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Carl Schmitt, leading exponent of Nazi political thought, would feel at home in today’s GOP
Why does “fascism” still get side-eye from mainstream commentators?
The simplest way to reform SCOTUS may be for Biden to refuse to enforce its politicized rulings
A political court demands a political response, says Christopher Jon Sprigman.
Liz Cheney is less bad than the GOP fascists but as long as she tolerates nonstop lying, she’s still bad
The untenable paradox on (real) conservatives.
Nearly everyone missed Chuck Schumer implying this week that the filibuster’s death is coming
The conventional wisdom is coming around to the Democrats’ side.
South Carolina went 10 years without an execution. There’s no good reason for firing squads now
Mia Brett explains the legal history behind its decision.
Republican governors believe the working poor must be forced back to work. They are wrong
The working poor never wanted help to begin with, writes Issac J. Bailey.
There are two ways of reading Joe Manchin’s new voting-rights proposal. That’s probably by design
I still don’t think we have a Joe Manchin problem.
At least four justices want to overturn Roe
It’s that simple, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
Trump’s ‘big lie’ is actually the GOP’s ‘long lie’
The attack on shared reality began in the 60s, says Magdi Semrau.