“One would think that such an onerous burden on a fundamental right would warrant this Court’s review,” he wrote in a dissent. “But today, faced with a petition challenging just such a restriction on citizens’ Second Amendment rights, the court simply looks the other way.” In religious freedom cases, Justice Thomas has stood out for […] More
US Border Patrol officials expelled thousands of Haitian migrants who arrived at the small Texas city of Del Rio. Eric Thayer/Bloomberg/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. “They’re deporting evidence right in front of our eyes,” Patrice Lawrence told me recently. “We […] More
“We all share the same goals for the youth in our care: providing for their safety, their effective rehabilitation, and the best chance for them to lead productive, fulfilling lives,” Camille Cain, the executive director of the Texas department, said in a statement. While the U.S. Justice Department and Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, a […] More
WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot issued a subpoena on Wednesday to Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official under President Donald J. Trump who was involved in Mr. Trump’s frenzied efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The subpoena seeks testimony and records from Mr. Clark, a little-known official […] More
On October 1 a Maryland man was arrested for murdering his brother and sister-in-law. The reason? He believed his brother, a pharmacist, was killing people by administering the COVID-19 vaccine to them. The delusion and denial of scientific reality aside, this turn of events is also disturbing for what it signals about the ever-increasing rejection […] More
We have to be honest, we are conflicted on this. Back in 2018 we reported on a string of high profile robberies of celeb houses dubbed the Bling Ring 2.0. A small group of burglars had gotten a list of addresses of stars like Rihanna, Christina Milian, and MLB star Yasiel Puig and were robbing their mansions when they […] More
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“If you want it, fight for it,” he told his union brothers and sisters of their doomed plant. “I’ll fight with you.” I began to understand why white workers tended to view the closure of the factory — and the election of Donald Trump — differently from their Black co-workers. Over the course of a […] More
But, drawing in particular on interviews with Mr. Rosen and Mr. Donoghue, both of whom were at the Jan. 3 Oval Office meeting, it brings to light new details that underscore the intensity and relentlessness with which Mr. Trump pursued his goal of upending the election, and the role that key government officials played in […] More
As the U.S. Supreme Court embarks on a new term, Justice Samuel Alito is feeling angry and hurt. The hallowed institution on which he has served since 2006 is experiencing a crisis of legitimacy not seen since the early 1930s. The truth is—and always has been—that the court is political. It just practices politics by […] More
The Justice Department is reviewing its decision not to prosecute the F.B.I. agents who failed to pursue allegations of sexual abuse made in 2015 against Lawrence G. Nassar, the former physician for U.S.A. Gymnastics who was convicted two years later on state sex abuse and federal child pornography charges, a top department official said on […] More
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department, in response to pleas from national groups representing school administrators, is deploying federal law enforcement officials around the country to help address instances where people have threatened and harassed educators over divisive policy issues such as mask mandates and teaching about racism, and possibly pursue prosecutions. Citing a “disturbing spike” […] More
