Will the Government Ever Do Right by Mahmoud Khalil? Will the Government Ever Do Right by Mahmoud Khalil?
Khalil is suing the government for false imprisonment and other harms. He should win—but will the courts let him?
Jul 15, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Superman the Immigrant Would Have Saved Texas Superman the Immigrant Would Have Saved Texas
In his weekly newsletter, Elie Mystal lambastes the Republicans’ shameful priorities—and their deadly consequences.
Jul 11, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Trump’s California Stunt Is One More Step Toward Authoritarianism Trump’s California Stunt Is One More Step Toward Authoritarianism
Here we are, once again learning that the restraints Americans could rely upon in the past are fast disappearing.
Jul 11, 2025 / Karen J. Greenberg
Remembering Labor’s Constitutional Rights Remembering Labor’s Constitutional Rights
The Constitution, properly interpreted, protects workers. But the Trump administration isn’t going to enforce those protections unless labor fights for them.
Jul 10, 2025 / Jennifer Abruzzo and Jay Swanson
SCOTUS SCOTUS
The key players in the corruption and destruction of the Supreme Court portrayed as vermin.
Jul 8, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner
Democrats Should Become the Pro-Porn Party Democrats Should Become the Pro-Porn Party
An immodest proposal.
Jul 2, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Samuel Alito Takes Pride in Gay-Bashing Samuel Alito Takes Pride in Gay-Bashing
With his majority opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor, Alito gave bigoted parents a big, fat kiss—and changed the nature of public education.
Jul 1, 2025 / Elie Mystal
The Supreme Court Just Handed the States More Power to Gut Healthcare The Supreme Court Just Handed the States More Power to Gut Healthcare
The court’s ruling on Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic undermines the Medicaid program and puts reproductive health care in peril.
Jun 30, 2025 / Rachel Rebouché
The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is a 5-Alarm Catastrophe The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is a 5-Alarm Catastrophe
In Trump v. CASA, the court hands the president yet more unaccountable authority—and yanks us into a neo-Confederate legal nightmare.
Jun 27, 2025 / Elie Mystal
The Supreme Court Allows Trump Officials to Deport Migrants to “Third Countries” The Supreme Court Allows Trump Officials to Deport Migrants to “Third Countries”
The Supreme Court ruled from its emergency docket that the Trump administration could temporarily send immigrants to third-party countries with which they have no connection.
Jun 27, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky