Police Can Be Held Liable for Killing a Dog but Not a Black Person Police Can Be Held Liable for Killing a Dog but Not a Black Person
In back-to-back rulings on when cops should be afforded qualified immunity, an appeals court came to radically different conclusions.
Jun 6, 2024 / Elie Mystal
Aziz Rana Wants Us to Stop Worshipping the Constitution Aziz Rana Wants Us to Stop Worshipping the Constitution
A conversation with the legal scholar on why its unusual the Constitution is core to American national identity and his new book The Constitutional Bind.
Jun 3, 2024 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Samuel Alito’s Opinions Are Just As Upside-Down as His Flag Samuel Alito’s Opinions Are Just As Upside-Down as His Flag
In a majority opinion rubber-stamping South Carolina’s racist congressional map, Alito made it effectively impossible to contest racial gerrymanders.
May 24, 2024 / Elie Mystal
The Threat of Democracy on Campus at UMass The Threat of Democracy on Campus at UMass
The real danger posed by the Gaza solidarity encampments is their attack on unfettered autocratic governance by university administrations and wealthy benefactors.
May 21, 2024 / Kevin Young
Impeach Samuel Alito! Impeach Clarence Thomas! Impeach Samuel Alito! Impeach Clarence Thomas!
Corrupt insurrectionists have no place on the Supreme Court.
May 20, 2024 / Jeet Heer
The Supreme Court Rules That Cops Can Steal Your Stuff—as They Always Have The Supreme Court Rules That Cops Can Steal Your Stuff—as They Always Have
By a 6-3 vote, the conservative justices decided that there is no need for the state to provide a preliminary hearing in civil forfeiture cases.
May 10, 2024 / Elie Mystal
Universities Like Mine Are Providing an Authoritarian Blueprint for Trump Universities Like Mine Are Providing an Authoritarian Blueprint for Trump
The potential next president and his allies are looking at the campus-led crackdown on free speech as a perfect dress rehearsal.
May 9, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves
25 Years After the Columbine Massacre, Is There Any Hope to End America’s Epidemic of Gun Violence? 25 Years After the Columbine Massacre, Is There Any Hope to End America’s Epidemic of Gun Violence?
With the National Rifle Association now weaker than it has been in decades, progress is possible—if politicians are willing to seize the time.
Apr 19, 2024 / Peter Dreier
The Supreme Court Has Ruled to Let Louisiana Keep Hunting DeRay McKesson The Supreme Court Has Ruled to Let Louisiana Keep Hunting DeRay McKesson
The court has decided to let the BLM activist be held liable for organizing a protest in 2016, endangering the right to dissent in three Southern states.
Apr 16, 2024 / Elie Mystal
Donald Trump’s Christian Soldiers Donald Trump’s Christian Soldiers
The MAGA church and white evangelical Christian voters.
Apr 15, 2024 / Peter Dreier