
Scott Lemieux
Scott Lemieux is a professor of political science at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y., with a focus on the Supreme Court and constitutional law. He is a frequent contributor to the American Prospect and blogs for Lawyers, Guns and Money.
Latest articles by Scott Lemieux
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What past scandals can tell us about what Mueller might find on TrumpThe Explainer History can provide scenarios for thinking about how this investigation might play out
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James Comey's revengeThe Explainer James Comey, whose actions may well have put Trump in the White House, might also be responsible for his political implosion
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Trump revealing classified intel to the Russians wasn't illegal. But it is impeachable.opinion This is the latest illustration that Trump is unfit for office
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Don't cry for James Comey. Be nauseous for America.opinion By firing the FBI director — as bad as he was — President Trump proved he has something serious to hide
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The clear and present danger of TrumpCareopinion This thing could totally pass
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Why President Trump is getting killed in court, in 1 astonishingly ignorant commentopinion The same president issuing executive orders doesn't understand basic facts about the structure of the American judicial system
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Why Democrats shouldn't be too giddy about the GOP's health-care disasteropinion Democrats just won a big health-care battle. But the war is still on.
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Did Paul Ryan intentionally sabotage his own health care plan?The Explainer Why the speaker of the House might have purposefully written a terrible bill no one likes
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What's next for Trump's travel ban?opinion The controversial executive order suffered a huge setback, but it's far from dead
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Federal judges have an obligation to check Trump's immigration ordersopinion Remember checks and balances? It's time for some judicial scrutiny.
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Obama's act of simple decencyopinion Why commuting Chelsea Manning's sentence was unquestionably the right thing to do
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The Democrats' postmortem problemopinion There's no way to know what went wrong in 2016
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Why a Republican Senate would create a constitutional crisis if Hillary Clinton wins the presidencyopinion You think Republicans didn't learn something from obstructing Merrick Garland?
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Why this GOP-controlled court couldn't stomach Texas' voter-ID lawopinion The cynical, politically motivated racial bias is plain as day
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Why the Supreme Court couldn't tolerate Texas' abortion lawsopinion Even to Anthony Kennedy, it was an obvious sham
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Sonia Sotomayor's devastating defense of civil libertiesopinion Her opinion in Utah v. Strieff was a masterpiece
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The sorry ineptitude of the Supreme Court's contraception decisionopinion Thanks to the obstructionism of Senate Republicans, the Supreme Court is incapable of its doing job
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Why Bernie Sanders' supporters are right to be furious with New York's atrocious primaryopinion The rules really did evoke the most insidious kind of voter suppression
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Why the Supreme Court will likely strike down Obama's immigration order — even if it tiesThe Explainer It's not looking good for the president's executive action — or the undocumented workers he's trying to protect
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Why Merrick Garland will never be a Supreme Court justiceThe Explainer It's just not going to happen
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Will Mitch McConnell pay for his Supreme Court jiggery-pokery?feature It doesn't look good for the president
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Hillary Clinton has evolved since the '90s. You probably have too.opinion Here's why Clinton's progressive evolution makes perfect sense
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This might be the end of organized laborThe Explainer Oral arguments earlier this week indicate the Supreme Court may take a big whack at American unions
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The weirdest omission of the Democratic debateopinion And you'll never believe what the moderators focused on instead...
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