Jeffrey Toobin
Journalist at Freelance
Contributing Opinion Writer at The New York Times
Author of "The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy," to be published February 2025. @jeffreytoobin1.bsky.social
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Jeffrey Toobin
In an extraordinary, if perhaps temporary, rebuke to the Trump administration, the Supreme Court issued an order at around 1 a.m. on Saturday forbidding the government from deporting a group of Venezuelan nationals under the Alien Enemies Act. The ruling, by a presumed seven-to-two vote, signaled genuine fury at the failure of Trump officials to abide by the law and, even more to the point, the directives of judges, including those on the Supreme Court.
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1 month ago |
airmail.news | Jeffrey Toobin
In our system of checks and balances, the president’s unilateral power to grant pardons is a constitutional anomaly. (So, at least according to Donald Trump, is the right to impose tariffs. How’s that going?)Presidents enjoy this power thanks principally to the advocacy of Alexander Hamilton at the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
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1 month ago |
golfdigest.com | Jeffrey Toobin
In the seemingly endless legal slugfest between Jack Nicklaus (the golfer) and the Nicklaus Companies, LLC (his former corporate alter ego), the latest round has gone to the Golden Bear—the human being, that is. Last week, a trial judge in Manhattan dismissed the case brought by the company which sought to control Nicklaus’ attempts to use his own name to promote his golf course design and other businesses. In a 35-page ruling, Justice Joel M.
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2 months ago |
nytimes.com | Jeffrey Toobin
Payback and projection have long been two of President Trump's touchstones. He settles scores in return for every perceived slight and accuses his targets of what he has done himself. In his second term, that approach has bled into the law, with perilous consequences. More than most other areas of presidential authority, the Justice Department gives Mr. Trump a way to settle scores - and to help friends.
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2 months ago |
nybooks.com | Jeffrey Toobin
The scandal involving Russian attempts to help Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential election never acquired a catchy nickname or defining detail, and that may be one reason the story faded so quickly from public consciousness. The words “Watergate” and “Monica Lewinsky” immediately summon specific facts and images, but the first scandal of the first Trump presidency, to the extent it’s remembered today, is probably best known for the man who led the investigation of it.
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David Souter was a figure from a vanished era. Remember moderate and liberal Republicans? My take in @nytimes https://t.co/J8HIF6jGNA
RT @samuelmoyn: '"Beneath that controlled surface, Souter was “shattered,” @JeffreyToobin wrote. His disillusionment was such that he coul…
Keep in mind that Trump has not even begun nominating judges in his second term. This group will make his first-term appointments look like liberals.
