The Senate’s Make-Believe Trial of Donald Trump
January 28, 2020 | In my 40 years as a lawyer, I’ve never seen a trial flout the basic requirements for fairness so brazenly.
Articles by Mitchell Zimmerman
Government by Extortion
January 9, 2019 | The White House's "rule or ruin" strategy — wall or shutdown! — is anti-democratic.
I’m a Lawyer. I’ve Been to Trial. And I Believe Christine Blasey Ford.
September 28, 2018 | When you look at the surrounding circumstances, it's clear: Brett Kavanaugh has everything to gain by lying. Christine Blasey Ford has nothing.
Why They Still Come
July 9, 2018 | The U.S. created conditions in Central America that families are desperate to flee — even if they risk being separated.
A ‘Good Guy With a Gun’ Isn’t Enough
February 28, 2018 | More people need to treat gun control as the "do or die" issue it is — not make teachers engage in shoot-outs with students.
Law, Order, and the Dreamers
January 17, 2018 | The 800,000 young people brought here as undocumented children deserve to be treated as more than political pawns.
Lessons on North Korea from the Cuban Missile Crisis
August 23, 2017 | Amid the tensions, the Soviet leader secretly offered Kennedy good advice: Let's not tug on "the knot of war."
If You’re Against Immigrants, You’re Against My Grandma
January 18, 2017 | Many good kids — with the same American dreams my grandparents had — now fear being exiled to a land alien to them.
Reagan Sold Your Future, Trump Will Too
August 31, 2016 | White working-class voters should think twice before electing another flag-waving, immigrant-bashing, billionaire-enriching politician.
What Are Trump’s Values — and America’s?
March 9, 2016 | At every opportunity, Trump comes down on the side of meanness, fear, and hatred.
A Formula for More Murder
January 13, 2016 | Most "bad guys" with a gun were "good guys" with a gun — until they weren’t.
The San Bernardino Massacre Isn’t Part of a ‘World War’
December 16, 2015 | In most mass shootings, politicians shrug that "stuff happens" — unless the shooters are Muslims.
White Supremacy Is Alive and All Too Well
September 9, 2015 | Our system amounts to affirmative action for white people.
Stripping Bare the Arguments against Marriage Equality
May 13, 2015 | Bias can’t justify denying anyone the right to equal constitutional protection.
When Your Armed Neighbor Comes Knocking
February 18, 2015 | Why is it legal to carry a gun to a noise complaint?