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Trump Has Found a New Part of the Constitution to Abuse

It’s been a big year for the supremacy clause. The important but rarely newsworthy constitutional provision has found itself at the center of multiple major legal battles. In recent months, the Trump administration has leaned heavily on the clause to make extraordinary—and often dubious—claims about its own powers. The clause declares that the…

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Justice Kagan warns Supreme Court rulings are fueling polarization and undermining democracyWASHINGTON — Justice Elena Kagan on Tuesday said voting and elections decisions from her conservative Supreme Court colleagues have helped make the country more politically polarized and less democratic. In a speech two weeks before the pivotal midterm elections for control of Congress, the liberal-leaning justice sharply criticized how the

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New Mexico sues Epstein attorney and accountant, accusing them of facilitating his sex traffickingTwo longtime associates of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are being sued over allegations that they helped facilitate and conceal his sex trafficking operation, including the abuse of young women and girls at a remote New Mexico ranch. The New Mexico attorney general’s office announced the lawsuit Tuesday against Epstein’s personal attorney…
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