Satirical dispatches on current events, public power, politics, sports, culture, media, courts, and American institutions.
Federal judges appointed Seattle a temporary U.S. attorney. President Trump removed him before the hour was over. The shortest tenure in the building exposed the longest argument about who gets to speak for the executive branch.
The first case before a court created in 1996 reveals what happens when national-security power is made to name its evidence.
The Supreme Court asked Congress for more protection while revealing how power secures its doors before it secures accountability.
Seattle judges filled a federal prosecutorial vacancy. Trump removed their choice within the hour. The appointment was temporary. The constitutional argument was not.
Todd Blanche enters a Senate hearing as both nominee and acting attorney general. The seal is already in his hands while the chamber debates whether to hand it over.
Two Supreme Court justices came to Congress seeking money for protection. The witness chairs revealed which branch must ask permission to survive the anger surrounding its own decisions.
The Proud Boys case has been dismissed after presidential clemency and a Justice Department request. The archive is being taught that memory requires permission.
The Supreme Court closed the birthright-citizenship case. The president has reached for the rehearing lever. The official story says appeal; the real story says the Rehearing Gear is turning.