A conversation between Emily Bazelon and David French addresses scandals, law, and related political issues. A report describes a New York high court dispute involving hate-speech law requirements. A guest essay argues that recent actions by Trump have taken the country somewhere it has never been before. A Supreme Court dismissal ends a death-penalty case for a person with mental disabilities on procedural grounds. A news analysis explains that federal law prevents the IRS from stopping an audit at the direction of the president or aides, creating constraints for the Trump family’s audit immunity. A report notes that Hawaii enacted SB 2471, a new approach to curtail money in politics by allowing the state to curb corporate political spending.
"There Are Scandals. There Is the Law. And Then There's This. Emily Bazelon and David French have this conversation online at The New York Times."
"Supreme Court dismisses death penalty case on people with mental disabilities; The majority dismissed on procedural grounds the case of Joseph Clifton Smith, whose mental faculties skirt the threshold for being spared the death penalty: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report."
"Audit Immunity for Trump Family Puts I.R.S. in a Bind; Federal law prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from halting an audit at the direction of the president or his aides: Andrew Duehren of The New York Times has this news analysis."
"After languishing in state legislatures across the country, a novel approach to curtailing money in politics becomes law in Hawaii; SB 2471 was crafted allow the state to curb corporate political spending: Will Lennon and Beatrice Peterson of ABC News have this report."
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