Category: Legal Affairs

Under Color of Law: Holding Trump’s Operatives Accountable
by Jonathan M. Winer | Feb 19, 2025 | Legal AffairsDonald Trump’s recent declaration of unbounded power — “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law” — serves as his dismissive response to at least 75 separate lawsuits that have been filed against his administration in federal courts as of February 18, with more inevitably to come. These cases span a staggering range […]

SWITCH IT OFF!
by Anthony Barnett | Aug 28, 2024 | Legal AffairsA renowned chronicler of the evolution and growing pains of democracy, Anthony Barnett reports on the dire potential for abuse of the surveillance state in the wake of the SCOTUS ruling on presidential immunity. West Oxford, UK — Speaking on 29 July at the LBJ library in Austin Texas, to mark the 60th anniversary of […]

The Limits of ‘Lawfare’ in a Democracy: A Teaching Moment for 2024
by Mark Medish and Daniel Lucich | Jul 8, 2024 | Legal AffairsOne day after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ignominious Presidential immunity decision, the New York Supreme Court meted out accountability and formally disbarred Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, for violating several core tenets of the professional code of conduct with the aim of undermining public confidence in the American electoral process. In 2020 American […]

Hard Right Billionaires are Spending Lavishly to Reshape State and Federal Courts
by Lisa Graves, Evan Vorpahl and Caitlin Mahoney | Oct 26, 2023 | Legal AffairsAmerican democracy has a billionaire problem. It’s not just that they’re not paying their fair share of taxes: they’re trying to buy our highest courts to advance their personal agendas, bending the law to their will. Pennsylvania is the latest target of this new brand of billionaire ambition, which used to be focused on acquiring […]

Not the Donald, But the Don – Indicting a Career Racketeer
by Jonathan M. Winer | Aug 15, 2023 | Legal AffairsBefore the indictment of criminal defendant Donald John Trump under the racketeering statute in the State of Georgia, Godfather references were already a cliché. Former New Jersey Governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie recently described Trump and his associates at Mar-a-Largo as “acting like the Corleones with no experience,” in their efforts to hide […]
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The Wide Angle: “Project Russia,” Unknown in the West, Reveals Putin’s Playbook
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The Wide Angle: Stop Musk Now Or Face Certain Collapse
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Trump and Musk Advance to the Rear and May Lead the Rest of Us Straight to Hell
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