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July 16, 2025
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Says Laws Aren’t Real
The Roberts court majority seems bound and determined to undermine the American constitutional order.
July 10, 2025
Felipe De La Hoz
How Extreme Can Democratic Governors Get to Stop Trump?
Blue state leaders have considerable power at their disposal to confront the threat of the administration’s authoritarianism. But some lines have never previously been crossed.
June 27, 2025
Grace Segers
Congress Won’t Act on the Iran Strikes. That Doesn’t Make Them Legal.
Regardless of how lawmakers react, experts say the president’s actions were unlawful.
June 21, 2025
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Threat to Unleash Troops in Cities Just Got Darker and Scarier
The president just won a temporary victory in court on his troops in Los Angeles. His unhinged reaction to it reveals the true depths of his malevolent intentions toward—well, us.
June 11, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Hegseth Can’t Answer Key Question on Trump Power to Deploy Marines
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth can’t explain the main question at the heart of Trump’s decision to send the Marines to crush anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.
May 22, 2025
Matthew Wollin
The Obscure Legal Doctrine Guiding the Supreme Court Into Oblivion
The high court is stretching an interpretive philosophy to the breaking point to avoid confrontations with Trump.
May 16, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Freaks After SCOTUS Trashes His Birthright Citizenship Arguments
Donald Trump apparently can’t handle the fact that the justices thought his arguments were bad.
May 15, 2025
Matt Ford
Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Case Has the Supreme Court Baffled
The Trump administration’s brief against the Fourteenth Amendment is a bad one, and it naturally led to some tortured legal reasoning from his solicitor general.
May 15, 2025
Monica Potts
Trump’s Corruption Is a Huge Problem. But It’s a Hard Sell to Voters.
The scant polling evidence suggests that corruption is not a decisive factor for voters—yet there is a way for Democrats to leverage the president’s malfeasance in next year’s midterm elections.
May 15, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Justice Department Makes Insane Claim About Obeying Court Orders
Donald Trump’s lawyers made the argument to the Supreme Court during a hearing on birthright citizenship.
May 15, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Calls U.S. “STUPID” in Wild Rant on Birthright Citizenship
Donald Trump posted a screed against birthright citizenship just hours before the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the constitutional right.
May 15, 2025
Ross Rosenfeld
How Trump’s “Emergency” Powers Could Become Permanent
The president is declaring emergencies on everything from an “invasion” of immigrants to a mythical shortage of fossil fuel production. But it’s all just a ploy for him to act like a Roman emperor.
May 14, 2025
Harry Litman
Trump Writes Congress out of the Constitution—and Congress Says Fine
The question regarding the Qatari plane deal isn’t whether it’s corrupt or illegal. It’s both of those. The question is, who will stop it?
May 9, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Stephen Miller Has a Dangerous New Idea About Habeas Corpus
The Supreme Court ordered Donald Trump to allow immigrants slated for deportation to file habeas petitions contesting their potential removal.
May 8, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s FBI Director Grilled on What He Thinks Fifth Amendment Says
Kash Patel has quite the interpretation of “due process.”
May 6, 2025
Matt Ford
How Republicans in Congress Enable Trump’s Tyranny
GOP lawmakers in Washington have stumbled onto one neat trick to abet the president’s lawlessness—dismantle their own power.
May 5, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Stephen Miller Unveils Totally Made-Up Definition of “Due Process”
The Trump adviser is trying to redefine the Constitution in order to carry out his extreme immigration agenda.
May 2, 2025
Edith Olmsted
CNN’s Resident Trump Defender Doesn’t Know How the Constitution Works
Scott Jennings apparently doesn't know that Congress, not the president, is responsible for declaring war.
April 30, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Encourages Terrifying Calls for Third Term at 100-Day Rally
Donald Trump continues to stoke claims that a third term is possible for him.
April 24, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s New Merch Is a Horrifying Warning
Donald Trump is making it pretty clear he plans to say in power forever.
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