The Supreme Court Put Nationwide Injunctions to the Torch
That isn’t the disaster for birthright citizenship that some fear.
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The Court is encouraging deference to the executive branch—when it likes the results.
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And there’s good reason for that.
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The justice and his allies want to treat the foreign-aid case like an everyday spat over the terms of a government contract. It couldn't be more different.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; Win McNamee / Pool / AFP / Getty. Musk and Ramaswamy Are Making a Big Mistake
They want to blame the bureaucrats, but they’re going to need those very same bureaucrats if they want to get anything done.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Chesnot / Getty; Michael M. Santiago / Getty. The Big Winners of This Supreme Court Term
A set of major decisions will give corporations more opportunities to roll back regulations they don’t like.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: csa-archive / Getty. The Plan to Incapacitate the Federal Government
Without Chevron, the executive branch will struggle to do even the most basic work.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. How to Fix the Government
If you want to rebuild America, start with its code.
Illustration by Alex Cochran. Source: Robert Linder / Unsplash A Single Judge Shouldn’t Have This Kind of National Power
Nationwide injunctions have become a serious problem in American law.
Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty The Next Major Challenge to the Affordable Care Act
The law’s opponents have a good chance of winning their next showdown, though it won’t threaten the law as a whole.
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