Articles by Charlotte Greene

Judge Denies Asylum for Abrego Garcia, Exposes Immigration Law’s Biggest Constitutional Flaw

Kilmar Abrego Garcia just lost his latest bid to stay in America, but his story is far from over. An immigration judge in Baltimore denied his application to reopen his 2019 asylum case on Wednesday, setting up yet another round in what’s become one of the most legally bizarre immigration sagas...

Federal Layoffs Loom as Shutdown Enters Second Day

The government has been shut down for barely 24 hours, and already the Trump administration is preparing to do something that sounds routine but is actually constitutionally extraordinary: lay off federal workers. Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought told House Republicans Wednesday...

A Reagan-appointed federal judge just delivered what might be the most constitutionally significant – and personally scathing – rebuke of the Trump administration yet. In a stunning 161-page opinion released Tuesday, U.S. District Judge William Young didn’t just rule against the...

SCOTUS Hands Trump Rare Loss: Fed Governor Who Set Your Interest Rates Can’t Be Fired

The Supreme Court just agreed to answer a question that’s never been asked in the 112-year history of the Federal Reserve: can a president fire a Fed governor? The answer will determine whether the central bank that controls interest rates, inflation, and essentially the value of every dollar in...

For the third time in as many months, the President of the United States is preparing to send federal forces into a major American city against the strenuous objections of its local leaders. The new flashpoint is Portland, Oregon , a city that has long been a center of left-wing protest and a...

The federal government is barreling toward a Tuesday night shutdown deadline, and according to the White House and congressional Republicans, there’s only one person who can stop it: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. In what’s shaping up to be an unusual constitutional chess match, Press...

With the September 30th deadline barreling down on Washington, the federal government is once again on the brink of a shutdown. But this is not a typical budget squabble over dollars and cents. It is a high-stakes constitutional showdown that has taken the nation’s public health system hostage....

Government Shutdowns Explained: A Historical Guide to Their Causes and Consequences

When the clock strikes midnight on September 30, the United States government may, once again, shut down. The word “shutdown” has become a familiar part of our political vocabulary, a recurring threat in our bitterly divided politics. But what does it actually mean? How did we get to a place...

ICE Agent Details Fears of Protester Interference, Lack of Police Backup in Sanctuary Cities

A federal immigration agent has revealed what he fears most on the job. It is not the dangerous criminals he is tasked with arresting. It’s the angry crowds, the jeering protesters, and the feeling of being utterly alone, abandoned by local police in a hostile city. His chilling account, coming...

How a Lone, Inexperienced Prosecutor Got a Grand Jury to Indict James Comey

Inside the secret, solemn proceedings of a federal grand jury room this week, a drama of almost unheard-of proportions unfolded. The new, presidentially hand-picked U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia stood alone, without a single member of her 300-person staff of career lawyers...

An unprecedented and deeply mysterious directive has been sent from the Pentagon to every corner of the globe. The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth , has summoned nearly every American general and admiral – from commanders in the Pacific to those in the Middle East – to a sudden, in-person...

Flanked by his top health officials, President Trump began a press conference Tuesday not with policy, but with a personal story of a two-decade-old conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the alarming rise of autism in America. That personal concern has now been translated into a radical and...

In an event that will reverberate through American history, a former Director of the FBI, James Comey , has been indicted by a federal grand jury. The charges of making false statements to Congress and obstruction of justice are the explosive culmination of a political and legal war that has raged...

A horrific, random act of violence on a Charlotte commuter train – the murder of a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee named Iryna Zarutska – has sent shockwaves through North Carolina and ignited a furious legislative response. Lawmakers in the state have now passed “Iryna’s Law,” a sweeping...

In a stadium filled with tens of thousands of mourners on Sunday, the President of the United States stepped to the podium to eulogize his fallen friend and ally, Charlie Kirk . But what followed was not a traditional eulogy. It was a complex and jarring speech that blended profound grief with...

After a week of intense speculation and a fierce national debate, a late-night television host is returning to the air. The suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following his controversial remarks about the assassination of Charlie Kirk was a media firestorm. “We hit some new lows over the...

In the digital age, a national tragedy is inevitably followed by a second, virtual event: a tidal wave of online speculation, rumor, and conspiracy theories. The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been no exception. In the week since his murder, a grieving and outraged public...

Trump’s Public Goading of His Own Attorney General Tests a Core Constitutional Norm

In a pair of remarkable social media posts over the weekend, the President of the United States publicly aired his frustration with his own Attorney General, demanding she move faster to prosecute his political enemies. This public pressure campaign, targeting specific individuals by name, is more...

On its 238th Anniversary, a Look at the Constitution’s Creation: Trump’s Vision vs. the Founders’ Reality

This week, America marks the 238th anniversary of the signing of its most sacred civic document. In a new presidential proclamation, the U.S. Constitution is hailed as a “legendary charter” that codified “eternal truths.” But the story of the Constitution’s birth in the hot, stuffy summer...

The Trump administration has dramatically escalated its pressure campaign against Harvard University , opening a new and powerful front in its ongoing war with the nation’s oldest university – federal student aid . In a one-two punch on Friday, the Department of Education announced it is...