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- 2026-03-26 07:57 UTC [L..T] Stark reminders of Trump’s corruption and John Roberts’ betrayal of the Constitution «Events on Wednesday served as a bracing reminder of Trump’s corruption and John Roberts’ betrayal of the Constitution in fabricating presidential immunity from whole cloth. Congressional Republicans inadvertently produced a memo from special counsel Jack Smith that revealed Trump had refused to return a national defense document so sensitive that only six people in the US government had access to it. Worse, evidence obtained by Jack Smith suggested that Trump had taken the highly sensitive document after his first term to advance his business interests.»
- 2026-03-26 05:40 UTC [L..T] Sonia Sotomayor Just Issued a Stirring Defense of One of Trump’s Biggest Targets «This week, the Supreme Court effectively shielded the nation’s law enforcement from consequences when it treats journalism as a crime. In rejecting an appeal in Villarreal v. Alaniz, the court has allowed local officials in Texas to remain immune from prosecution for arresting a journalist who published information she received from a government official. This case presented a strikingly simple question: Does it violate a journalist’s First Amendment rights if they are arrested for requesting and publishing information that a government employee willingly hands over? A lower court split sharply over the answer, but this Supreme Court, given the opportunity to weigh in to help settle the law and protect the freedom of the press all over the country, decided that the best answer was no answer at all, refusing to take up the case. In response, a single justice, Sonia Sotomayor, wrote a scathing critique of the court’s decision...»
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