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The Supreme Court Limited Lower Courts’ Power to Stop Trump’s Lawlessness. A Judge Is Trying Another Way.
Last month, the Supreme Court limited the use of nationwide injunctions, which allow judges to block policies they have found ...
Trump Is Once Again Threatening to Nuke the Economy
This week we have a tragedy in Texas that potentially could have been avoided, Elon Musk’s computer program calling for ...
This Group’s Record in Front of the Roberts Court Is Mind-Boggling
Even this remarkable success rate does not fully capture the advances big business has made under the Roberts court.
How a Bush-Appointed Judge Got Around SCOTUS to Protect Birthright Citizenship for All
U.S. District Judge Joseph LaPlante blocked Donald Trump’s assault on birthright citizenship in a ruling that applies ...
My Daughter-in-Law Loves to Cut People Out of Her Life. I Think My Plan Is About to Set Her Off.
I just retired this year after losing my husband last year. It has made me very aware of how short life is and I want to make ...
I Have a Controversial Plan for My Kid. It Involves a Leash.
Dear Care and Feeding,  I’m a single mom, and I need help. My son “Fox” is such a great kid. But he’s curious and impulsive ...
Trump Wants Revenge for the Russia Investigation. The Administration Is Going After a Familiar Face.
Late last month, Ratcliffe publicly released a “tradecraft review” of the intelligence community’s assessment in 2016, during ...
What Was the Motive Behind the Idaho College Murders? A New Docuseries and Book Attempt an Answer.
Bryan Kohberger was set to go to trial for the 2022 killings of four undergrad students. Then he pleaded guilty.
ICE Detained My 6-Year-Old Client With Cancer. Here’s What Freed Him.
Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement released my clients, a 6-year-old boy with a leukemia diagnosis, his ...
Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of July 7
In a July 9 Slate Quiz, Ray Hamel misspelled the name of Romeo and Juliet character Mercutio. In a July 6 Family, Laura Wheatman Hill misidentified Priscilla Blossom as Priscilla Bloom.
One MAGA Judge’s Campaign for the Supreme Court Keeps Leading to Humiliation
No judge has faced as much humiliation at the Supreme Court in recent memory as Andrew Oldham. A Donald Trump appointee to ...
Opinion
The TSA Is Letting Travelers Keep Their Shoes on in Security. About Time.
Since at least 2011, officials at DHS have promised a shoes-on future, and the department’s own science arm developed and licensed a “high definition–advanced imaging technology shoe scanner.” In ...