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Getty; The Atlantic Why Do Former Presidents Have Access to Classified Information?
The current laws and norms are badly in need of reform.
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Getty; The Atlantic Take Away the President’s Immunity
No legal doctrine should shield anyone—including Donald Trump, if reelected—from prosecution for criminal wrongdoing.
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Erin Schaff / Getty The Supreme Court Needs an Ethics Code
Without the formal adoption of ethical standards, the Court may begin to seem more like a political body than a guardian of the rule of law.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The White House Counsel Succumbs to Partisanship
During the process of impeachment, Pat Cipollone often appeared to be functioning as a member of the president’s political team.
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Erin Scott / Reuters The FBI Needs to Be Reformed
The inspector general’s report identified real weaknesses, particularly with the policies and procedures that govern investigations of political campaigns.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters It’s Time to Reform the Special-Counsel Rules—Again
Robert Mueller and James Comey went about their job in fundamentally different ways. Neither fared well.
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Alex Brandon / AP What the Mueller Report Reveals About the Presidency
Almost 50 years after Watergate, it’s still exceedingly difficult to hold a president accountable.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Michael Cohen Reminded Us Why Trump’s Birtherism Matters
The president’s former lawyer called him “a con man” and “a racist.” As Obama’s White House counsel, I had to deal with the consequences.
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Reuters Can Freedom of the Press Survive David Pecker?
The National Enquirer pushed the limits of journalistic norms—and in the process called into question the legal protections enjoyed by the media.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump’s Lawyers Need to Worry About More Than Winning
A fixation on doing whatever it takes to prevail is the luxury of criminal lawyers who do not represent a president.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters What Someone Needs to Explain to Trump About ‘National Emergencies’
It’s not just the likelihood that he will lose in court—it’s how he will lose that matters.
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Carlos Allegri / Reuters Did Trump Advise Michael Cohen to Lie to Congress?
The president’s former lawyer didn’t stand to gain from giving false testimony.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Trump’s Voter-Fraud Lies Are a Betrayal of His Oath
The president’s false claims are undermining trust in the entire electoral process—and could be turning away discouraged voters.
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Vincent Kessler / Reuters An Open-and-Shut Violation of Campaign-Finance Law
The relevant law is favorable to candidates. But it appears Trump still managed to violate it.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Some Presidential Lies Are Impeachable Offenses
Will Trump’s statements on Russia come back to haunt him?
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Six Ways to Fix the Supreme Court Confirmation Process
The Kavanaugh-Ford hearing will be remembered for the virtually complete breakdown of competent, credible inquiry. Something needs to change.
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Reuters All the Rules Are Changing
The Senate is abdicating its responsibilities, and the norms meant to undergird a Supreme Court appointment are falling apart.
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Chris Wattie / Reuters The Decision Not to Call in the FBI Is Looking Worse and Worse
As new allegations have surfaced, the White House has continued to refuse an independent investigation.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump’s Contempt for the Law Will Be His Downfall
The president can keep crying “witch hunt,” but it won’t stop the evidence against him from mounting.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Trump Exposes the Holes in Campaign-Finance Laws
Some of the acts documented by the Cohen tape may prove difficult to prosecute—but in other crucial ways, it’s devastating for the president’s defense.
