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Sotomayor on the Trump Court

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On February 22, 2020
Yesterday, the Supreme Court allowed the new Trump administration rules arbitrarily limiting green card eligibility to go into effect in all 50 states. As Justice Sotomayor observed in her dissent, the the to stays that led to this outcome would have been unusual before the...
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Bush’s Authoritarian Pardons

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On February 21, 2020
The eternal paradox of President Donald Trump is that he's unfit for office on such a broad range of dimensions that it's hard to focus on any one bad act. But his abuse of the almost entirely unconstrained pardon power is a chilling moment that...

Just the money

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On February 20, 2020

Especially after his epic de-pantsing on national television, there is exactly one thing Michael Bloomberg can contribute to a successful campaign to beat Donald Trump. And that's spending tons of.

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Bloomberg is too risky

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On February 19, 2020
Any analysis of Michael Bloomberg as a potential Democratic candidate should start with the fact that (with the possible exception of Tulsi, who doesn't really count given that she's pretty much openly campaigning for a the-party-left-me Fox News sinecure as opposed to the Democratic nomination...

Made Guy

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On February 18, 2020

Paul has already discussed the parade of rich scumbags who got pardoned by Trump today, but I think Bernie Kerik merits special discussion as an epitome of Trump's party. For.

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Perhaps because Caldwell is not a full-time columnist, Krugman is able to dismantle his stupid argument about the Great Recession with a direct link and everything: What made this panic possible, after two generations of relative financial calm? The answer, clearly, was the erosion of...
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