Slate.

Seattle federal judge halts Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban

February 3, 2017 by Michael Boyle

Here’s Dahlia Lithwick in Slate reporting on the news out of Seattle tonight:

On Friday night, in the most stinging and widespread rebuke to the new administration so far, a federal judge in Seattle ordered a nationwide stay on President Trump’s week-old executive order barring travelers from seven countries from entering the U.S., Reuters reported.Unlike the judicial orders already in place, the order entered by Judge James Robart (a George W. Bush appointee, in case you’re keeping score) went to the heart of the executive order, requiring that the travel restrictions be stayed immediately. Federal officers are barred from enforcing the parts of the ban that target immigrants from those seven countries and refugees, and that grant exemptions to refugees on the basis of their religion.

Source: Seattle federal judge halts Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban

Why people are afraid: domestic edition

January 24, 2017 by Michael Boyle

This comes from Slate today: The Trump-Era Assault on Marriage Equality Has Begun in Texas.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decisions undoubtedly prohibit the government from depriving couples of marriage rights merely because they are gay. Yet the Texas Supreme Court’s inaction prompted outrage from state Republican officials and anti-gay activists, who urged the justices, who are elected, to take the case and allow Texas cities to discriminate against same-sex couples. And on Friday, the court took the first step, caving to Republican demands and agreeing to hear the case in March—a worrying sign that the justices, fearful of a re-election fight, may soon yield to political pressure and roll back marriage equality in Texas.

Source: The Trump-Era Assault on Marriage Equality Has Begun in Texas

Today there are a whole slew

March 30, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Today there are a whole slew

of articles about yesterday’s oral argument in Grokster v MGM that were heard in the US Supreme Court: Reuters, Linda Greenhouse in the New York Times, Wired News, Emily Bazelon in Slate, a context/impact piece in Salon by Andrew Leonard, Hiawatha Bray in the Boston Globe.

Dahlia Lithwick:

October 28, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Dahlia Lithwick:

Supreme Silence – Why the Supremes will not decide this year’s presidential election.

Colonizing Mars?

January 8, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Colonizing Mars?

Slate is running an article that discusses the logistics and ethics of colonizing the red planet. Unfortunately, most of those calling for colonization are un-ironically using manifest destiny-style slogans to make their case. Whoops.