Supreme Betrayal
A requiem for Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Aaron Ontiveroz / The Denver Post / Getty; Brandon Bell / Getty; Chip Somodevilla / Getty; SCOTUS. The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again
The only question is whether American citizens today can uphold that commitment.
Illustration by Jared Bartman / The Atlantic. Sources: Chip Somodevilla / Getty; U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Don’t Let Donald Trump Take His Case to Federal Court
Doing so would intrude on Georgia’s right and obligation to defend its own laws and choose its own presidential electors.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Right to Become a Parent Is Now at Risk Too
The courts used to understand that Roe stood not so much for the choice to end a pregnancy as for the choice of whether to end one.
The Atlantic Trump Has Launched a Three-Pronged Attack on the Election
And it starts with undermining the U.S. Postal Service.
The Atlantic Emoluments: Trump's Coming Ethics Trouble
The president-elect’s lawyers have explained why they don’t think he’ll violate the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause—but their arguments fall apart under closer scrutiny.
Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Deadlock
What happens if no single presidential candidate wins a majority of the electoral votes?
William D. Bramhall Jr. Too Much Law, Too Little Justice: An Argument for Delegalizing America
And [Jesus] said Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. Luke, 11:46
