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Open letter· No. 1391

OPEN LETTER: Mr. Miller, Your Habeas Corpus Memo Is Proof of an Authoritarian Temptation

On April 29, 2026, White House personnel secretary Will Scharf drafted an internal memo addressed to Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. This document, obtained…

Reportage· No. 1389

NARRATIVE: Adriana Zapata, Deported to the DRC Without Insulin — Trump's Kafkaesque Justice

On April 16, 2026, Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata, a Colombian woman of approximately forty years old, diabetic, suffering from hypothyroidism and hyperlipidemia, was forced…

Essay· No. 1388

ESSAY: Trump Demands His New York Convictions Be Thrown Out — Did Cohen Actually Recant?

On June 2, 2026, just after one in the morning, Donald Trump picked up his phone and fired a volley of messages on Truth…

Column· No. 1387

COLUMN: The 9th Circuit Shuts the Door on Young Climate Plaintiffs — Trump 1, the Future 0

On June 2, 2026, the Ninth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting in Portland, Oregon, confirmed the dismissal of Lighthiser v. Trump — a…

Note· No. 1386

OPINION: The Supreme Court Buries the Voting Rights Act — Alabama Wins, Black Voters Lose

In June 2026, the United States Supreme Court, in its serene conservative majesty, delivered a second devastating blow to the Voting Rights Act of…

Commentary· No. 1383

COMMENTARY: The Federal Circuit Sits En Banc on Trump's Article II Civil Service Firings

On June 17, 2026, the Federal Circuit en banc — meaning all active judges of that appellate court sitting collectively — agreed to urgently…

Editorial· No. 1382

EDITORIAL: Los Angeles resists Trump — the judge sides with the sanctuary city

On June 23, 2026, federal judge Fernando Olguin of California rejected the Trump administration's lawsuit against the Los Angeles municipal ordinance limiting the city's…

Reportage· No. 1381

REPORT: Texas secures a permanent freeze on administrative closure of deportation cases

On June 23, 2026, federal judge Reed O'Connor of Texas approved a consent decree between the Trump administration and the state of Texas, permanently…

Analysis· No. 1380

DECODING: The Supreme Court takes up the case of immigrants detained without a bail hearing

On June 15, 2026, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear during its October 2026 term a Trump administration appeal on one of…

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