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Back to SearchWhy Ron DeSantis Hates Direct Democracy
Republicans from Ohio to Arkansas, from South Dakota to Florida and from Nebraska to Missouri have been throwing everything at trying to keep abortion ballot measures from actually reaching voters. I…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Subvert the Election, But Make It Legal
The 2024 election is already underway, with some states already sending out ballots for mail-in voting. But as democrats are basking in the waning glow of their brat summer, the republican party spen…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
The Legal Fallout of Trump’s Immunity
In the last episode of our series The Law According to Trump, we try to figure out what it all means. In the months since SCOTUS gave Trump even more immunity than he asked for, the people prosecutin…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
The Forgotten Jan 6th Case Against Trump
Former President Donald J Trump keeps figuring out ways to escape criminal liability. The Supreme Court has thrown a wrench into the insurrection case and delayed sentencing in the campaign finance h…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Don’t Pardon Trump’s Pardons
The power of the presidential pardon is a holdover from America’s colonial roots. But no one had used it like former President Trump. Over and over he kept pardoning his allies, and then, he’d welcom…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Michael Cohen and the Trump Lawyers Who Get Burned
Even before he was president, Donald Trump was known for stiffing his lawyers. But considering how the stakes changed once he took the Oval Office, not getting paid seemed like a pleasant option. Dur…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Why Donald Trump Sues Everyone
In the first in a new series, The Law According to Trump, Amicus begins an extensive exploration of Donald Trump's tumultuous relationship with the courts and legal system, focusing on Trump's use o…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Judge David Tatel and a New Perspective on the Court
It’s not just us feeling exhausted right? It’s been a totally wild past few weeks. That’s why we are taking off the next few weeks to bring you a special series we’re calling “The Law According to Tr…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
SCOTUS Doesn’t Have To Be This Way
So President Biden finally signaled an openness to maybe possibly thinking about Supreme Court reform. Too little, too late, perhaps - but also, desperately needed, certainly. The US Supreme Court vi…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Judge Aileen Cannon Closes Trump Mar-a-Lago Classified Documents Case [Preview]
The judge overseeing the stolen classified documents case at former President Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Club has dismissed the case, ruling that Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel was unconstitutio…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago