30/01/2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/us/politics/irs-trump-taxes-prison.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Former Contractor Who Leaked Trump’s Tax Returns Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
Prosecutors accused Charles Littlejohn, 38, of stealing the tax documents of thousands of the country’s wealthiest people and said his actions “appear to be unparalleled in the I.R.S.’s history.”
29/01/2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/27/opinion/dobbs-roe-wade-states.html
Opinion | Dobbs Overturned Much More Than Roe v. Wade
Lawmakers in Tennessee, Oklahoma and other Republican states want to turn the clock back to the 19th century.
29/01/2024
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/18/1198908436/the-right-to-bear-arms
The Right to Bear Arms : Throughline
In April 1938, an Oklahoma bank robber was arrested for carrying an unregistered sawed-off shotgun across state lines. The robber, Jack Miller, put forward a novel defense: that a law banning him from carrying that gun violated his Second Amendment rights.For most of U.S. history, the Second Amendme...
27/11/2023
https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/11/the-new-scotus-code-of-conduct/
The new SCOTUS Code of Conduct - SCOTUSblog
Charles Gardner Geyh is Distinguished Professor and John F. Kimberling Chair in Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law. There are things to like about the Code of Conduct that the Supreme Court promulgated earlier this month. It is a bona fide code of conduct—one that, in the main, tracks t
27/11/2023
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/11/22/measure-114-firearm-control-legal-challenge/
Judge rules Oregon’s voter-approved gun control measure violates state constitution
Yesterday, a Harney County Circuit Court judge ruled that Measure 114 violates Oregon’s state constitution. The law, which voters passed last year to regulate fi****ms, has yet to go into effect because of multiple court challenges.
17/11/2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/opinion/israel-gaza-genocide-war.html
Opinion | What I Believe as a Historian of Genocide
We know from history that it is crucial to warn of the potential for genocide beforehand rather than condemn it afterward. We still have that time.
03/10/2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eauMLjugC8o&t=1s
Voting Rights | Constitution 101
Explore the amendments that deal with , the qualifications for , and protections offered to voters. Jeffrey Rosen, president...
02/10/2023
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-25-2023 #:~:text=Those%20extreme%20gerrymanders%20threaten%20to,to%20favor%20a%20political%20party.
21/09/2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/us/redistricting-alabama-georgia-louisiana.html
In Three Southern States, a Legal Battle Over Political Maps
G.O.P. legislatures in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana are contesting federal orders to redraw congressional maps that disfavor Black voters. The stakes are enormous.
21/09/2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/us/judge-pauline-newman-suspended.html
Federal Judge, 96, Is Suspended Amid Concerns About Her Mental Fitness
Judge Pauline Newman has denied accusations that she is unable to perform the duties of her job and has challenged an investigation into her cognitive state.
20/09/2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/arts/hasan-minhaj-comedy.html
Lying in Comedy Isn’t Always Wrong, but Hasan Minhaj Crossed a Line
The stand-up’s penchant for making up stories goes beyond embellishment. When real people and real stakes are involved, a different standard applies.
20/09/2023
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/hasan-minhajs-emotional-truths
Hasan Minhaj’s “Emotional Truths”
In his standup specials, the former “Patriot Act” host often recounts harrowing experiences he’s faced as an Asian American and Muslim American. Does it matter that much of it never happened to him?
19/09/2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/us/politics/trump-calabresi-14th-amendment.html
An About-Face on Whether the 14th Amendment Bars Trump From Office
Steven Calabresi, a founder of the Federalist Society, recently — and forcefully — said the former president was disqualified. He has had a change of heart.
19/09/2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/us/politics/biden-war-powers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
How Biden’s View on Presidential War Powers Has Shifted
The president says he can direct limited military operations without lawmakers’ approval. Most G.O.P. presidential candidates, including Donald J. Trump, did not answer a survey on executive power.