The New York Trump Case Is Kind of Perfect
I thought this trial was a sideshow; I now think I was wrong.
George T. Conway III
George T. Conway III is an attorney and a contributing writer at The Atlantic.
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Louis Lanzno / AP The Trump Trial’s Extraordinary Opening
The first days of the criminal case against the former president have been mundane, even boring—and that’s remarkable.
Mark Peterson / Getty The Court’s Colorado Decision Wasn’t About the Law
This case wasn’t decided on its merits, and the result is an utterly flimsy legal argument.
Tom Brenner / The Washington Post / Getty An Airtight Ruling Against Trump
In a masterful opinion, the D.C. Circuit rejected the former president’s bid for immunity.
Yuki Iwamura / Bloomberg / Getty Nine New York Jurors Saw Trump for Who He Really Is
I teared up as I watched news coverage of the Carroll verdict. Trump is not above the law.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Getty. Trump’s Lawyer Walked Into a Trap
By the end of the argument, everyone knew it.
Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / Bloomberg / Getty; Kent Nishimura / Getty Trump’s Supreme Court Blunderbuss
The Supreme Court will decide whether the Colorado court was right to bar the former president from the ballot.
KC McGinnis / Bloomberg / Getty The Colorado Ruling Changed My Mind
The strongest argument for throwing Trump off the ballot is the weakness of the counterarguments.
David Zalubowski / AP Donald Trump Made His Own Impeachment Inevitable
The president’s narcissism renders him unable to comply with his duties to the nation.
Mandel Ngan / Getty Unfit for Office
Donald Trump’s narcissism makes it impossible for him to carry out the duties of the presidency in the way the Constitution requires.
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