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How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee

By: Michael S. Schmidt and Jessica Silver-Greenberg —
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transformation.

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Trump, Paul Weiss and the Capitulation of Big Law: 5 Takeaways

By: Michael S. Schmidt and Jessica Silver-Greenberg —
The law firm Paul Weiss led the legal resistance against President Trump. Then it led a sudden retreat across the legal industry. A Times investigation examined how it caved to White House pressure.

Paul Weiss’s offices in Washington.

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Trump Just Took Us Somewhere the Country Has Never Been Before

By: Noah Shachtman —
There’s no telling where this leads.

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In Chief Justice’s Annual Report, a History Lesson and Embrace of Independence

By: Ann E. Marimow —
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. did not directly address the tensions between the Trump administration and federal judges who have blocked the president’s agenda.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in May. By tradition, he releases his report about the state of the nation’s courts on the last day of the year.

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The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing

By: Jamelle Bouie —
Why are the Supreme Court and Congress conspiring to give him more power?

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Trump Asked Universities to Sign a Compact. Some See a Trap.

By: Anemona Hartocollis， Michael C. Bender and Alan Blinder —
Trump officials want universities to sign on to conservative priorities to get special treatment. Some in higher education say agreeing would end academic freedom.

A leader at the University of Texas said the institution would be eager to work with the Trump administration. Other universities have been more circumspect.

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How Government Shutdowns Got More Severe and Further Reaching

By: Ali Watkins —
Shutdowns started having significant effects after an attorney general in the 1980s argued that it was illegal for the government to spend money without congressional appropriations.

A government shutdown started at midnight on Wednesday.

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Trump Is Winning the Battle to Undermine Democracy

By: Thomas B. Edsall —
Trump may be winning the battle to weaken our democracy, but he has not won the war.

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‘This Is Worse’: Trump’s Judicial Defiance Veers Beyond the Autocrat Playbook

By: Amanda Taub —
The president’s escalating conflict with federal courts is more aggressive than what happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, experts say.

President Trump at the Kennedy Center on Monday.

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How Trump Is Trying to Consolidate Power Over Courts, Congress and More

By: Erica L. Green， Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maggie Haberman —
President Trump’s expansive interpretation of presidential power has become the defining characteristic of his second term.

President Trump paused to view his official portrait hanging in the hallway at the Department of Justice last Friday.

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How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It

By: Jeremy W. Peters —
President Trump and state politicians are pushing new laws and policies that crack down on curriculum, protests and speakers.

In some cases, the Trump administration has said existing federal law already gives the president all the power he needs to act.

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Trump Seeks to Paralyze Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Watchdog

By: Charlie Savage —
The Trump White House has told three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign or be fired, which would stop the independent agency from functioning.

Sharon Bradford Franklin, the chairwoman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, was among three board members picked by Democrats who received an email from the White House telling them to submit resignation letters.

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‘The Return of the King’: Trump Embraces Trappings of the Throne

By: Peter Baker —
Restored to power, President Trump claimed that God put him there and asserted the right to single-handedly redraw the world map as he sees fit.

President Trump at the Commander in Chief Ball on Monday night. His inaugural events have been suffused with regal themes.

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‘Presidents Enjoy Remarkable Freedom’: Three Legal Experts on Trump 2.0

By: Kate Shaw， David French and Jack Goldsmith —
Opinion writers discuss potential legal issues and executive power in a second Trump term.

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