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Norman Rockwell, FDR's Press Secretary, Roman Law, and Property

A short excerpt from the long and interesting Elam v. Early, decided Friday by Fourth Circuit Marvin Judge Quattlebaum,… The post Norman Rockwell, FDR's Press Secretary, Roman Law, and Property appeared first on Reason.com.

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New Deal Justices and MAGA Justices

FDR appointed Hugo Black because he was a "thumping, evangelical New Dealer." Why can't Trump want a "thumping, evangelical MAGA warrior"?

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Veterans’ protests planned for D-Day latest in nearly 250 years of fighting for their benefits

Veterans across the United States will gather on June 6, 2025, to protest the Trump administration’s cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as the slashing of staff and programs throughout the government. Veteran-led protests will be held at the National Mall, 16 state capitol buildings and over…

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The Executive Power Case That Unites Donald Trump and Franklin Roosevelt

Trump’s firing of a federal agency head may soon spell doom for a New Deal era precedent that limited presidential power.

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FDR united Democrats under the banner of ‘liberalism’ − but today’s Democratic Party has nothing to put on its hat

If Donald Trump has taught Americans anything, it’s that political parties can shift positions on any number of issues and retain strong support. Republicans had once been aggressive Cold Warriors, standing shoulder to shoulder with allies against Russia, but now they are isolationists. They once favored so-called “free markets,” but…

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Jimmy Kimmel on grade for Trump’s first 100 days: ‘Somewhere between F and U’

Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s chaotic first 100 days in office, his low approval ratings and Canada’s election results

The Guardian - US

Juggling dynamite? At 100 days in office, Donald Trump is no Franklin D. Roosevelt

Watching United States President Donald Trump weave and chainsaw his way through the first 100 days of his second term in office, I’ve been reminded of what Anthony Eden, the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary in the 1930s and later its prime minister, once said about Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Mitch McConnell Cautions Trump of Previous 'America First' Policy That 'Did Not Work For Us' in Objection to Tariffs: 'Try Something Different'

Sen. Mitch McConnell listed reasons why Donald Trump's plan to implement tariffs, comparing the administration's economic goals to previous plans.

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Trump points to the Depression to justify tariffs, but they’re widely seen as intensifying downturn

President says 1929 Depression ‘would have never happened if they had stayed with the tariff policy,’ a statement most experts disasgree with

The Independent UK

The 2025 Edwin Meese III Originalism Lecture: "Originalism, the Administrative State, and the Clash of Political Theories" by Joel Alicea

One of the greatest honors of my career has been receiving the inaugural 2022 Edwin Meese III Originalism Award. My… The post The 2025 Edwin Meese III Originalism Lecture: "Originalism, the Administrative State, and the Clash of Political Theories" by Joel Alicea appeared first on Reason.com.

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Dems need to ditch the unity pitch

Political science professor M. Steven Fish on why the Dems don't need to pander to polls to fight for justice

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Putin is not Hitler. His actions in Ukraine are horrific enough to need no exaggeration

Keir Starmer has said we face the greatest threat to our national security since the cold war. Such hyperbole helps nobody, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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FDR Was Pretty Consequential

Stick to your areas of expertise, Brits!

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The Hughes Court Repudiated FDR In Humphrey's Executor, and the Roberts Court Will Repudiate Trump by Maintaining Humphrey's Executor

The separation of politics, not the separation of powers, will decide Wilcox v. Trump.

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William E. Leuchtenburg, eminent presidential historian and Ken Burns consultant, dies at 102

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Can The President Unilaterally Declare An Invasion?

Or can only Congress declare an invasion, like Congress has the sole power to declare war?

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How FDR Built the American Security State

Historian Anthony Gregory explains how liberalism can be used to build an apparatus of repression.

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Biden to sign proclamation establishing national monument honoring first US female Cabinet secretary

President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation establishing a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins

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Social Security Approaches Its Day of Reckoning

Americans should plan for their futures rather than relying on a nonexistent Social Security “trust fund.”

The Guardian - US

A week before the election, Trump will hold his most unsettling spectacle yet

Trump’s planned rally at Madison Square Garden will be the ultimate act of ego and the climax of his Hitlerian rhetoric

The Guardian - US

Why are Democrats tarred as elites when the world’s richest man funds Trump?

We’re living in a second Gilded Age of extreme inequality. Kamala Harris’s campaign should strike a more populist note

Capital & Main

Bernie Sanders: Kamala Harris Can Beat Trump on the Economy

The longtime senator tells Capital & Main that backing Medicare expansion, higher taxes on the wealthy and a hike in the minimum wage is a winning agenda.

The Guardian - US

The US presidential race will be fought over competing definitions of ‘freedom’

Throughout American history, freedom has been defined, in large measure, by its limits

The Guardian - US

Push to honor trailblazing woman who spearheaded New Deal with monument

Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet, was labor secretary under FDR

The Conversation

From a pig as political candidate to a breakout speech for Obama − Democratic National Convention often leaves its mark on history

If the Yippies – a group of young activists known for political dissent – had their way, Americans would have elected a 145-pound pig named Pigasus as president in 1968.

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