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Aug 30 2019
News
A Suburb Believed in Liberal Ideals. Then Came a New Busing Plan.
This suburb, with its high-performing schools, seems a haven of diversity and progressiveness. Signs that trumpet “Stigma-free Town” and “Hate Has No Home Here” hang from lampposts and, after a series of fatal police shootings across the country, “Black Lives Matter” placards popped up on lawns.
But now a strategy to tackle racial inequity in the school district is challenging the town’
New York Times (News)
May 14 2021
Analysis
ATF's Proposed Rules Threaten a Legal Mess but No End to Ghost Guns
Regulations might reshape DIY gun products, but they can’t eliminate the demand that created the industry.
There's little reason to expect the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' (ATF) proposed "ghost gun" regulations to actually eliminate ghost guns. That doesn't mean that plans to regulate the market for 80 percent receivers and otherwise impose new red tape on gun
Reason
Apr 17 2021
News
Capitol riot defendant will plead guilty, cooperate with government
Jon Schaffer, a heavy metal guitarist and self-described "lifetime member" of the Oath Keepers, on Friday became the first Capitol rioter to plead guilty to charges based on his participation in the attack and has entered into a cooperation agreement with the government.
The move from Schaffer came at an unannounced proceeding before U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta on Friday
Politico
Jul 02 2021
News
Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization’s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In
The Trump Organization and its Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges related to fraud and tax crimes, which former President Donald Trump has said is part of a political “witch hunt.”
Weisselberg, who has worked for Trump since 1973, surrendered himself to the Manhattan district attorney’s office early Thursday morning after a grand jury in
The Daily Caller
May 30 2019
News
Mueller Hands His Caseload To Congress, As Impeachment Calls Grow Louder
After two years of silence, special counsel and former FBI Director Robert Mueller spoke for 10 minutes Wednesday morning.
By the end, he had resigned and handed his caseload to Congress.
The man who headed the sweeping investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, the Trump campaign's role and the actions of now-President Trump himself took no questions. He said
NPR (Online News)
Jan 07 2021
Analysis
What Criminal Charges May Await the Capitol Mob—and the Politicians Who Incited It
On Wednesday, as a nation looked on in horror, a mob incited by President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol. Videos showed the insurgents destroying property, terrorizing workers, assaulting police officers, forcing members of Congress to evacuate, and disrupting certification of the presidential election won by Joe Biden. The list of crimes they may have been committed is
Mother Jones
Sep 09 2020
News
President Trump's Alleged Comments Disparaging the Military
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On September 3, The Atlantic published an article alleging, based on anonymous sources, that President Donald Trump had made several disparaging comments about military service members.Trump quickly denied making Abridge News
May 25 2021
News
Bannon’s Fraud Indictment Dismissed by Judge Over U.S. Objection
Stephen Bannon’s criminal indictment for fraud was dismissed by a judge who ruled the action was required by former President Donald Trump’s pardon of his one-time adviser.
U.S. prosecutors opposed the move, although they didn’t dispute the validity of the pardon or the fact that it ends the case against Bannon. The government had asked U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan to
Bloomberg
Oct 26 2019
Opinion
No, Trump Isn’t Too Stupid to Be Impeached
After a month of shifting defenses over impeachment—from “there was no quid pro quo” to “we do that all the time—get over it!”—it’s finally come to this: pleading incompetence. Don’t worry, the Wall Street Journal suggests in its lead editorial, the president is too much of a bungler to pull off any high crimes.
“It may turn out that while Mr. Trump wanted a quid-pro-quo policy
The American Conservative
Feb 12 2021
Analysis
Inside the Making of Facebook’s Supreme Court
On a morning in May, 2019, forty-three lawyers, academics, and media experts gathered in the windowless basement of the NoMad New York hotel for a private meeting. The room was laid out a bit like a technologist’s wedding, with a nametag and an iPad at each seat, and large succulents as centerpieces. There were also party favors: Facebook-branded notebooks and pens. The company had convened
The New Yorker