment’s insurrection clause.
The IVF Decision We Should Have Seen Coming
You can draw a straight line from Jim Crow to Dobbs and the Alabama IVF decision
A Series of Lawsuits That We Call an Election
How to fix the laws, and the gaps in the law, that are breaking American democracy.
Fani Willis and a Tale of Two Ethics Violations
Ethics for thee but not for me in the many trials of Donald Trump
Is SCOTUS Afraid of Holding Trump to Account?
The Justices were so obsessed with finding off-ramps in the Trump disqualification case, they may have set a dangerous trap for the future.
The Trump Trials Doomsday Clock Just Ticked a Second Closer to Midnight
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals invites the US Supreme Court to join another game of chicken with the 2024 election.
The Neglected Constitutional History That Disqualifies Trump
But will the Supreme Court’s originalists stick to their guns in next week’s Colorado ballot case?
Donald Trump and the Apex of MAGA Misogyny
What the E. Jean Carroll Trials Tell Us About Republicans’ Devolving Views on Women
Greg Abbott and the Battle for the Texas Border
What a constitutional crisis looks like up close and personal.
The Supreme Court Gave Itself Huge Extra Powers and It’s Becoming a Big Problem
Next week’s Loper Bright case could change the way the government works. It also highlights the danger of the Supreme Court picking questions to suit its politics.