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Ian Millhiser Has Never Heard of the Structural Constitution. Justice Scalia Would Like a Word.

Scalia explained that the Framers “similarly viewed the principle of separation of powers as the absolutely central guarantee of a just Government.”

Maybe the Justices Don’t Want to Rule on Climate Lawsuits?

In Suncor v. Boulder County, the Court faces an uncomfortable choice of legal bases...

The Mob Never Learns

In the case of rape allegations at Cornell, due process takes a backseat to...

How College Football Helped the Senate Get Its Act Together

The dysfunctional body made an exception for one of the few cultural institutions that...

The Great Divorce

The Cold War coalition is coming apart.

NYC judge orders Mamdani to redo second-home tax rollout

Judge Wayne Ozzi ruled city officials violated property owners’ due process rights by sending tax notices without verifying their primary residences.

Supreme Court takes up fight over Trump’s third-country illegal alien deportation policy

The Supreme Court cleared Trump's third-country deportation policy to proceed while justices prepare to hear the full legal challenge in December.

FBI’s Andrew Bailey blasts exit ‘lies’ as he reveals real reason he’s leaving agency

Andrew Bailey defends FBI Director Kash Patel and calls reports about his departure "lies," saying his exit is solely about raising his four children.

Inside Mamdani’s fraught effort to rein in the NYPD unit he pledged to end

POLICING PROBLEMS: In the early days of his administration, Mayor Zohran Mamdani placed a new requirement on the NYPD: The department would have to...

Trump ‘Officially’ Renames AI, Changing Everything Forever

It means nothing, of course — the quintessentially useless Trump ‘vanity gesture.’

Antisemitism Is Thriving Among Young People Online. The Solution Lies in the Real World

Passages sponsors trips to Israel so young people can experience the country for themselves rather than judging it from afar.

Would Jesus Ask for a Deductible?

‘Everything that we use for our metaphorical miracles — MRI machines, surgery, medications — requires the labor of someone else.’

A War Rejected by the People

We are preparing to learn again that a constitutional republic and democracy cannot achieve satisfying ends in war without the consent of its true...

House not likely to take up Senate-approved rules for college sports compensation before election

Reeling in House members during recess for a vote on a student-athlete compensation bill has a slim chance of coming to fruition.

GOP’s Schmitt calls Jack Smith ‘dirtbag’; former special counsel says Trump should’ve been convicted

Former special counsel Jack Smith vowed not to be "silenced" by threats of prosecution and doubled down Tuesday on his assertion that President Trump should have been convicted of felonies.

Republicans seek to advance congressional stock trading ban

Senate Republicans are trying to ban the purchase of individual stocks by members of Congress in one of their final votes before Election Day.

Democrats question government spending on Trump ads

A Democratic duo is pressing the Department of Homeland Security for answers about spending to create and air taxpayer-funded political ads celebrating President Trump.

Jack Smith says he should have spoken up to keep support for Trump criminal cases

Former special counsel Jack Smith told senators on Tuesday that his one failing in his criminal cases against President Trump was that he didn't talk enough and lost public support against false attacks.

Mamdani unveils antisemitism strategy amid community tensions

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released an antisemitism security and education blueprint on Tuesday amid a rise in anti-Jewish hate crimes and friction between his administration and Jewish community leaders.

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