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Jeannie Suk Gersen

Jeannie Suk Gersen

The New Yorker

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Why Robert Hur Called Biden an “Elderly Man with a Poor Memory”

When I first approached Robert Hur for an interview, soon after his appointment as special counsel, fourteen months ago, he demurred, saying, “I’m...

07.04.2024 60

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Jeannie Suk Gersen

The Supreme Court Overturns Fifty Years of Precedent on Affirmative Action

Race-conscious affirmative action, in which schools consider applicants’ race as a factor in admissions, has traditionally been treated as a form of...

08.03.2024 100

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The Case Against Trump Is Strong, but There Are Problems Ahead

Donald Trump has been so many “first” and “unprecedented” things since he entered the political and legal scene that it’s fatiguing to keep...

07.03.2024 50

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The Supreme Court and the Risks of January 6, 2025

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Thursday about Donald Trump’s possible disqualification from the Presidency as an insurrectionist, based on his...

09.02.2024 7

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Could a Trump Win Put His Running Mate in Office?

How have we allowed one man to wreak so much havoc on our democracy? Years after Donald Trump was voted out of office, his destructiveness to our...

04.01.2024 7

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What Would Sandra Day O’Connor Have Thought About Affirmative Action for Men?

Last week, Sandra Day O’Connor died, just months after the Supreme Court effectively overruled one of her most important decisions, Grutter v....

08.12.2023 4

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The Supreme Court’s Self-Excusing Ethics Code

Last week, the Supreme Court issued a first-ever code of conduct for Justices. It is not a set of rules designed to redress past ethical breaches and...

21.11.2023 2

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