Commentary / World Aug 10, 2022

Three major takeaways from the FBI raid on Trump’s home

Don’t assume that executing a search warrant means the federal government will prosecute Donald Trump. Getting a conviction would seem to be very tricky.

Commentary / World Jul 1, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court has taken control of climate policy

The top court's EPA decision upends precedent and, in effect, embraces a new doctrine of law.

Commentary / World Jun 26, 2022

Ending Roe is institutional suicide for U.S. Supreme Court

Dobbs will go down as one of the worst decisions in the court’s history after reversing rights on which the whole country has relied for half a century.

Commentary / World Dec 2, 2021

Roe v. Wade in jeopardy if current arguments before top court are anything to go by

The court could hold that, properly interpreted, Roe allows states to restrict abortion at some point — so long as they allow women "enough time” to end their pregnancies.

Commentary / World May 29, 2021

Florida’s new social media law violates the first amendment

The key provision of the Florida law states that "a social media platform may not willfully deplatform a candidate for office” — and imposes a $250,000 per day fine for violations.

Commentary / World May 22, 2021

Psychedelic drugs will follow pot’s path to legalization

What distinguishes the movement to legalize psychedelics is that it is substantially more elite than the movement surrounding pot, a drug that crosses economic and cultural lines.

Commentary / World Apr 26, 2021

The myth of America’s Anglo-Saxon political traditions

America’s founding fathers were well aware of the Saxon theory — Thomas Jefferson studied the subject — but they didn’t emphasize it publicly.

Commentary / World Apr 22, 2021

It's too soon to call the Derek Chauvin verdict a turning point

The jury was not asked to determine whether racism was behind the incident. It was asked to only to determine whether Chauvin knowingly caused Floyd’s death.

Commentary / World Mar 8, 2021

Who is a Jew? Israel’s Supreme Court expands the answer

The case before the Supreme Court involved the vexed question of the meaning of the word "converted:” Which conversions count as qualifying a person for citizenship under the law?

Commentary / World Dec 20, 2020

Did Trump’s impeachment matter in the end?

It’s easy to conclude that, without the pandemic, Trump would have won. And if that’s correct, it would seem that the impeachment would not have made any difference.