Author: Charlotte Greene

What does it mean when the federal government turns the collections machine back on? For the first time since March 2020, the U.S. Department of Education will resume collecting on defaulted federal student loans. The move ends a pandemic-era pause that protected millions of borrowers from wage garnishments, tax refund seizures, and other aggressive enforcement…

What happens when a government office created to streamline bureaucracy is accused of overstepping constitutional boundaries? That’s the question at the heart of a new federal court order targeting the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a relatively new agency under the Trump administration tasked with rooting out waste, fraud, and mismanagement. A federal judge has…

Is the Supreme Court now second-guessing the Constitution’s own text? That’s the charge Justice Samuel Alito levels in his sharp dissent from a recent decision temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan nationals. Calling the Court’s move “legally questionable,” Alito took direct aim at what he…

What happens when the executive branch chooses silence over scrutiny? That’s the question Republican lawmakers are now forcing back into the national spotlight as they call for a long-delayed federal investigation into the deaths of five late-term aborted babies discovered in Washington, D.C., in 2022. The request, made directly to the FBI, is not just…

What happens when a president decides to step away from peace? What role does the Constitution play when foreign conflicts collide with U.S. diplomacy? In recent remarks, President Donald Trump stated that the United States would “take a pass” on Ukraine peace negotiations if Russia “doesn’t want to play ball.” The statement, delivered during a…

Should students fear gunfire in a place meant for learning? What does the Constitution say about a university’s power to protect its own campus—and at what cost to individual rights? These are the hard questions surfacing after a deadly shooting at Florida State University (FSU) on April 17, 2025. Two students were killed and six…

Can a president override a federal judge’s order by claiming urgency or national security? Can the executive branch carry out mass deportations even after being told to stop? These are the high-stakes questions now facing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, as the Trump administration scrambles to avoid potential contempt charges for…

Is citizenship by birth a constitutional guarantee – or a policy that can be changed by executive order? That’s the question the U.S. Supreme Court will confront this May, when it hears oral arguments in a high-stakes case involving President Donald Trump’s January 2025 executive order to end automatic citizenship for children born in the…

1. Securing the Southern Border: Wall Construction and Asylum Reforms Policy & Timeline: Within hours of taking office in January 2025, President Trump moved to restore border security by restarting construction of the border wall and overhauling asylum policies​ foxnews.com. His Day-One executive orders reversed Biden-era practices and reinstated stricter Trump-era measures​ fox4news.com: Statements &…