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Trump purges inspectors general

A top GOP Senator confirmed the firings were done outside proper legal avenues and vowed to "defend" purged workers

Salon · Jan 25, 2025

Trump accused of using AI to compose garbled executive orders

That would explain some of the clunky language, say observers

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025

Donald Trump's supreme enabler

The chief justice has ignored Trump’s worst behavior to advance an expansive conception of presidential power

Salon · Sep 17, 2024

TX judge imposes training by hate group

"Brantley Starr's order would let courts force lawyers to undergo religious indoctrination sessions," analyst warns

Salon · Aug 8, 2023

"Beyond parody": Experts slam Alito trip

ProPublica asked Alito about the ethics concerns. He ran to the Wall Street Journal to attack their reporting

Salon · Jun 21, 2023

Critics scoff at Clarence Thomas defense

Right-wing Supreme Court justice "broke the law, and it isn't particularly close," legal analysts say

Salon · Apr 10, 2023

Will Bunch: Joe Biden's pander to Fox News tropes is the worst move of his presidency

It's a rare moment that we can place a time stamp on a U.S. president's worst decision. But in the case of Joe Biden, we can thank politics-by-Twitter for the ability to write definitively that the dumbest move —both governmentally and politically — by our 46th POTUS is the unforced…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Mar 8, 2023

Biden backs GOP effort on justice reform

Biden is backing a Republican effort to block D.C. lawmakers from setting their own criminal justice laws

Salon · Mar 3, 2023

Court blocks domestic violence gun ban

"The 5th Circuit's decision is going to lead to more abusers murdering their wives," said one gun control advocate

Salon · Feb 3, 2023

Kathy Hochul nominates right-wing judge

New York's Democratic governor picked "potentially the worst" of seven choices

Salon · Dec 24, 2022