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The Establishing Shots of a Heist: The Trump DOJ Meets the Affordable Care Act

DOJ's argument that the Affordable Care Act reforms are not severable from the now unconstitutional mandate is not worth the Courier font it is typed in.

Ian Samuel

Harvard Law School

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Donald Trump's New Intelligence Slush Fund

1/22/18 // Commentary

The continuing resolution that was signed by President Trump contains a provision that permits his intelligence agencies to spend billions of dollars on anything they want, without having to inform Congress about what they are doing. This seems like a bad idea.

Ian Samuel

Harvard Law School

Morales-Santana and the "Mean Remedy"

6/12/17 // Commentary

Justice Ginsburg's opinion in Sessions v. Morales-Santana exacerbates many of the shortcomings of our immigration system.

Ian Samuel

Harvard Law School

The Basic Error In Texas’s Amicus Brief In The Travel Ban Case (aka Youngstown Zone Zero Redux)

6/7/17 // Commentary

Texas’s Amicus Brief Makes An Argument That Is So Obviously Wrong Some People Thought It Was Not Worth Responding To

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Ian Samuel

Harvard Law School

Trump's Firing of Jim Comey is the Latest Test of What Congressional Republicans Will Let Him Get Away With

5/10/17 // In-Depth Analysis

It'll only matter if they make it matter.

Ian Samuel

Harvard Law School

Nunes Recuses. Sort Of. Now What?

4/7/17 // Quick Reactions

Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Devin Nunes will step aside from the committee’s Russia investigation. Sort of. What does this mean -- and what comes next?

Ian Samuel

Harvard Law School

Should the United States Have Special Elections for the Presidency?

3/27/17 // Quick Reactions

Proposals for a "special election," potentially in response to evidence of Russian interference with the 2016 Presidential Election, raise major constitutional, political, and policy questions.

Ian Samuel

Harvard Law School