How the Washington Post Makes Trump Supreme Court Case More Understandable
Washington Post creates user-friendly guide to decipher Supreme Court case about whether Trump can appear on 2024 ballot.
Both the New York Times and The Washington Post had live audio streams of the arguments, which useful graphics to help listeners know which advocate or justice was speaking. Both had ongoing live-blogging during the arguments, distilling and interpreting arguments to a lay audience.
Each paper likewise had a plethora of supporting digital features, and this one from the Post is one of the most concise and most useful I've seen.
The statutory language in full, highlighting pertinent portions. Trump's argument, plainly stated, linked out to the actual briefs. Same for the Colorado challengers. These summaries distill what could be clunky legalese into easy-to-follow statements.
Then a plain-language summary of what the courts involved at various levels have said on the topic, along with links to those decisions.
And it concludes with a collection of links to related case law that had been cited as precedents in the various decisions.
Just a great use of the digital platform to put a lot of information in one spot and organized in a way to help readers understand a complex issue as easily as possible.