Archive - If you can keep it

“A nice little database” of “domestic terrorists”

ICE, the Anthropic case, and how to stop mass domestic surveillance

Mar 13 • Ben Raderstorf

Former military lawyers say use of JAG lawyers in Minnesota violates the Posse Comitatus Act

Although recent litigation has focused on troop deployments to American cities, a new challenge in Minnesota looks at DOJ's use of JAG lawyers in…

Published on Law Dork • Mar 12

If Trump can depose a regime, why can’t he rig an election?

A moment of weakness, not strength

Mar 6 • Ben Raderstorf

The Supreme Court questions the future of the Voting Rights Act

Proportional representation should be our answer

Mar 3 • Michael Latner, Alicia Menendez-Brennan, and Farbod Faraji

February 2026

America after Trump

How democracies fall — and how they can come back

Feb 27 • Ben Raderstorf

A steel mill the president might not be able to seize

DOD, Anthropic, and the history of presidential attempts to control industry

Feb 26 • Ian Bassin and Nicole Schneidman

5 election lies in the State of the Union, debunked

The Next Big Lie takes the House chamber

Feb 25 • Ansley Skipper

The quiet war on campus democracy

Why the Department of Education is investigating a study of college civic engagement

Feb 24 • Allie Cashel and Justin Vail

SCOTUS Justices Should Skip Trump’s State of the Union

His attacks on the Court, following its rejection of his tariffs, threaten the rule of law.

Published on The Bulwark • Feb 24

Are you proportional representation curious?

An event with the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Published on Democracy Notes • Feb 23

The procedural checkpoints that protect our rights

Plus, the pulled Colbert interview and the administration’s media takeover

Feb 21 • Ansley Skipper

Stop calling it immigration enforcement

DHS is carrying out violent crackdowns in our communities

Feb 13 • Beau Tremitiere and Kyle Miller

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