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Join a team of experts — from former prosecutors to legal scholars — as they break down the complex legal issues shaping our country today. Twice a week, Elie Honig and other CAFE Contributors examine the intersecting worlds of law, politics, and current events. Twice a week, a CAFE contributor – Joyce Vance, Barbara McQuade, Asha Rangappa, Rachel Barkow, and Elie Honig – will examine the intersecting worlds of law, politics, and current events. New episodes out Wednesdays and Fridays. From CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Note from Asha 10/30: When Murder Becomes a Foreign Policy Tool
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 10/25: How the 2024 Election Will Reshape the Supreme Court
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Note From Joyce 10/23: Will My Vote Still Count?
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 10/18: Kamala Harris is, Indeed, a Cop
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Note From Barb 10/16: Disinformation at the Eye of the Storm
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 10/11: Kathy Hochul’s Dilemma
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Note from Rachel 10/9: Wrongful Convictions and Capital Punishment
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Note From Elie 10/03: Jack Smith’s October Cheap Shot
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Note from Asha 10/2: The Long Arc of Racial Violence
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted (with Barb McQuade)
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Note From Joyce 9/25: Donald Trump's Blame Game
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 9/18: An SDNY Prosecutor’s Read on the Diddy Indictment
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Note from Barb 9/18: A Swift Way to Change the Conversation
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 9/13: Jack Smith’s Poison Pill
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Note from Rachel 9/11: Prudence over Politics
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 9/6: Kamala Harris’s Secret Weapon
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Note from Asha 9/04: Not Everything is About Free Speech
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 8/30: The Final Days of Merrick Garland
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 8/23: How Donald Trump May Dodge Sentencing Before the Election, or Ever
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Note From Barb 8/21: The Couch Gag
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 8/16: Jack Smith Can Still Hurt Donald Trump
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Note from Rachel 8/14: Criminal Justice Reform Goes Mainstream
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 8/09: Kamala Harris and Those “Lock Him Up” Chants
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Note from Asha 8/07: Trump Knows Exactly What He’s Doing
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 8/02: Joe Biden’s Last Stand: Supreme Court Reform
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Note From Joyce 7/31: The Bankruptcy Abuse Must Stop
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 7/26: Let’s Knock Off the 25th Amendment Talk
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Note From Barb 7/24: The Mission of Justice
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 7/19: The Secret Biden Tape That We Shouldn’t Hear
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Note From Joyce 7/17: Don’t Stop Political Debates
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 7/16: Judge Cannon’s Ruling: Probably Wrong, But Not Crazy
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Note from Elie 7/12: After the Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling, All Four Trump Cases are in Trouble
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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The Counsel From Cafe
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: Immunity
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: The Supreme Court and Jack Smith’s Impending January 6 Dilemma
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: How Trump’s SEAL Team Six Assassination Response Has Distorted the Presidential Immunity Argument
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: The Supreme Court’s Make-Or-Break Decision on Trump
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: Hunter Biden is Almost Surely Guilty — But His Prosecution Makes Little Sense
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: The Manhattan DA’s Frankenstein Case is a Winner -- The Trump Jury Did Its Job, but Deep Problems Persist
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May 31, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: Could the Trump Jury Hang?
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May 24, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: The Trump Trial — What if Everyone’s a Horrible Liar?
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May 17, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: Will Donald Trump Take the Stand?
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May 10, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: The Tape that Will Roil the Trump Trial
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May 03, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: Donald Trump — Gagged But Hardly Silenced
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: Presidential Immunity: Not As Ridiculous As You’ve Heard
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: Donald Trump’s Rorschach Trial
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: How on Earth Do You Pick a Jury For a Trump Trial?
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: The Texas Immigration Law is Doomed
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: Will We See Any Trump Trials Before the Election?
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: The Failure of DOJ’s Special Counsel System — From Robert Mueller to Robert Hur, It Simply Hasn’t Worked
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: Joe Biden's Looming Nightmare Pardons
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: Crash and Burn — The Cost of the Doomed, Hubristic 14th Amendment Campaign
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: The Supreme Court Doesn’t Give a Damn About Jack Smith’s Timeline (And It Shouldn’t)
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: Michael Cohen’s Moment of Truth Has Arrived
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: The Real Biden Documents Scandal (It’s Not the Old Man Stuff)
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: Donald Trump Has a Jury Problem
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: Fani Willis Has Problems (Upon Problems)
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: How Merrick Garland Saved E. Jean Carroll – and His Own Trump Prosecution
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Note From Elie: The Word Jack Smith Will Never Say
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Note From Elie: The Supreme Court’s Silver Bullet Solution to the Fourteenth Amendment Problem
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: The Trail to 2024 Trump Trials
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Note from Elie: 2023 Legal News Trivia
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: The Danger of Weaponization – No Matter Who Does It
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: The Supreme Court Puts Jack Smith in a Bind
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: The Joe Biden Impeachment Inquiry: Promise Everything, Deliver Nothing
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: My Carroll Hardy Moment
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Take Donald Trump at His Word
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: What Do We Do With Congressional Scoundrels?
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Why Halfway Cooperation Doesn’t Work
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Watergate, Trump, and How History Speaks to Us
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: My Name
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: The Known Unknowns of Trump’s Immunity Defense
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Why Trump Opted Not to Seek Removal to Federal Court
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: The Prosecution’s Worst Witness
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: The Importance of Who Decides, and Where
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: The Forgotten Special Counsel
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: The End of Unprecedented
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Speedy Trials and High Stakes in Trump Georgia Case
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: The Purgatory of the Trump Co-Conspirators
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: The Problem With Pardon-Proofing
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: A Tale of Two Judges
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Trump’s 3rd Indictment Is Really Not About Jan. 6
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Donald Trump and the “One More Thing” Defense
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Why Fani Willis Should Stand Down
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: The Supreme Court: Conservative Outcomes, Activist Means
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Where’s Walt?
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: Why DOJ’s Trump Trial Should Go First
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Skip the Outrage Over Hunter Biden
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Why Trump Was Charged in Florida, Not DC
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: Bright Lights Can Make for Ugly Temptation
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Trump’s Longshot Case for Federal Court
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: George Santos and the Cold Reality of Consequences
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May 26, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Durham Report - Four Years for This?
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May 19, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: What John Roberts Really Meant to Say
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May 12, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: The Justice Department’s Hunter Biden Conundrum
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May 05, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: A Trump Trial Will Happen – But When?
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Decoding Dominion’s Settlement with Fox
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Judge Merchan Is Admirable - But He Should Recuse
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: In the Trump Case, We’re All Courtroom Watchers
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: Prosecutors, Turf Battles, and Trump
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: What a Trump Indictment Could Mean for the Nation
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: The Trump Hush Money Case: Bombshell or Dud?
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Nine Policymakers in Black Robes
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: Speech or Debate — Breaking New Constitutional Ground
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: The Fulton County Grand Juror and the Irresistible Pull of the Spotlight
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: Mark Pomerantz, Self-Promoting Prosecutorial Turncoat
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: How to Get Rid of George Santos
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: How Powerful People Get Away with It
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: Bad Faith in Pursuit of a White Whale
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Note from Elie: DOJ & the Coming Constitutional Showdown
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: What Should We Make of the Biden Documents Matter
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: DOJ and The Cost of Getting There Second
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Note From Elie: Legal Heroes of 2022
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: End Game for the January 6 Committee
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Loose Lips Sink Ships: Justice Alito and the Supreme Court’s Credibility Crisis
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: An Indictment (or Two) Won't End Trump's 2024 White House Bid
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Note From Elie — Trump Prosecutors: Focus on the People, Not the Label
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Note From Elie: On Antisemitism
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Can a Republican Majority in Congress Derail the Justice Department?
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Note From Elie: Gaetz Skates — Prosecutorial Malpractice
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Note From Elie: Donald Trump’s Shot at History
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Time for DOJ to Do its Job on Jan. 6
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: DOJ Subpoenas Mark Meadows (Sort Of)
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Nobody Wins with the Special Master
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Politics Mar Trump Lawsuit
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Steve Bannon’s Joy Ride is Over
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: The Real World Cost of Prosecutorial Delay
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: All the Former President’s Lawyers
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Note From Elie: Merrick Garland Holds the Line
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Note From Elie: In Defense of the Fifth
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Making Sense of Mar-a-Lago
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: A Chance at Redemption
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Steve Bannon’s Moment of Accountability
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: What If They All Went Along With It?
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Deciphering DOJ’s Jan. 6 Contempt Decisions
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Note From Elie: DOJ Delay Hurts Its Own Cause
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: The Supreme Court and the Rule of Five
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: What Does it Mean, Exactly, to Know?
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Committee Hearings and Criminal Prosecution: Different Ball Games
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: “Dereliction of Duty” Is Far Too Generous to Donald Trump
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: The 2nd Amendment, Justice Scalia, and Selective Textualism
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: What is DOJ Doing on Matt Gaetz?
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May 27, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Latest Jan. 6 Subpoenas: Suboptimal but Sensible
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May 20, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: America’s Chaotic Post-Roe Future
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May 13, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Merrick Garland is Running Out of Time
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May 06, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Dishonest but Not Dumb
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: On Hunter Biden, Let DOJ Do its Job
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Criminal Referral: The Ultimate Sugar Rush
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: A New Rule for Confirming Supreme Court Justices
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Note From Elie: Refuse to Recuse – A Bad Look for Justice Thomas & The Court
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Defending the Defenders – Judge Jackson's Unique Perspective
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Lessons from Prosecuting the Nazis
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Note From Elie: Three Reasons for DOJ's Delay on Meadows
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Bill Barr's Revisionist BS
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Manhattan DA Bragg vs. the Trump Investigators
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Note From Elie: Where the Constitution is Silent
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Note From Elie: Ivanka Trump Is Not A Child
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Why Age Matters on the Supreme Court
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Rudy’s Downward Spiral
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Note From Elie: The Many Faces of Kevin McCarthy
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Note from Elie: Reform the Electoral Count Act Now
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Note From Elie: Jan. 6 Committee Must Play Hardball
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Note From Elie: The Top Legal Heroes of 2021
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: Taking the Fifth: The Constitutional Cop-Out
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: The MAGA-for-lifers vs. The Prison-Averse
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: Judicial Malpractice
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: Aural Closure in a Middle School Gym For All
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: “The Importance of Preserving Executive Privilege”
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: Biden Right to Retract Statement on Jan 6 Prosecutions
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: A Taxonomy of Trumpworld Witnesses
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: Trump Has Mastered The Art of Delay
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: The Supreme Court Publicity Tour
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: Contempt of Congress Prosecutions are Necessary but Fraught
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: The Failure of John Durham’s Investigation
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: The January 6 Committee is On the Clock
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Up Against the Mob: The Cooperator
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: A Personal Reflection on 9/11
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: Bill Barr’s Cringeworthy Text Messages
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: A Bridge Too Far on the Eviction Moratorium
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: Cuomo Unlikely to Face Charges
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: The Coming Congressional Battle Over Jan 6
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: Why Jeffrey Clark Matters
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: The Case Against Tom Barrack
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: The Uncertainty of Andrew Cuomo’s Political Fate
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: Kevin McCarthy and the Truth About Jan. 6th
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: Hatchet Man
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: Trump Won't Go to Jail
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: DOJ Stood Its Ground
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Jun 26, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: Too Little, Too Late For Don McGahn
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: DOJ Should Bring Sedition Charges
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: Will Trump Be Indicted?
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Note From Elie: How Much Is Too Much?
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May 28, 2021 |
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Tish Targets Trump
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May 21, 2021 |
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Much Ado About McGahn?
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May 19, 2021 |
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The Business of Cooperation
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May 17, 2021 |
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Prosecutors and the Media
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May 14, 2021 |
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Hatchet Job
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May 12, 2021 |
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Chauvin Charged (Again)
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May 10, 2021 |
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"The Shadow Docket"
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May 07, 2021 |
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The Court-Packing Debate
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May 05, 2021 |
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The Rudy Raid
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May 03, 2021 |
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Third Degree Sample: Policing & Systemic Change
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Prosecuting the Insurrection
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Unfinished Business For DOJ
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Third Degree Sample: After the Chauvin Verdict
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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The Chauvin Verdict
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Chauvin Trial: The Final Stretch
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Third Degree Sample: The Chauvin Defense Rests
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Stop, Cooperate and Listen
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Chauvin Trial: What’s Next
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Third Degree Sample: Reflections on the Chauvin Trial
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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The Investigation of Matt Gaetz
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Chauvin Trial Continues
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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Third Degree Sample: Chauvin Trial - The Arguments
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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The Battle Over Voting
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Chauvin Trial Begins
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Third Degree Sample: Prosecuting Sedition
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Prosecuting Hate Crimes
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Merrick Garland’s First Test
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Third Degree Sample: How To Strike a Juror
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Can The Chauvin Jury Be Impartial?
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Closing In On Trump
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Third Degree Sample: The Juror
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Picking the Chauvin Jury
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Did Cuomo Commit a Crime?
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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The Manhattan DA vs. Trump
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Cuomo’s Conduct
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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The Book on Bannon
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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A Case Grows in Manhattan
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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The DOJ Returns
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Merrick Garland’s Moment
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Zoom Lawyering
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Will Trump Be Charged?
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Is Impeachment Broken?
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Impeachment Day 5
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Feb 13, 2021 |
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Impeachment Day 4
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Impeachment Day 3
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Impeachment Day 2
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Impeachment Day 1
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Impeachment Preview
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Coming Soon
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Feb 02, 2021 |