Author: Charlotte Greene

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 in recent memory. This…

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 that reductions in force are “imminent” and “likely a day or…

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 your wallet operates independently of political…

When Do Non-Citizens Get First Amendment Rights? A Reagan Judge Just Rewrote the Rules 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…

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 Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday morning that President Trump…

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 frequent target of…

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 in the wake of a…

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. At the heart of the conflict are…

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 gathering in Virginia next week. No…