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Process as Punishment: An American History of Political Spectacle
American political theater isn’t new. The House Un-American Activities Committee operated for decades—until targets learned to fight back. -
Appointments, Removal, and the Unitary Executive Empowered
President Trump’s restructuring of the administrative state is unprecedented—what does Supreme Court precedent say about its legitimacy? -
What Happens When Courts Can’t Trust the Executive Branch?
In the lower courts, the presumption of regularity is in free fall—if it hasn’t crashed already. -
Lawfare Daily: What French Politics Means for Europe and the United States
Catching up with French politics. -
The Situation: Contempt Cometh
“To the extent that it's contrary to things that are true, they would be false.” -
The Situation: Happy Liberation Day to All Who Celebrate
All you have to do is close your eyes. -
The Situation: An Attempted Regime Change
The plate tectonics of the current legal and political fights. -
Trump’s Attacks on Justice Department Independence, Then and Now
What the first Trump administration carried out slowly, the new administration is doing at once. -
Does the Foreign Emoluments Clause Apply to Elon Musk?
Musk has wide-ranging business entanglements that could produce emoluments from foreign states. -
The Situation: Unilateral Disarmament in the Information Wars
It’s easy to understand why Trump is destroying Voice of America. -
The Situation: The Full-Scale Situation Two Months In
How is it going? -
The Situation: In Praise of Ruth Marcus
The Washington Post’s latest self-inflicted wound


