Can Conservatives Expand the Death Penalty Using the “Trigger Law” Playbook?
Project 2025 — a road map for the next Trump White House — urges overturning Supreme Court precedent, and a trickle of bills may tee up challenges.
Shawn Musgrave
Shawn Musgrave is a media law attorney and reporter based in New York, and was previously counsel to The Intercept. Shawn brings considerable experience in government transparency, including the federal Freedom of Information Act, state public records laws, and court access. Prior to joining The Intercept, Shawn worked at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, the Center for Investigative Reporting, and MuckRock. His reporting has been published in Politico, The Verge, Vice, Reason, and the Boston Globe, among other outlets.
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Texas A&M Wants to Keep Emails About Leonard Leo’s $15 Million Gift Secret
The donation, one of the largest in the school’s history, was made as right-wing megadonor Leo shopped a new law school center.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Judge Who Went on Israel Junket Recuses Himself From Gaza Case
The federal judge hearing a human rights case disputed allegations he might not be impartial but recused himself out of an “abundance of caution.”
Israel’s War on Gaza
“Not the Career in Public Service I Signed Up For”: Federal Workers Protest War
Government employees are using their official badges to demonstrate against U.S. support for Israel’s war on Gaza.
Israel’s War on Gaza
A Federal Judge Visited Israel on a Junket Designed to Sway Public Opinion. Now He’s Hearing a Gaza Case.
Activists suing the Biden administration over Gaza policy are demanding the judge recuse himself over the sponsored trip.
Israel’s War on Gaza
He Made a PowerPoint on Mothers Starving in Gaza. Then He Lost His Government Job.
A senior USAID adviser said he was pressured to resign days after the agency censored his presentation.
Leonard Leo Built the Conservative Court. Now He’s Funneling Dark Money Into Law Schools.
The megadonor’s plan for a $25 million research center at Cornell fell apart. So he took his money to Texas A&M.
Scarlett Johansson Isn’t Alone. The Intercept Is Getting Ripped Off by OpenAI Too.
The Intercept’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft shows how digital outlets are uniquely vulnerable.
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Is Constitutional, After All
And for some reason Justice Samuel Alito can’t stop talking about this witch trial judge.
This U.S. Attorney Resigned Amid an Ethics Investigation. Yet He Wound Up Overseeing Judges’ Ethics.
After inquiries from The Intercept, Duane Kees stepped down from his ethics panel position.