Articles by Charlotte Greene

NJ Donor Disclosure Fight Shows the Power of Impact Litigation

Constitutional law does not always arrive with a sweeping statute or a landmark opinion that everyone recognizes on sight. Sometimes it starts with something smaller and more procedural: a demand for records. That is the posture of a dispute now unfolding in New Jersey. The state attorney general...

New Jersey ruling draws a line on off-duty cannabis use for police

For many Americans, cannabis policy is no longer an abstract debate. It shows up in workplace handbooks, union negotiations, disciplinary hearings, and a simple but important question: what can an employer control once an employee clocks out ? A recent decision from the Superior Court of New...

Trump Dangles GOP Support if Fetterman Switches Parties

Party labels are supposed to be shorthand, not shackles. But in a polarized moment, even small acts of independence can trigger a loyalty test. That is the backdrop to a remarkable offer now floating around Washington: President Donald Trump wants Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania to switch...

Trump Promises ‘Project Freedom’ to Move Ships Out of the Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States will begin an operation on Monday to “help free up” ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow and strategic waterway now at the center of overlapping blockades in the Gulf. Trump described the effort as a “humanitarian gesture”...

House Passes Senate DHS Funding Bill After Johnson Reverses Course

After a 75-day funding lapse that left much of the Department of Homeland Security in a prolonged partial shutdown, the House voted Thursday to approve a Senate-passed spending measure that funds most DHS operations through September. The bill is expected to be signed swiftly by President Donald...

Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Map, Tightens Rules on Race in Redistricting

The Supreme Court handed down a major redistricting decision on April 29, 2026, striking down Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map and sending a clear message to states nationwide: using race as the leading factor in drawing district lines triggers the Constitution’s toughest test, and states...

Court Says the Second Amendment Covers Firearm Parts

Building a firearm at home used to sound like something only a dedicated hobbyist would attempt. Today, for many gun owners, it is closer to a practical form of customization, especially with modular platforms like the AR-15. That reality matters legally, because a federal appeals court has now...

Supreme Court Takes Up Bid to End TPS for Haitians and Syrians

The Supreme Court is stepping into a high-stakes dispute over Temporary Protected Status , a humanitarian immigration program that lets people live and work in the United States when returning to their home country is unsafe. At issue are Trump-era decisions aimed at ending TPS protections for...

Supreme Court Weighs Geofence Warrants

When the Fourth Amendment was ratified in 1791, the idea that a private company could quietly keep a minute-by-minute record of where millions of people go would have sounded like fantasy. Today, that kind of location history is routine. And the Supreme Court is now being asked a very practical...

Are Connected Cars Becoming Rolling Surveillance Devices?

For decades, your car mostly revealed what could be seen from the outside: where it was parked, whether it was speeding, maybe what was in plain view through a window. Today, many vehicles are something else entirely: networked computers with sensors, software, and cellular connections that can...

Your Car’s Data and the Fourth Amendment

For much of American history, the government often had to rely on physical surveillance, human sources, or scattered records to learn where you went. Today, your own vehicle may be quietly building a record instead. In Washington, lawmakers including Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Ed Markey have pressed...

Chip Roy Urges HHS to Suspend Funding for CAIR

Federal funding decisions can feel abstract until a lawmaker tries to tie them to a single, sharp claim: taxpayer money, Rep. Chip Roy argues, should not flow to organizations he says facilitate terrorism. In a letter sent Monday to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Roy...

A ‘Military-Grade Weapons’ Ban After WHCD: The Second Amendment Fight Over Definitions

In the days after the shooting connected to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a familiar policy idea resurfaced quickly: ban “military-grade weapons.” That call was amplified by Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, a former Democratic Party vice chair, who urged such a ban in a...

When Politics Feels Like a Dead End

When an armed person rushes a high-profile political event, our first reaction is usually a mix of fear and disbelief. The second reaction, if we are honest, is often to reach for a simple explanation: “He was crazy,” or “He was evil,” or “That is just what politics is now.” Those...

Supreme Court Weighs Limits on Roundup Mass Lawsuits

The Supreme Court is considering a question that comes up again and again in modern product litigation: when a product is regulated at the federal level, how much room is left for state lawsuits claiming the warnings were not strong enough? This time, the product is Roundup, a widely used weed...

DOJ Adds Firing Squads to Federal Execution Options

The Justice Department has moved to expand the methods available for federal executions by adding firing squads to the federal toolkit, alongside a renewed embrace of a single-drug lethal injection protocol using pentobarbital. The change is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to...

Mississippi’s Special Session on Redistricting, Explained

Mississippi is preparing for a fast-moving, high-stakes civic moment: Gov. Tate Reeves says he will call a special legislative session to redraw district lines after the U.S. Supreme Court issues its decision in Louisiana v. Callais . He has said the session will happen 21 days after the Court...

In many public debates, the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” is used as a broad, sometimes imprecise label for emergency orders and short procedural rulings that can, in practice, change what the law looks like on the ground before the Court issues a full merits opinion. Critics often target...

Birthright Citizenship: What It Means and What Follows

When people argue about birthright citizenship, they are often arguing about something bigger: who counts as “in” the political community, and when? It is a topic where it helps to be precise. The stakes feel enormous, and the legal rules are more specific than most political slogans suggest....

Supreme Court Takes Up Case on Green Card Holders Charged With Crimes

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an immigration case involving lawful permanent residents, often called green card holders, who have been charged with crimes. Beyond that basic frame, the central legal issue could take more than one form. Depending on what the justices agreed to review, the...