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Matt Ford is a staff writer at The New Republic.

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April 12, 2018
Can the Senate Save Robert Mueller?
A bipartisan bill to protect the special counsel from Trump is gaining traction, but many hurdles remain—including the president himself.
April 11, 2018
Robert Mueller’s Nuclear Option
If Trump fires him, the special counsel should reveal everything he's discovered in the Russia investigation.
April 10, 2018
Is the Michael Cohen Raid a Turning Point in the Russia Investigation?
The move against Trump's lawyer could pose a legal threat to the president.
April 9, 2018
If Everything Is a Russia Bombshell, Nothing Is
On the media's overreaction to news about Robert Mueller's investigation
April 5, 2018
A New Law to Reduce Deadly Police Shootings
California lawmakers want to raise the legal threshold for officers' use of lethal force. Will the idea catch on across America?
April 3, 2018
What London Can Learn From New York About Crime
Murder is rising in the British capital, and police are responding with a questionable tactic.
March 28, 2018
Can the U.S. Supreme Court Stop Gerrymandering?
Waves of redistricting have allowed politicians to select their own voters, consolidating one-party power across America—mostly among the GOP.
March 22, 2018
The Worst Job in Washington
Why can't Trump attract any of the nation's top lawyers?
March 21, 2018
The Trump Administration’s Death Penalty Daydream
The president has called for capital punishment of drug dealers. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to make that happen.
March 20, 2018
A Self-Driving Uber Killed a Woman. Whose Fault Is It?
The fatality in Tempe, Arizona, took place in a regulatory vacuum.
March 19, 2018
Trump Isn’t an Army of One
How Republicans are enabling the president's assault on the Russia investigation
March 15, 2018
The Grisly Murder Case That Could Turn Half of Oklahoma Back Into Tribal Lands
Did Congress fail to legally abolish the Muscogee Creek Nation's reservation? The Supreme Court may have to answer that question.
March 13, 2018
Can the NRA Defeat Florida’s Gun Law?
The organization says it's unconstitutional to prohibit people under 21 from buying guns, but the courts have consistently upheld age restrictions.
March 12, 2018
The Case Against Jaywalking Laws
They're enforced disproportionately against black Americans, sometimes with fatal results.
March 7, 2018
Jeff Sessions’s Wrongheaded War on California
The U.S. attorney general is suing the "lawless" state over its immigration laws, but his legal case is unconvincing.
March 7, 2018
Can States Ban Trump From the Ballot If He Doesn’t Release His Tax Returns?
The constitutionality of a bill advancing through the Maryland legislature
February 28, 2018
The Court and the Cloud
The Supreme Court wrestles with how to apply U.S. laws to international tech companies.
February 27, 2018
The Cruelty of Executing the Sick and Elderly
Two controversial cases in Alabama reveal a disturbing trend in the death penalty in America.
February 26, 2018
Hobbling Unions in the Name of Free Speech
The Supreme Court's conservative justices were receptive to arguments Monday that public employees shouldn't be forced to pay union fees.
February 26, 2018
The Gun Control Movement’s Silent Ally: The Supreme Court
The justices haven't taken a Second Amendment case in almost a decade, to the benefit of states—like Florida—that want to tighten gun laws.

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