My friend Barb McQuade has a new book coming out about how the government can recover and reform from the current wave of corruption. Check it out and preorder.
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Trump had lots of good reasons to fire Bondi. He picked the one bad one. My take
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/o...
Always risky to predict Supreme Court decisions based on oral argument (I have the t-shirt), but the birthright citizenship argument is going poorly for the Trump Administration.
@golfdigest My take on the two legal paths ahead for Tiger Woods. It's different this time.
www.golfdigest.com/story/why-ti...
The one question Trump's judges refuse to answer. Can you guess which one?
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/o...
The capitulating law firms look worse than ever - like fools. My @nytimes.com piece.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/o...
For those who read my @nytimes story about Thomas Goldstein, the Supreme Court lawyer and poker player, he was convicted today of 12 of 16 counts of tax and mortgage fraud in federal court in Maryland.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/m...
The American Constitution Society is getting ready to challenge the Federalisty Society in a battle of ideas. Here's my story in @nytimes
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/o...
You can email me at whrjgr@gmail.com
If Usain Bolt gives me his gold medal, does that make me the fastest runner in the world?
@joannacoles.bsky.social of @thedailybeast.bsky.social interviewed @jeffreytoobin1.bsky.social to discuss the MAGAts in Congress, who the 9 SCOTUS justices are & ponders if they will side with #AmericasDictator in upcoming case on his tariffs, birthright citizenship, & more. youtu.be/Eq9rea6sGto?…
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@nytimes The 92-year-old judge in the Maduro case should step aside.
tl;dr He's too old
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
Pleased to share my new @nytimes magazine story about Tom Goldstein, the superstar Supreme Court advocate whose life has been upended by his ultra high stakes gambling on poker. Check it out.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/m...
I'd believe the death notices for MAGA if they weren't all announced by Democrats who want the demise actually to occur. Wishcasting is unpersuasive.
I keep wondering about this question: if Kamala Harris had won last year, what would have been her top policy agenda? What would she have pushed Congress to do? What’s the first thing a Democratic president would do in 2029? What am I missing?
I wonder if there is a spike in searches for narcissistic personality disorder?
It's the 25th anniversary of Bush v. Gore -- and there's a line from the Brooks Brothers riot to Jan 6.
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It's the 25th anniversary of Bush v. Gore -- and there's a line from the Brooks Brothers riot to Jan 6.
It's the 25th anniversary of Bush v. Gore -- and there's a line from the Brooks Brothers riot to Jan 6.
I resemble that remark.
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
What we'll never know about the Trump pardons, thanks to the Supreme Court. My column in @nytimes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...
Ready for my first five-way!
The latest on the Comey prosecution fiasco in Virginia on @cnn. video.snapstream.net/Play/30SqemQ...
Decades from now, when people recall the Trump presidency, I hope they will think about the time he threatened Democratic lawmakers with execution for urging compliance with the laws of war.
The North Korea-style case against Maurene Comey
The North Korea-style case against Maurene Comey
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/o...
When they're right, they're right. The filibuster is a terrible, anti-democratic (and usually anti-Democratic) institution, and it should be abolished.
Here's my @nytimes review of Leonnig and Davis' fine new book about the Justice Department under Biden and Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...