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ICE Not Only Looks and Acts Like a Paramilitary Force—It Is One, and That Makes It Harder To Curb

By Erica De Bruin

01.28.26 | 6:37 pm

Alex Pretti’s Killing Has Upended the Right’s Narratives About Government Overreach

Conservatives have long viewed use of force by federal agents as tyrannical — even when that threat of force was entirely made up.

By Catherine Thompson

01.27.26 | 4:46 pm

The Supreme Court’s ‘History and Tradition’ Test Has Now Run Into America’s History and Tradition of Anti-Black Racism

By Madiba K. Dennie

01.21.26 | 12:29 pm

You Say The Supreme Court Isn’t Partisan? Look in the Shadow

On the shadow docket, SCOTUS reveals itself to be not just conservative, but pro-Trump

By Charles Tiefer

01.20.26 | 10:26 am

Adherents of Christian Reconstructionism Seek Authority Over Civil Society, Law and Culture

By Art Jipson

01.12.26 | 10:53 am

‘Shared Decision-Making’ for Childhood Vaccines Sounds Empowering. But More ‘Choice’ Can Mean Less Access.

By Y. Tony Yang

01.09.26 | 12:11 pm

John Roberts Thinks 2025 Was a Banner Year for the Constitution

By Madiba K. Dennie

01.07.26 | 8:00 am

Jan. 6 and the Long Shadow of Civil War- and Reconstruction-Era Political Violence

By Gregory P. Downs and Kate Masur

01.06.26 | 5:50 pm

12 Senators Describe What It Was Like as Rioters Stormed the Capitol on January 6

By Mary Clare Jalonick

01.06.26 | 7:00 am

How Trump Is Making the Federal Judiciary Younger, Whiter, and More Republican

By JP Collins

12.22.25 | 3:05 pm

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