The Supreme Court Is Shaming Itself
No good legal reason exists to delay Donald Trump’s January 6 trial any further.
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Jeenah Moon / Bloomberg / Getty Millions of Pages of Documents Is No Reason to Delay Trump’s January 6 Trial
We’ve litigated cases with far more paperwork than that. The task was manageable and, crucially, fair.
Lindsay DeDario / Reuters Jack Smith’s Backup Option
Donald Trump was indicted in Florida. Could he also face charges in New Jersey?
Jonathan Ferrey / Getty When the Media Bow to Trump
Two of the biggest news stories of recent weeks—Trump’s indictment and Fox News’s Dominion settlement—share a troubling fact pattern.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Melissa Sue Gerrits / Getty; Marco Bello / Reuters. A Ruling Untethered to the Law
By appointing a special master to review the Mar-a-Lago documents, Judge Aileen Cannon gave Trump the special treatment he asked for—and undermined the values of her profession.
Brandon Bell / Getty; Mario Tama / Getty; The Atlantic America’s Prosecutors Know What Bill Barr Did Was Wrong
His actions in U.S. v. Stone strike at the heart of the Aristotelian principle central to the rule of law, that we treat likes alike.
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