“There Are Lessons From the Nixon Era in Trump’s Attempts to Freeze Spending; Half a century ago, Congress protected its power of the purse, and conservatives balked at letting presidents disobey lawmakers’ instructions”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.
“Voting Rights Act faces a near-death experience at US Supreme Court”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report.
And in commentary, online at Balls and Strikes, Jay Willis has an essay titled “John Roberts Has Waited His Whole Life For This Moment; As a 26-year-old Reagan staffer, Roberts was already convinced the Voting Rights Act had to go; As a 70-year-old Supreme Court justice, he can’t wait to finish it off.”
“Trump keeps name-checking the Insurrection Act; It could give him extraordinary powers”: Sonja Sharp of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
And in commentary, online at The New York Times, law professors Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith have a guest essay titled “Here’s What Trump Could Unleash by Invoking the Insurrection Act.”
“Voting Rights, But Mainly for White People: Didn’t you hear? SCOTUS says racism’s over.” You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.
