J.D. Vance’s victory in the Ohio Republican Senate primary is an important and hopeful sign for the future of the GOP. After Trump’s loss in 2020, some were eager for a reversion to the comfortable platitudes of the pre-Trump days. But the problems Trump identified, the crises he was willing to name when few others would, haven’t gone away.
Elon Musk is soon expected to take over Twitter Inc., following the company’s acceptance of his $45 billion offer. Musk has pledged to promote free speech, which he described as “the bedrock of a functioning democracy.” I for one am cautiously optimistic that Elon can Make Twitter Great Again.
I must confess that when the news broke and I read Justice Alito’s careful, exhaustive, impressive opinion, I fell into a mild despair. For the Justice preserved that the human standing of the child in the womb would be left as a matter merely of belief. But it became clearer to me that any disappointment was overborne by the vast good that Samuel Alito accomplishes here.
In a leak unprecedented in modern history, Justice Samuel Alito’s draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade has been published by Politico. But the leak is only part of the story. If Roe really is overruled, the political landscape of America’s states will be more important than ever. Our editors, joined by both Matt Peterson and Helen Roy, have thoughts on the logic of the draft decision, as well as where we go from here.
