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For a country founded on the idea that rights are inalienable and inherent from birth, we’ve developed a high tolerance for conditional rights and conditional citizenship. And the one condition, it turns out, is money. If you have a lot of it, the legal road you get to travel is well lit and beautifully maintained. If you don’t, it’s a dark alley a
... See moreMatt Taibbi • The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
The right and the left share a sense of creeping doom, though for different reasons
Michelle Goldberg • The Darkness Where the Future Should Be
- "… the history of thought about free speech does contain ideas that can be of use. Among them are the concepts of “audience interests” and the “right to hear,” which have been repeatedly recognized by the Supreme Court. These concepts see the First Amendment from a listener’s point of view. In addition to asking, “Do I have the right to speak,” G... See more
Astra Taylor • The Right to Listen
The real heart of the matter here is not the technical debate about historical analogies, but a core principle of constitutional government: the state must not be allowed to engage in large-scale systematic violations of the Constitution, especially when it comes to basic constitutional rights, like the birthright citizenship rights at issue in thi... See more
A Bad Decision on Nationwide Injunctions
democracy by lawsuit. The number of lawyers and cases soared in the 1970s and 1980s.