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Summary: Barr’s testimony provides a useful, usable story Republicans might be able to accept, albeit quietly. Simply: Trump was a great president. There was no Russia collusion. The first impeachment was illegitimate. Then Trump lost the election. What followed was regrettable — and should now be repudiated or at least forgotten.

Summary: Gone are the days when Supreme Court justices avoided the negativity that most public officials must sometimes confront — when they could walk the streets alone or with their families without attracting attention, positive or negative. ... That luxury — innocence, if you will — served the country. It lowered the temperature for even the court’s high-profile rulings. Today’s feverish atmosphere is unusual. But the consequences for how the justices live will be permanent.

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A review of Noah Feldman, “The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021).

NEW YORK (AP) -- Books about war, poverty and the rule of law are among the finalists for Lukas Prizes given for work that combines literary excellence,

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