Author: Charlotte Greene

The first shot was fired in Texas. Now, the counter-attack has been launched in California. In a dramatic escalation of a national political war, the California Legislature on Thursday approved a new congressional map explicitly designed to eliminate up to five Republican seats. The move is a direct and unapologetic retaliation against the Republican Party’s…

A federal judge has declared that the person serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, Alina Habba, is holding her office unlawfully. The ruling is the latest and most dramatic turn in a month-long constitutional power struggle between the President, the Senate, and the Judiciary over one of the most powerful law enforcement posts in…

In a major escalation of its crackdown on immigrant access to public benefits, the Trump administration has begun sending monthly reports to every state in the nation, identifying individuals on public health insurance whose legal status the federal government cannot verify. The directive to the states is clear: investigate and remove them. This new initiative,…

Just a few weeks ago, they were champions of reform, praising California’s model of taking map-drawing “out of the hands of an elected body.” Today, those same lawmakers are supporting a plan to do the exact opposite. A political firestorm has erupted in California as Democrats, in a retaliatory strike against Texas Republicans, are moving…

For months, it was one of the largest financial penalties ever levied against an individual in American history – a judgment of nearly half a billion dollars against a sitting President in a New York civil fraud case. Now, in a stunning reversal, a New York appellate court has thrown that penalty out. The court’s…

A recent ruling from a federal appeals court about a student drag show would normally not make national headlines. But a blistering dissent attached to that ruling, authored by one of President Trump’s most prominent judicial appointees, has turned the case into a major political and constitutional flashpoint. The dissent, written by Judge James Ho…

Just over two years ago, the Supreme Court radically reshaped the legal landscape for all gun laws in America. Now, the aftershocks of that decision are toppling gun control measures across the country. In a major victory for gun rights advocates, a federal appeals court has halted New Mexico’s seven-day waiting period for firearm purchases,…

The FBI Director has declassified years-old secret testimony that levels an explosive charge against one of President Trump’s chief political adversaries, Senator Adam Schiff. The document, containing a whistleblower’s 2017 account of an alleged plot to leak classified information, has re-ignited the long and bitter war between the two men. This is more than just…

In the dead of night, in the ornate chamber of the Texas House of Representatives, three lawmakers slept on chairs pushed together. They were not homeless, and they were not squatting. They were elected officials engaged in a profound act of protest. This quiet, overnight vigil, led by State Representative Nicole Collier, is the latest…

Invoking the spirit of the American Revolution just across the street from Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall, Mayor Michelle Wu has issued a fiery and defiant rebuke to the U.S. Attorney General. Her press conference on Tuesday was a direct response to a new, aggressive push by the Trump administration to force so-called “sanctuary cities” to…