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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

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How clemency can help save us all

Biden now has a chance to not only wield a crucial tool to advance criminal justice but also strike back at the nation’s burgeoning bloodlust.

12.12.2024 9

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More states must pass shield laws protecting gender-affirming care

If you don’t think you and yours have skin in this particular game, think again.

05.12.2024 9

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Don’t blame Garland and Smith for the failed prosecutions of Trump

The ire you may feel over the lack of accountability for Trump’s lawlessness is righteous. Just make sure your aim is right.

26.11.2024 8

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Will Supreme Court check Trump? Don’t count on it.

What will the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, which Trump helped to build, have to say about Trump’s view that biding by the...

14.11.2024 10

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The most disrespected person in America is still the Black woman

My job may be to sort out what the election means for the Supreme Court, reproductive health care, and the guardrails of our democracy. And I’ll get...

06.11.2024 5

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Harris’s righteous frustration with the media

Donald Trump has repeatedly called the American people "the enemy within." Harris called on their better angels with a pitch-perfect case...

30.10.2024 7

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Courts are rejecting Trump’s attacks on elections — for now

So far, judges are protecting our democracy from the GOP’s flood of baseless election-related legal attacks. Can that safeguard hold?

23.10.2024 6

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Trump’s decline is too dangerous to ignore

We can see the decline in the former president’s ability to hold a train of thought, speak coherently, or demonstrate a command of the English...

16.10.2024 10

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In ghost gun case, Supreme Court can’t hide from its hypocrisy

Their own precedent looks pretty sharp when it’s staring back at them.

09.10.2024 20

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Vance tried to sane-wash Trump’s autocracy. Walz didn’t let him.

Tim Walz cut through JD Vance’s attempt to smooth talk his way out of acknowledging the truth: He is the running mate of a man who tried to...

02.10.2024 20

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Why the vice presidential debate matters

The show 'Veep' demonstrated the sometimes hilariously amorphous nature of the job. But the prospect of JD Vance being one heartbeat away...

25.09.2024 4

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The 2024 election battles are hitting courtrooms weeks ahead of Election Day

Legal challenges are flying fast and furiously over efforts to interfere with the election results even before ballots are cast or counted.

19.09.2024 10

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Jackson’s support for binding Supreme Court ethics rules is part of an extraordinary shift. Congress must listen.

"A binding code of ethics is pretty standard for judges, and so I guess the question is: Is the Supreme Court any different?" Justice...

04.09.2024 10

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The Supreme Court is on the ballot, even if it’s not a DNC headliner

Democrats should be screaming about the Supreme Court from the rooftops. Why aren’t they?

22.08.2024 9

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News outlets should issue warnings about Trump’s dangerous lies

The tendency for many in my industry to let the vast majority of Donald Trump’s harmful false statements go unchecked — it’s just Trump being...

14.08.2024 4

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How Project 2025 backfired on the GOP

While such conservative gambits were carried out under the radar years ago, now people are paying attention.

31.07.2024 5

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Real Democratic unity requires more than words

If Vice President Kamala Harris is the nominee, Democrats must fight the torrent of misogynoir that she will face, rather than leaving that work for...

22.07.2024 5

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Biden and Trump are showing their stark contrast out in the open. But is anyone seeing it?

Republican platform embraces Project 2025 and is a threat to democracy, but instead of ringing the alarm bells, the press keeps its focus on Biden’s...

10.07.2024 8

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Justice Barrett may show streaks of independence, but when it counts, she’s as conservative as they come

When the rubber meets the road, she has delivered exactly what conservatives wanted. Her resistance only comes when she’s not a deciding vote.

08.07.2024 10

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Biden dropping out is a fantasy. Democrats can win — if they fight.

Presidential campaigns are not fantasy sports leagues, with easy levers to pull to maneuver into a more ideal position, including swapping out...

01.07.2024 9

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Today’s Alito dissent can become tomorrow’s law

No, the rights to free speech and religious liberty are not under attack, despite warnings from Justice Samuel Alito. But his dissent serves as a...

26.06.2024 7

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Immigration is about the economy, stupid. Biden gets it, but Trump hopes his followers won’t.

According to the US Chamber of Commerce, there are 4 million more job openings than available workers to fill them. One major driving factor is...

19.06.2024 6

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Two verdicts and two very different pictures of America’s future

President Biden reacted to his son’s conviction as a father, an American, and as a president. Trump, conversely, acted like an autocratic baby after...

12.06.2024 6

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What AG Garland should have told MAGA Republicans and the American people

Merrick Garland needed to roar. He barely meowed.

05.06.2024 3

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No matter who becomes Trump’s running mate, Americans lose

Trump’s veepstakes is proving the corruptible lure of proximity to his despotic power, even for those who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution.

29.05.2024 10

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The Supreme Court is a potential threat to our democracy

How can we trust that the court’s gerrymandering decision wasn’t biased by Justice Samuel Alito’s favor of conservative causes? We can’t.

24.05.2024 30

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Will the Trump team’s bigoted pandering to Black voters work?

Elections are won in the margins of battleground states, which is why the pro-Trump spot is running on urban radio stations in Michigan, Georgia,...

17.05.2024 10

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Stormy Daniels is an imperfect witness. I still believe her.

Her story rings true to women who have experienced being in a situation they didn’t want to be in — particularly one of a sexual nature.

08.05.2024 40

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The Supreme Court may be poised to give Trump immunity. But other judges shouldn’t.

Donald Trump should finally face real, tangible consequences for his nonstop disdain for the rules that bind him just like the rest of us. Judges in...

01.05.2024 60

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Is the Supreme Court running the clock out on Trump’s immunity case?

The Framers would laugh at Trump’s immunity claim. So why are the court’s constitutional originalists taking so long?

23.04.2024 40

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Trump won’t get a break from the Supreme Court — yet

Special counsel Jack Smith knew exactly what he was doing when he chose to charge Trump with obstructing an official proceeding — and the justices...

17.04.2024 9

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Republicans against Trump can banish him with one trip to the ballot box

If there was ever a moment to really put country over party, it’s now: by voting, just once, for Biden.

10.04.2024 6

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Mifepristone challengers’ terrible case gives SCOTUS a great opportunity

It wasn’t only the more liberal members of the court who spent part of Tuesday’s argument lamenting the burgeoning phenomenon of nationwide...

27.03.2024 5

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Conservative Supreme Court justices should listen to their mentors

Retired Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer’s candor about the state of the court is refreshing and much needed.

20.03.2024 5

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Hur’s testimony was another blow to the Justice Department’s reputation

Former special counsel Robert Hur made it a lot harder for Americans to know who or what to trust.

13.03.2024 3

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Justice Clarence Thomas was the deciding vote in a case he never should have heard

Thomas’s excuse to flout recusal guidelines was already written into the very toothless rules that govern him. As a result, our democracy has lost...

06.03.2024 4

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Why Democrats need to win Congress

Republicans are on a mission to roll back the power of federal agencies, and they know that they have GOP-appointed federal judges and a conservative...

01.03.2024 5

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Public criticism of political news coverage cries out for the return of the public editor

Such a position is not a panacea for restoring the public trust, but it’s a good start.

28.02.2024 20

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Even when it doesn’t act, the Supreme Court speaks volumes

Through inaction, several members of the court’s conservative majority are signaling loud and clear their views on academic diversity, LGBTQ rights,...

21.02.2024 20

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As state Senate seeks to honor a woman, it should bring a groundbreaking Black Bostonian out of the shadows

Maria W. Stewart rose from indentured servitude to become not only the nation’s first Black female published political writer, but also the first...

14.02.2024 9

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In the Trump disqualification case, expect a Supreme sidestep

Trump’s case is weak, but that doesn’t mean he will lose.

07.02.2024 5

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New Hampshire showed us some important things about Trump

The idea of a Trump alternative in the GOP race, for those who wished for one, was just that: wishful thinking. But it doesn’t mean that the GOP...

01.02.2024 10

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Trump’s fraud is not victimless. We all pay.

If you own or work at a business that requires capital, if the value of your home or other property is important to you, or if you want adequate...

01.02.2024 20

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Deepfake political messaging is light-years ahead of the law. It’s past time to change that.

While the law struggles to catch up, candidates and prosecutors must use existing law to try to curb AI-generated disinformation.

25.01.2024 20

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Judges scoffed at Trump’s immunity argument. But Americans shouldn’t.

Trump may lose in court, but he made the case that a vote for him in 2024 is a vote for presidential lawlessness. Americans must take him at his word.

10.01.2024 5

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The bullies beat Claudine Gay. Black women in academia wonder if they will be next.

Black women in academia feel disposable.

03.01.2024 10

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Trust is on the ballot in 2024

What can we learn from George Bailey in "It’s a Wonderful Life"? Without leaders who encourage us to trust in each other, our nation —...

27.12.2023 6

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What disqualifies each of the GOP presidential candidates

If Donald Trump’s GOP primary opponents are really interested in defeating him, most of them have got an interesting way of showing it. Or rather...

15.12.2023 30

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By taking up Jan. 6 appeal, Supreme Court deals potential blow to Trump’s criminal prosecution

Special counsel Jack Smith’s efforts to hold Donald Trump accountable for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election are...

14.12.2023 20

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