Trump’s Dangerous Supreme Court Maneuver

Plus: a lost interview with James Baldwin; Joan Didion’s perfect prose; and painting trees. View in browser | Update your preferences Take our survey: We’d like to hear your thoughts on the Daily newsletter, and how we might do better. Take this short survey to help us learn more about you and your preferences. Daily Comment How Trump’s Supreme Court Maneuver Could Dangerously Increase the Powers of the President A Federalist Society majority could upend the balance of power between the three branches of government. By David Rohde Our Columnists Why the Supreme Court Battle Is Unlikely to Transform the Election In the past eight and a half months, the race between Trump and Biden has shifted by less than a percentage point. By John Cassidy From the Magazine Onward and Upward with the Sciences The Elusive Peril of Space Junk Millions of human artifacts circle the Earth. Can we clean them up before they cause a disaster? By Raffi Khatchadourian PAID POST “The older, wiser follow-up to How to Be a Woman.”—London Times Brutally honest and scathingly funny, Caitlin Moran tells it like it is: “You are about to be required to hold the fabric of society together. For no pay. That is what being a middle-aged woman is.” MORE THAN A WOMAN is “a much needed dose of optimism and empowerment” (Harper’s Bazaar). Get it today. Culture and More Page-Turner Freedom Day, 1963: A Lost Interview with James Baldwin After Baldwin’s biographer died, her niece opened an old desk drawer and discovered a trove of interview material, some of it unpublished. By Fern Marja Eckman Page-Turner The Perfect Prose of a Joan Didion Photo Caption The caption, in the August 1, 1965, issue of American Vogue, sounds like Didion in its rhythm, care, and thrift, and also in its swerve toward something more troubling or mysterious. By Brian Dillon Culture Desk Looking at a Tree Painting trees has always been very difficult. But during these past few years some of the fear has vanished, and I have been able to approach them. By Maira Kalman Personal History How We Escaped the Worst of the California Wildfires A Stanford professor’s two-week evacuation in the Santa Cruz mountains. By Ian Morris Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Postal Service Procedures Unrelated to the Election First and foremost, there will be no more Priority Mail. Mail is no longer a priority. By Nehemiah Markos and Jed Feiman Daily Cartoon Tuesday, September 22nd By Paul Steiner This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.