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The National Guard deployment in LA is a threat to democracy (¶¶Òõap)
The law on which Trump relied permits domestic deployment only in cases of invasion by a foreign nation, rebellion, or danger of a rebellion.
¶¶Òõap: U.S. Supreme Court likely to overturn Colorado ruling that Trump can’t be on ballot
The pressure is now on the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, on which the Colorado court relied, truly does block Trump from the...
Feldman: Supreme Court justices signal they are ready to overturn Roe v. Wade
Based on today’s oral argument, it seems unlikely that any of the other justices are interested in a compromise on abortion. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in particular, seemed to telegraph a...
Feldman: It’s too soon to call the Derek Chauvin verdict a turning point
Perhaps, years from now, if existing trends are reversed and more police officers start to be held accountable for using excessive force against Black people, we will be able to...
Feldman: Kamala Harris is eligible to be VP; shout it from the roof
The theory that Kamala Harris is ineligible to be vice president because her parents were not U.S. citizens is xenophobic and false.
Feldman: Supreme Court patches up Electoral College for 2020
The decision is important because it will help avoid an election disaster in which a few electors try to thwart the will of the people.
Feldman: Elon Musk is breaking the law by reopening Tesla
It¶¶Òõap not exactly the Montgomery bus boycott, and Elon Musk is no Rosa Parks, but Tesla is apparently engaged in a highly unusual act of corporate civil disobedience.
Feldman: America has no plan for the worst-case scenario on COVID-19
In the midst of the constant up-and-down of coronavirus news, both from science and the markets, it¶¶Òõap easy to lose sight of the scariest scenario of them all: the one...
Feldman: The Supreme Court can’t guard the 2020 election
The Supreme Court¶¶Òõap decision in the Wisconsin election case isn’t exactly the shot heard round the world. In a narrow, 5 to 4 decision, the court¶¶Òõap conservatives held that a...
Feldman: Presidential pardons have been a bad idea since 1787
The president of the United States isn’t a king, and he isn’t above the law -- or so constitutional law professors like me keep reminding everybody. But the painful truth...