On the Power of Small Acts of Noncompliance On the Power of Small Acts of Noncompliance
At a moment when large-scale resistance can feel futile, there are other ways to oppose, engage, and fight back.
Aug 18, 2025 / Column / Elie Mystal
The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US
The rule of law presupposes that there are rules that provide a consistent, repeatable, and knowable set of outcomes. That’s no longer the case.
Jul 30, 2025 / Elie Mystal
A Court Just Ruled That Cops Can’t Stop-and-Frisk You—if They Suspect a Gun A Court Just Ruled That Cops Can’t Stop-and-Frisk You—if They Suspect a Gun
The ruling makes clear, however, that cops "can" still stop and frisk a person for existing while Black.
Jul 24, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Trump World Will Never Allow Justice for Breonna Taylor Trump World Will Never Allow Justice for Breonna Taylor
The sentencing of police officer Brett Hankison to 33 months in prison by a Trump-appointed judge is a travesty—even if it’s better than the DOJ’s request for one day.
Jul 23, 2025 / Elie Mystal
The Supreme Court Just Crowned Trump King—Again The Supreme Court Just Crowned Trump King—Again
In ruling the president can decimate the Department of Education, the court took a key congressional power—and gave it to Trump.
Jul 16, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Will the Government Ever Do Right by Mahmoud Khalil? Will the Government Ever Do Right by Mahmoud Khalil?
Khalil is suing the government for false imprisonment and other harms. He should win—but will the courts let him?
Jul 15, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Superman the Immigrant Would Have Saved Texas Superman the Immigrant Would Have Saved Texas
In his weekly newsletter, Elie Mystal lambastes the Republicans’ shameful priorities—and their deadly consequences.
Jul 11, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Democrats Should Become the Pro-Porn Party Democrats Should Become the Pro-Porn Party
An immodest proposal.
Jul 2, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Samuel Alito Takes Pride in Gay-Bashing Samuel Alito Takes Pride in Gay-Bashing
With his majority opinion in "Mahmoud v. Taylor", Alito gave bigoted parents a big, fat kiss—and changed the nature of public education.
Jul 1, 2025 / Elie Mystal
The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is a 5-Alarm Catastrophe The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is a 5-Alarm Catastrophe
In "Trump v. CASA", the court hands the president yet more unaccountable authority—and yanks us into a neo-Confederate legal nightmare.
Jun 27, 2025 / Elie Mystal