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Special counsels, like those examining Biden's and Trump's handling of classified documents, are intended to be independent – but they aren't entirely

Attorney General Merrick Garland has now appointed two veteran prosecutors as special counsels to oversee investigations into how President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump handled classified documents after leaving office – Biden after he ended his terms as vice president in 2017, and Trump after leaving the Oval…

The Conversation

Special counsels, like the one leading the Department of Justice's investigation of Trump, are intended to be independent – but they aren't entirely

When Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed veteran prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel to oversee two criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump on Nov. 18, 2022, Garland’s goal was to shield the probes from the appearance of partisanship.

The Conversation

Cultural industries have been captured by billionaires – a new book considers what we can do about it

This book speaks to a disenchanted present.

The Conversation

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What in the World Happened to the Supreme Court?

The conservative movement’s decades-long pursuit of the judiciary is now paying off.

The Atlantic

‘A Moment of Truth for the Federalist Society’: Politics or Principle?

The conservative lawyers’ group killed its white whale. Now it must cope with its internal contradictions.

Politico

Now Do Amazon

Consolidation in book publishing is a trivial issue compared with the dominance of the Everything Store.

The Atlantic

Was Nixon’s Reelection Ted Kennedy’s Fault?

The untold story of why Ted Kennedy declined to hold public hearings on Watergate before Nixon's reelection.

Politico

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Even the Founders Didn’t Believe in Originalism

To follow the Framers’ ideas about the Constitution means abandoning their understanding of it.

The Atlantic

Commentary: How the scourge of originalism is taking over the Supreme Court

In 1987, the Senate resoundingly rejected the nomination of Judge Robert Bork for the Supreme Court because it found his originalist views unacceptable. As a law professor, Bork argued that the meaning of a constitutional provision is fixed when it is adopted and can be changed only by amendment.

Los Angeles Times

Watergate Committee hearings may be both an inspiration and a hard act to follow

Fifty years from now, when Americans look back on the riotous break-in at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will it have as much impact as memories of the Watergate scandal continue to have today?

WEKU

Opinion | Why Is Congress Broken? Because the Other Branches Are Doing Its Job

They're trying to pinch hit for a Congress that is no longer in the business of legislating.

Politico

Once conflicted, Biden embraces role as abortion defender

President Joe Biden once said Roe v

The Independent UK

Biden warns LGBTQ+ children could be next target of Republican ‘Maga crowd’

President warns of new attacks by Trump-dominated political party after supreme court ruling draft leak on abortion

The Guardian - US

Biden wants to make the Roe v. Wade decision about much more than abortion

Responding to reports that the Supreme Court is ready to overturn Roe, the president warned that "other basic rights" will come next.

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Reason

What the Leaked Abortion Opinion Gets Wrong About Unenumerated Rights

The Constitution protects many more rights than it mentions.

The Independent UK

What is ‘Borking’? How last rejected Supreme Court nominee went down and why it didn’t work this time

The last time the party out of power derailed a Supreme Court nomination was 1987, but both parties keep trying to repeat that feat, Andrew Feinberg writes

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: GOP opposition to Jackson only helps further politicize the Supreme Court

The absurd chorus of Republican rationalization for opposing Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson hit a crescendo over the weekend with this comment from Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt: “I won’t be supporting her, but I’ll be joining others in understanding the importance of this moment.” Huh? Other GOP senators have…

Salon

Republicans won't let Robert Bork go

Republicans now insist that each Supreme Court nomination starts where the last left off

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The Independent UK

Senator quotes Laura Ingraham talking about ‘all the money that’s been raised’ for Supreme Court

Senator Sheldon White House asked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson about the quote during her confirmation hearing

The Independent UK

Biden's past Supreme Court experience helped inform choice

President Joe Biden knows better than anyone the unexpected turns a Supreme Court nomination can take after it lands on Capitol Hill

Politico

Joe Biden’s Secret Constitutional Weapon

The striking history behind the president’s invocation of the Ninth Amendment.

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