If Justices Alito and Kavanaugh sought to assure the public that other rights were safe, Thomas’s concurrence cut against that.
Author: Aaron Blake
5 takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing on Trump’s DOJ plot
What Kavanaugh’s gun-case concurrence does — and doesn’t — mean
Kavanaugh’s concurrence, joined by Chief Justice Roberts, emphasized what the ruling didn’t do. Some suggested that restricts the ruling; others argued it’s a PR move.
Cornyn goes there on the NRA and its ‘business model’
The Texas senator said Wednesday that the NRA won’t back the gun bill he co-wrote because of its “business model.” This is not how the GOP usually talks about them.
More troubling signs for Trump 2024
On the setbacks for Trump’s stranglehold on the GOP in Georgia and New Hampshire — and what those states might have in common.
Parsing Ron Johnson’s explanation of his role in fake-elector plot
Much of the episode — and Johnson’s explanation — doesn’t really add up.
Takeaways from the elections in Alabama, Georgia and Virginia
Yet more setbacks for Trump in Georgia, plus the significance of Katie Britt’s GOP nomination in Alabama.
3 takeaways from the fourth Jan. 6 hearing
Witnesses offered more evidence that Trump allies knew their efforts were illegal — plus, new evidence linking Trump to the fake-elector plot.
How ‘willful blindness’ could loom over Trump’s legal jeopardy
Timeline: The Trump team’s ‘fake elector’ plot
Laying out all the key events, as the Jan. 6 committee turns its focus to this less-understood portion of the plot to overturn the 2020 election.