Contemptible Behavior

Trump talks with reporters.

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Today’s notice: Republicans find out the DOGE can bite them. We never said there’d be no geometry. And, questioning the discretion of America’s would-be secret knower. But first: If the courts don’t matter, then why did all of you go to law school?


When to Say ‘Constitutional Crisis’

We’ve spoken to several of the lawyers leading cases against the Trump administration, and they have an appreciation for the legal system that, increasingly, institutionalists are worrying is being beaten down.

Attorneys general, nonprofits and labor lawyers have scored a lot of initial victories against the White House. Donald Trump’s allies have rallied against these rulings, claiming they are the actions of activist judges — what has become a standard line of political rhetoric against the courts.

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