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Amy Davidson Sorkin

@tnyCloseRead

I'm a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine.

 New York City
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Joined July 2009
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You have my word.
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This is why so many Republicans i know and moderates like me voted for you. You seem to actually be a Mississippian, not a DC person. The most hard-core Republican i know (my business partner at our law firm) changed his vote from a wrote in to you because you came to talk to people at the Trump Rally. You treated people who disagreed with you as humans that just should be talked to. Do that in DC for us and you'll stay in tge Senate forever in my book.
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I walked the Trump rally line to listen, not make assumptions. I talked with voters, asked questions and heard what matters to them. When I'm elected, I'll represent all 82 counties and every Mississippian, no matter who they voted for. That's what being your senator means. #MississippiMatters
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In the hands of the people now.
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The cases of Christa Pike and Nidal Hasan show how vanishingly fine the line is between a routine execution and an unbearable one. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
Facing the Death Penalty

Facing the Death Penalty

The cases of Christa Pike and Nidal Hasan show how vanishingly fine the line is between a routine execution and an unbearable one.

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Gathering at Andrews airbase: Legal teams headed to Guantánamo Bay for a one-week pretrial session in the USS Cole bombing case. Two reporters and three legal observers are also headed down. nytimes.com/article/uss-cole…
Trial Guide: The Cole Bombing Case at Guantánamo Bay

Trial Guide: The Cole Bombing Case at Guantánamo Bay

What to know about the death-penalty prosecution of a Saudi prisoner accused of plotting the suicide bombing on a Navy destroyer off Yemen in 2000 that killed 17 sailors.

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Over the course of her new memoir, Jill Biden “keeps putting up hurdles for even the most sympathetic of readers,” Amy Davidson Sorkin writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/s7…
In Her Memoir, Jill Biden Continues to Avoid Reality

In Her Memoir, Jill Biden Continues to Avoid Reality

A sense of make-believe and avoidance pervades Jill Biden’s memoir about her tenure as First Lady, Amy Davidson Sorkin writes.

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I wrote about the SCOTUS decision in Trump v Barbara—just 5-4 on what the majority rightly called “the promise” of birthright citizenship in the Constitution. Trump, alarmingly, is not alone in trying to break that promise—and he never has been. @newyorker newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
The Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship—but the Fight May Not Be Over

The Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship—but the Fight May Not Be Over

The decision that rejected Donald Trump’s attempts to rewrite the Constitution was much too close.

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I wrote about the SCOTUS decision in Trump v Barbara—just 5-4 on what the majority rightly called “the promise” of birthright citizenship in the Constitution. Trump, alarmingly, is not alone in trying to break that promise—and he never has been. @newyorker newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
The Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship—but the Fight May Not Be Over

The Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship—but the Fight May Not Be Over

The decision that rejected Donald Trump’s attempts to rewrite the Constitution was much too close.

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The decision that rejected Donald Trump’s attempts to rewrite the Constitution was much too close. newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
The Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship—but the Fight May Not Be Over

The Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship—but the Fight May Not Be Over

The decision that rejected Donald Trump’s attempts to rewrite the Constitution was much too close.

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The Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship—but the Fight May Not Be Over newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
The Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship—but the Fight May Not Be Over

The Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship—but the Fight May Not Be Over

The decision that rejected Donald Trump’s attempts to rewrite the Constitution was much too close.

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I wrote about Jill Biden’s new, wearying book for @NewYorker
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Over the course of her new memoir, Jill Biden “keeps putting up hurdles for even the most sympathetic of readers,” Amy Davidson Sorkin writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/s7…
In Her Memoir, Jill Biden Continues to Avoid Reality

In Her Memoir, Jill Biden Continues to Avoid Reality

A sense of make-believe and avoidance pervades Jill Biden’s memoir about her tenure as First Lady, Amy Davidson Sorkin writes.

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I wrote about Jill Biden’s new, wearying book for @NewYorker
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Over the course of her new memoir, Jill Biden “keeps putting up hurdles for even the most sympathetic of readers,” Amy Davidson Sorkin writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/s7…
In Her Memoir, Jill Biden Continues to Avoid Reality

In Her Memoir, Jill Biden Continues to Avoid Reality

A sense of make-believe and avoidance pervades Jill Biden’s memoir about her tenure as First Lady, Amy Davidson Sorkin writes.

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Some background in here on Josh Turek, who just won the Democratic nomination for the Senate in Iowa—an open GOP-held seat that now seems to be in play. @newyorker newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
Can the Democrats Take Back the Senate?

Can the Democrats Take Back the Senate?

Their electoral prospects are finally improving, but opportunities can quickly give way to divisions. Does the Party have a plan?

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Pope Leo's Easter message: "Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!"
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Post-Birthright Citizenship oral arguments, a prospect Kavanaugh raised—Trump’s E.O. is thrown out, but on statutory, not constitutional grounds—deserves more attention. Not the likeliest outcome, maybe, but one that would unsettle what had been seen as a settled right.
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“It’s a new world; it’s the same Constitution”—Chief Justice Roberts (reassuringly) in the Birthright Citizenship oral arguments
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Trump, as a party to the case, is at SCOTUS—but what about Sarah and Matthew, the American babies who are among the respondents?
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Here’s my briefing on what’s at stake in tomorrow’s SCOTUS birthright-citizenship oral arguments, for @newyorker newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
Is the Supreme Court Unsure About Birthright Citizenship?

Is the Supreme Court Unsure About Birthright Citizenship?

Maybe the Justices simply want to reiterate what the Court has already said—or maybe not.

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Here’s my briefing on what’s at stake in tomorrow’s SCOTUS birthright-citizenship oral arguments, for @newyorker newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
Is the Supreme Court Unsure About Birthright Citizenship?

Is the Supreme Court Unsure About Birthright Citizenship?

Maybe the Justices simply want to reiterate what the Court has already said—or maybe not.

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MUST READ: A bombshell NYT investigation shows that Cesar Chavez sexually abused young girls. Dolores Huerta also discloses for first time that that Chavez raped her. So much more from Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes —> nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/ce…
Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years

Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years

An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that the United Farm Workers co-founder groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the movement.

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