No Excuses: Biden Can Help End Racist Police Violence—From Day 1 No Excuses: Biden Can Help End Racist Police Violence—From Day 1
The incoming president said Black Lives Matter. Now it’s time for him to prove he means it.
Jan 8, 2021 / Column / Elie Mystal
The Confederacy Finally Stormed the Capitol The Confederacy Finally Stormed the Capitol
And then, because the rioters were white, they were allowed to walk away. But just imagine if they had been Black.
Jan 6, 2021 / Elie Mystal
How Josh Hawley Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Donald Trump How Josh Hawley Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Donald Trump
Until recently, the senator leading the charge to discredit Biden’s victory was a creature of the ultraconservative establishment. Then he discovered Trump’s faux populism.
Jan 6, 2021 / Elie Mystal
People Are Taking the Wrong Lesson From Trump’s Failed Coup People Are Taking the Wrong Lesson From Trump’s Failed Coup
Trump failed to steal the election because of incompetence, not because our robust institutions defeated him.
Dec 15, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal
If Senate Democrats Are Sick of Losing, They Should Try Fighting If Senate Democrats Are Sick of Losing, They Should Try Fighting
As a first step, that means making Sheldon Whitehouse the Democratic leader of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Dec 1, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Donald Trump Is the Ultimate Super-Spreader Donald Trump Is the Ultimate Super-Spreader
Trump didn’t merely bungle this country’s pandemic response; he stoked the flames of this third and largest surge.
Nov 25, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Sanction Trump’s Election Lawyers—Now! Sanction Trump’s Election Lawyers—Now!
The Trump campaign’s election lawyers are in serious violation of the Rules of Federal Civil Procedure, which explicitly prohibit frivolous lawsuits. It’s time to start holding the...
Nov 24, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Don’t Expect Jones Day to Stop Enabling Donald Trump Don’t Expect Jones Day to Stop Enabling Donald Trump
The law firm has been the president’s biggest legal booster—and beneficiary—from the start. It’s not going to stop now.
Nov 18, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Democrats Must Keep Their Eyes on the Supreme Court Democrats Must Keep Their Eyes on the Supreme Court
While court reform is off the table until at least 2023, Democrats must use the next two years to figure out how best to fix the court.
Nov 16, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal
The Affordable Care Act May Live to Die Another Day The Affordable Care Act May Live to Die Another Day
The oral arguments for the latest challenge to the ACA, played out before an ultraconservative Supreme Court, appeared to go about as well as anyone could have hoped.
Nov 11, 2020 / Elie Mystal