Law
Three Million Cases, 700 Judges
The US immigration court backlog has reached a point where the legal system cannot function as designed. What this signals about due process in America's most overloaded court system.
Nathaniel Brooks11 min read
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The First Amendment at the Crossroads
The speech protections Americans take for granted are facing challenges from both left and right that the Supreme Court has not yet fully addressed. What happens next matters enormously.
Nathaniel Brooks13 min read
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The Court That Remade America
The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority has moved faster and more broadly than even its architects expected. What the past three years tell us about where it is going next.
Nathaniel Brooks12 min read
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Why American Corporations Are Almost Never Prosecuted
The Department of Justice has developed a system of deferred prosecution agreements that allows companies to avoid criminal convictions for conduct that would send an individual to prison. The system is working exactly as designed.
Nathaniel Brooks12 min read