Dahlia Lithwick

5 days ago | slate.com | Dahlia Lithwick |Mark Joseph Stern

Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are revving up for a face off between the president and the courts. Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a valid phone number.

1 week ago | slate.com | Dahlia Lithwick

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Over the past month, some of the biggest and most prestigious law firms have agreed to deals that amount to a combined $940 million in pro bono work and free legal services for causes favored by the Trump administration.

1 week ago | slate.com | Dahlia Lithwick |Mark Joseph Stern

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. While Donald Trump publicly asserts absolute authority to impose, reverse, and reimpose ruinous tariffs on the nation’s trading partners, his administration has quietly been claiming another radical power: the absolute freedom to fire members of the executive branch who, in the president’s view, stand in the way of his agenda.

1 week ago | slate.com | Dahlia Lithwick

Neither Big Law nor SCOTUS can avoid a showdown with Trump and hold on to their integrity. Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a valid phone number.

1 week ago | slate.com | Dahlia Lithwick |Mark Joseph Stern

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The Supreme Court delivered a qualified victory on Thursday night for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an immigrant whom the Trump administration deported to an El Salvador prison in error last month.