Articles by Charlotte Greene

The “75 Cases” Claim: What Judges Ruled and Where the First Amendment Line Is

When you hear a sweeping claim like “courts have ruled dozens of times that President Trump stifled free speech,” it is worth slowing down and asking two librarian-style questions: What exactly counts as a ‘case’? and what did the judges actually say the government did wrong? Here is the concrete...

Can Fauci Plead the Fifth After a Pardon?

When Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before a Senate committee on July 29, 2026, he declined to answer questions by invoking the Fifth Amendment . The flashpoint was not just political. It was constitutional: can someone still “plead the Fifth” after receiving a presidential pardon ? This question...

Appeals Court Clears End of TPS for South Sudan and Ethiopia

Two Temporary Protected Status programs, one covering South Sudan and one covering Ethiopia, are now far closer to ending after a federal appeals court said earlier court orders blocking the terminations cannot stand. The turning point was not a new factual finding about conditions overseas. It was...

DOJ Warns Montgomery County Over Armed Worship Ban

Montgomery County, Maryland, has found itself in a fast-moving constitutional clash after the U.S. Department of Justice signaled it may intervene against a local carry restriction that applies to “places of public assembly,” including houses of worship. At the center of the dispute is a county...

Ninth Circuit Limits Mandatory ICE Detention for Interior Arrests

The Ninth Circuit just issued a consequential immigration detention decision with a practical bottom line: in much of the western United States, many immigrants who entered the country without inspection but are later arrested inside the United States generally cannot be placed into mandatory,...

Judge Blocks Ethiopia TPS Termination After Supreme Court Warning

For most of us, “Temporary Protected Status” sounds like an internal immigration term that only matters to lawyers. But when a TPS designation ends, it can quickly become a very ordinary, very human question: Do people who have built lives here get told to leave, and how fast? That question is now...

When Elite Lawyers Break the Law

When an everyday person is convicted of tax evasion, it is usually framed as a private failure with public consequences. When the person is a Supreme Court litigator, it becomes something else too: a stress test for the legal system’s basic promise that the rules are real, and they apply to...

Judge Blocks Ethiopian TPS Termination After Supreme Court Limits Injunctions

When the Supreme Court narrows what lower courts can do, you might expect the next chapter to be fairly straightforward: district judges follow the new boundaries, and any remaining disputes move through the normal appeals process. Immigration law rarely cooperates with that tidy picture. On...

Judge Preserves Ethiopian TPS Protections After Supreme Court Ruling

When the Supreme Court narrows the ability of lower courts to block an immigration policy, many people assume that is the end of the story. But immigration cases often have a second chapter, because the legal theories can change even when the underlying human stakes do not. That is what we are...

Trump’s Under-the-Radar Deportation Court Gambit

Some government actions are loud on purpose. Others slip by quietly, wrapped in procedural language that feels too technical to worry about. This week’s immigration news falls squarely into the second category. The Justice Department has taken steps to activate a special deportation tribunal...

House panel subpoenas three nonprofits in Singham funding probe

The House Ways and Means Committee has escalated an investigation into what it describes as a far-left influence-and-funding network, issuing subpoenas to three nonprofits after Chairman Rep. Jason Smith said earlier requests yielded no responsive records. Smith, a Missouri Republican, is focusing...

Trump’s Under-the-Radar Deportation Court Play

Most immigration crackdowns are loud on purpose. Raids. Press conferences. Big numbers. But some of the most unsettling moves are the ones that happen quietly, on paperwork most people will never see. This month, the Trump administration took a step that should make anyone who cares about...

DOJ Targets U.S. Virgin Islands Magazine Ban

When people talk about the Second Amendment, they usually picture a debate playing out in a state legislature or a federal court somewhere on the mainland. This week, that familiar argument landed in a place many Americans rarely think about in constitutional terms: the U.S. Virgin Islands. On...

Home Whiskey, Home Weed, and the Commerce Clause

One of the Constitution’s most practical, day-to-day powers is also one of its most slippery: Congress’s authority “ to regulate Commerce…among the several States .” That short phrase, the Commerce Clause, helps determine what you can buy, sell, ship, grow, brew, and sometimes even what you can do...

The Constitution Was Never Meant to Belong to Nine Justices

One of the quietest civic habits Americans have picked up in modern life is this: when a constitutional question gets hard, we treat it like a problem we must ship to Washington and hand to nine people in black robes. Sometimes that habit feels comforting. Courts speak in crisp sentences, issue a...

Court Strikes New Jersey’s AR-15 and Magazine Bans

A federal appeals court has invalidated two of New Jersey’s most prominent gun restrictions: the state’s ban on a broad category of semiautomatic rifles (often labeled “assault firearms”) and its restriction on magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds . The decision came from the U.S. Court...

Can Hawaii’s High Court Defy the U.S. Supreme Court?

When people hear that a state supreme court might “defy” the U.S. Supreme Court , it can sound like a constitutional cliffhanger. In practice, these moments usually revolve around something more specific: a state court signaling it will read the federal Constitution through a distinct local...

When Police Take Your Guns Without a Hearing

When people hear the phrase “red flag” , they often picture a court order. A judge, evidence, a hearing, and a clear set of rules. But in a recent Long Island case, a family says something far less formal happened: police effectively disarmed two licensed gun owners based on a mental health concern...

When Officials Obstruct ICE: What Accountability Looks Like

Courthouses are supposed to be boring in the best way: rules, routines, and predictability. That is why this case has landed with such force. A Wisconsin judge was convicted in federal court of felony obstruction after prosecutors said she deliberately interfered with federal immigration officers...

SCOTUS Sports Ruling Leaves Trans Kids Paying the Price

When the Supreme Court rules, the legal language can feel distant. But for many families with transgender kids, the Court’s June 30 decision hit like a personal announcement over the loudspeaker: you are not eligible. Not here. Not on this team. Not with your friends. Parents described the moment...