Charlotte Howard, our New York bureau chief, on America’s legal system https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/05/02/checks-and-balance-what-a-murder-trial-reveals-about-justice-in-the-trump-era?taid=69f5f7d351e09a00017caf98&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante