Criminal Justice & Rule of Law
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The Situation: No Way Out
On the necessity and impossibility of being a federal prosecutor under Donald Trump. -
SDNY Acting U.S. Attorney Resigns Over Order to Drop Adams Charges
Manhattan’s top prosecutor resigned after refusing a Justice Department order to drop corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams. -
The President’s Favorite Decision: The Influence of Trump v. U.S. in Trump 2.0
Presidential immunity was not the most important part of the case. -
Justice Dept. Releases Slate of Memos from Attorney General Bondi
Bondi signed 14 memos on topics ranging from internal personnel matters to potential investigations into current and former civil servants. -
The Situation: A Memo for the New Attorney General
Earnest and serious advice for a woman who has a hard job. -
Rational Security: The "Law and Order: Executive Victims Unit" Edition
Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, Molly Reynolds, and Anna Bower talked through the big week of national security news. -
Trump’s Petty Purge of 15 Young Jan. 6 Prosecutors
The fired lawyers are mainly thirty-somethings who had been slated to prosecute street crime in the District. -
The Situation: What’s Going on at the FBI?
Don’t look now, but the FBI is resisting the political witch-hunt loosed upon it. -
Evenhanded Injustice: Jan. 6 Pardons, Commutations & Dismissals
How the “individual most responsible for what occurred" that day is trying to erase history. -
The Patel Dossier
Everything you want to know about Kash Patel—and so very much more. -
The Situation: The Stakes in Those Justice Department Firings
What does ousting career prosecutors have to do with the nomination of Kash Patel? -
Donald Trump and the Presidential Communications Privilege
Trump’s use of the presidential communications privilege to delay his prosecution is a tale of due process failure.