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by Anthony Barnett | Aug 28, 2024 | Legal Affairs

A 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 […]

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WASHINGTON, DC - December 15, 2023: Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani leaves the courthouse after a jury awarded 2 former Atlanta poll workers $148 million for defamation. Photo by Philip Yabut, Shutterstock

The Limits of ‘Lawfare’ in a Democracy: A Teaching Moment for 2024

by Mark Medish and Daniel Lucich | Jul 8, 2024 | Legal Affairs

One 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 […]

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Hard Right Billionaires are Spending Lavishly to Reshape State and Federal Courts

by Lisa Graves, Evan Vorpahl and Caitlin Mahoney | Oct 26, 2023 | Legal Affairs

American 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 […]

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Donald Trump

Not the Donald, But the Don – Indicting a Career Racketeer

by Jonathan M. Winer | Aug 15, 2023 | Legal Affairs

Before 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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Moore v. Harper and the Fire Next Time

by Jonathan M. Winer | Jun 30, 2023 | Legal Affairs

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Moore v. Harper may well be one of the most consequential Constitutional cases affecting the future of American democracy. But its political meaning is as significant as its legal implications. Its wider context is the current court’s crisis of legitimacy, Donald Trump’s attempted coup to overthrow the result of […]

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Bad Faith Documentary

Bad Faith

“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns

Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones

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“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024”Variety

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