Elie Mystal
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 9
- Latest publication
- Sep 30, 2026
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- Jul 24, 2026
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PSA: Trump Continues To Commit Crimes (opens the original)
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While the president is unlikely to face any consequences for his patently illegal, taxpayer-funded ads, it’s essential to remember he should. Like many Americans, I was watching college gladiatorial sports on Saturday when a new Donald Trump campaign ad interrupted my nachos and circus. In the ad, Trump promises to rid the country of communists and Marxists—which made me glare at my TV long enough to mumble, “I’m not going anywhere, you piece of shit”—followed by a curious tagline: “Paid for by
The First Amendment Lives for Another News Cycle—Maybe (opens the original)
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In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent parses Trump’s attacks on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico. Plus: it’s time to impeach the judges! If it were up to me, three Republican judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit would be impeached for their ruling in the Missouri redistricting case. In that ruling, the court reinstated a congressional map that had been racially gerrymandered to deny political power to Black voters. The map had already been rejected by the Missouri s
The US Had a Choice After 9/11. It Chose Wrong. (opens the original)
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In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent reflects on September 11. Plus: the stupidity of the “Trump Dividend” and the threat of AI. This newsletter is going to hit your inbox on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which means you’re no doubt being flooded with remembrances and retrospectives. And regrets. The country’s response to the worst terror attack in our history was to launch a global war of hysteria that consisted of rage-bombing two countries, destabilizing an entir
The Lesson of META’s Defeat? Release the Tort Lawyers! (opens the original)
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In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent explains why tort lawyers are our next, best regulatory hope. Plus, the other legend who died this week. If you want to stop a large business from causing incalculable harm to ordinary people, there is one surefire way to do it: Release the tort lawyers. That was one of the lessons of the settlement this week between Facebook, which now wishes to be called Meta, and 47 states. The states sued the social-media giant for endangering children w
The Supreme Court Is Helping Trump Rig the Midterms (opens the original)
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Trump’s order limiting mail-in voting is patently unconstitutional—but that didn’t stop the court from giving it the green light. There’s a scene in The Shawshank Redemption where the wrongly convicted prisoner, Andy Dufresne, is trying to convince Warden Norton to act on new evidence that could exonerate him. The warden, who is using Dufresne’s accounting skills to hide his own illegal dealings, offers a bunch of reasons for ignoring the new evidence. Dufresne exclaims, “How can you be so obtus
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