The Preamble

4 days ago | thepreamble.com | Sharon McMahon

Today’s post is written by Jason Steorts, managing editor of The Preamble. He offers an alternative way to look at Louisiana v Callais — one that differs from the view presented by legal scholar Leah Litman yesterday. I’d love to hear what you think in the comments. —Sharon When we make uncharitable assumptions about people, they often become harder to understand. Seen through the lens of worst-case fears, their thoughts and motivations can get distorted to the point of falsity.

5 days ago | thepreamble.com | Sharon McMahon

Today’s newsletter is written by Leah Litman, a professor of law at the University of Michigan and a former Supreme Court clerk. For six decades, the United States has tried to set right a fundamental wrong: the fact that for hundreds of years, it systematically excluded people of color from participating in the American experiment.

6 days ago | thepreamble.com | Sharon McMahon

Children of all races were welcome in Sarah Inama’s sixth-grade classroom. But as of February 2025, she wasn’t allowed to say so. Andrew Tate sits poolside. Shirtless. Tattooed. “This is a political witch hunt. And what they are doing to me is the same thing they tried to do to Trump, and it is the same thing they’re going to do to every single one of you. Do not forget they tried to put a bullet in Trump’s head.

1 week ago | thepreamble.com | Sharon McMahon

Andrew Tate sits poolside. Shirtless. Tattooed. “This is a political witch hunt. And what they are doing to me is the same thing they tried to do to Trump, and it is the same thing they’re going to do to every single one of you. Do not forget they tried to put a bullet in Trump’s head. And now they want me gone.”The caption reads: “They will kill everyone.” The end of the video fades to black, and the words, “You will never know light again” linger on the screen.

1 week ago | thepreamble.com | Gabe Fleisher

President Trump’s signature package to cut taxes, increase defense and border security spending, and reduce the social safety net is officially titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Whether or not you think it’s beautiful, it certainly is big. The full package is 1,082 pages long, roughly the size of Don Quixote. That means there’s plenty of room for lawmakers to sneak in all sorts of pet priorities and under-the-radar provisions.