The Paradox of Law Fair

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"It seems like this ought to be obvious, but clearly it's not," he says. "The IC is well practiced in the arts of, of swarm tactics." He argues that if people don't get sucked up into these things they will end up fighting fruitlessly against them. The U.S. government may have to watch itself collapse under its own weight as a result., writes Julian Zelizer.

French police shot and killed Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old immigrant of Algerian and Moroccan descent with a long history of criminal activity, sparking violent protest across the country. Is this France’s George Floyd moment—or something darker still? Stateside, the courts have been on a roll, preliminarily blocking the Biden administration from overtly colluding with social media companies and banning explicit race-based affirmative action in university admissions. The editors discuss the rolling civilizational crisis and, of course, remind you to read the damn site.