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<title><![CDATA[Elie Mystal - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/39255.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Elie Mystal]]></description><category domain="39255">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Lindsey Graham&rsquo;s Defense of Kavanaugh Told Us Everything]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/nkxsR</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham passed away this weekend. I imagine most people will remember him as the guy who was always willing to put the final lick-polish on Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s jackboots. But for me, the image of him screaming, gesticulating, and spitting in defense of an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Birthright Citizenship Lives To Die Another Day]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision upholding birthright citizenship is a victory that may contain the seeds of a future defeat.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Has Been Flirting With a Third Term]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/is-this-why-trump-has-been-flirting-with-running-in-2028/ar-AA1PvdUt</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can Donald Trump legally run for a third term as president of the United States? No.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats Flubbed the Gerrymandering Arms Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/how-democrats-flubbed-gerrymandering/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New York State is a case study in Democrats' failure to understand the evolving political landscape.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will the U.S. Ever Do Right by Mahmoud Khalil?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/will-the-government-ever-do-right-by-mahmoud-khalil/ar-AA1IEcsx</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Khalil is suing the government for false imprisonment and other harms. He should win'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but will the courts let him?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Democrats Should Become the 'Pro-Porn' Party]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/2jXEr</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s anti-porn ruling is terrible, but it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s also an opportunity for Democrats to reclaim the cause of free speech.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Is Bad Guy on World Stage, Must Be Sanctioned]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/07/02/elie_mystal_the_us_needs_to_be_sanctioned_we_are_the_bad_guys_on_the_world_stage.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elie Mystal, the author of "Bad Law," told Joy Reid on her podcast this week that the U.S. needs to be "rebuked" by the world community for bombing Iran.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Holding International Students at Harvard Hostage]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-is-holding-international-students-at-harvard-hostage/ar-AA1FnpOw</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In its quest to wreak vengeance on Harvard, the administration may ultimately fail at punishing the university'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but it will harm thousands of young people.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's First Round of Judicial Picks Are Terrifying]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-has-made-his-first-round-of-judicial-picks-and-they-re-terrifying/ar-AA1EpcC8</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The appointments'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'which include an attorney who helped steer a major anti-trans case'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'are as much about the failures of the Democrats as the ruthlessness of Republicans.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Should Replace the Constitution Like in South Africa]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/04/elie_mystal_every_law_older_than_1965_civil_rights_act_should_be_considered_presumptively_unconstitutional.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA["The Nation" columnist Elie Mystal explained on "The Breakfast Club" why he thinks the U.S. should scrap the Constitution and try to write a new one:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Value of Joy Reid]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/the-value-of-joy/ar-AA1zKyhA</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joy Reid is responsible for my signature afro. It was late 2018; I was in the make-up chair at MSNBC, and the make-up artists said, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'You have such nice hair.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' My hair was getting pretty long, and I thought she was nicely telling me it was time to get it cut, as older Black...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Do You Solve a Problem Like Eric Adams?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-eric-adams/ar-AA1zmKkE</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As long as Eric Adams refuses to resign, New Yorkers must contemplate other options, including'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but not limited to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'intervention by the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s governor.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Could Remake the Supreme Court for a Generation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-trump-could-remake-the-supreme-court-for-a-generation/ar-AA1yOjTJ</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is poised to become the first president since FDR to have appointed the majority of high-court justices. His potential picks are terrifying.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Parenting in the Age of Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/parenting-in-the-age-of-trump/ar-AA1ypbjA</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/parenting-in-the-age-of-trump/ar-AA1ypbjA]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like Sarah Connor, the heroine of the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Terminator'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' movies, Elie Mystal is trying to figure out how to prepare his children for the dystopian future.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Line-by-Line Breakdown of Birthright Citizenship Order]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Almost every sentence of the order is wrong, misleading, or flagrantly unconstitutional.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Was the Biggest Factor in Harris' Defeat?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/why-harris-lost-economy-versus-racism/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/why-harris-lost-economy-versus-racism/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As progressives continue to debate the reasons for Harris's loss'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'it was the economy! it was the bigotry!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Isabella Weber and Elie Mystal duke out their opposing positions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Of Course Biden Was Right To Pardon His Son]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/joe-biden-hunter-pardon-was-right-mystal/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[People need to stop asking Democrats to play by different rules than Republicans, and they need to stop asking Biden to be a worse father than any of us would be in his place.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Should Sotomayor Retire Before January 20?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/should-sonia-sotomayor-retire/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/should-sonia-sotomayor-retire/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The difference between what the answer should be'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and what it will be'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'tells you almost everything you need to know about today's Democratic Party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There's No Denying It: Trump Is Not a Fluke--He's America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-is-america-not-a-fluke/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States chose Donald Trump in all his ugliness and cruelty, and the country will get what it deserves.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Kind of Damage Will Supreme Court Inflict This Term?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/society/supreme-court-2024-term-preview/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To understand the ambitions of the conservative majority, look no farther than Project 2025, which was cooked up by some of the same people who engineered the current court.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How To Debate Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/how-to-debate-donald-trump-kamala-harris/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's almost no way to win a debate against a serially unserious liar like Trump, but if Harris can knock him off his vibe, she might stand a chance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Meet the MAGA Zealots Gunning To Be State Prosecutors]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/republican-attorney-general-association-raga-election/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican Attorney Generals Association is working overtime to install authoritarian AGs across the country.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jackson Is Redefining What It Means To Be a Liberal Justice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ketanji-brown-jackson-is-redefining-what-it-means-to-be-a-liberal-justice/ar-AA1ogEvY</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During her short time on the Supreme Court, Jackson has articulated a skepticism toward judicial power that feels particularly urgent in a post-Roe world.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the Supreme Court Reform Proposals Could Work]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-biden-s-court-reform-proposals-could-work-if-the-court-would-let-them/ar-BB1qU6QQ</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden announced a series of proposals to check and reform the Supreme Court on Monday. The package represents a major policy shift for Biden, who has long been against Supreme Court reform. Vice President Kamala Harris, the now-presumptive Democratic nominee for president,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Alito's Opinions Are Just as Upside-Down as His Flag]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/alito-supreme-court-south-carolina-map/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a majority opinion rubber-stamping South Carolina's racist congressional map, Alito made it effectively impossible to contest racial gerrymanders.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Supreme Court Is Not Our Friend]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/stephen-breyer-wants-us-all-just-to-get-along/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/stephen-breyer-wants-us-all-just-to-get-along/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former justice is calling on Americans to emulate the civility of Supreme Court justices, never mind the extreme harm some of those justices are doing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Can't Allow 6 Republicans in Robes To Rule Over Us]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/02/29/elie_mystal_until_we_stop_the_republican_supreme_court_we_will_keep_losing_rights.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On MSNBC Elie Mystal criticized the Supreme Court saying that the court is a partisan Republican Supreme Court.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time To Get Over Biden's Age]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/its-time-to-get-over-bidens-age/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/its-time-to-get-over-bidens-age/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The potshots at the president's age are attacks not just on Biden but also on his vice president. Plus, have you seen the other guy?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Supreme Court Is Not Going To Save Us From Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/the-supreme-court-wont-to-save-us-from-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The justices have made clear that they do not think the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump from running for office. That means there's only one way to stop him'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'at the ballot box.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Colorado Court's Ruling Is Sharp as Hell]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/the-colorado-courts-ruling-banning-trump-from-the-ballot-is-sharp-as-hell/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Elie Mystal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While the ruling will be overturned by the Supreme Court, the conservative justices will have to tie themselves into a knot to do it.]]></description>
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