Articles by Eleanor Stratton

The scene was shocking and almost unbelievable. In the middle of a legislative hearing in Wisconsin, a state senator, consumed with rage, lunged across the dais to grab the chairman’s gavel. This was more than a moment of lost tempers. This was a stark and worrying symptom of the decay of our...

The reading of a jury verdict is meant to be a moment of solemn finality, the point at which the chaos of a crime is met with the sober, deliberate conclusion of the law. But in the trial of Ryan Routh for the attempted assassination of a president, that final moment was itself consumed by chaos,...

On the world’s biggest diplomatic stage, the President of the United States was momentarily foiled by a stopped escalator and a broken teleprompter. He immediately seized upon the mishaps to portray the United Nations as a symbol of global dysfunction. But the strange and revealing truth behind...

In the wake of tragedy, the call for security is a powerful and understandable impulse. But a new initiative launched today in Florida, created in the name of preventing violence, raises a chilling question for every citizen: What is the cost of that security, and is it the very constitutional...

With a brief, temporary order, the Supreme Court today allowed President Trump to fire a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. This single personnel decision, however, is merely the opening shot in what is poised to become one of the most significant constitutional battles in modern...

This is a lesson in civic virtue. Before a crowd of tens of thousands in a vast stadium, a grieving widow stepped to a podium to eulogize her assassinated husband. In a nation raw with political division and primed for a call to vengeance, she offered something far more radical, and far more...

The United States Congress has many complex duties, but its most fundamental, most essential responsibility is to fund the government it creates. This is the bedrock of its power. Today, in a remarkable display of political brinkmanship, the Senate has formally chosen to fail at that task,...

As a nation prepares to mourn the assassination of one political leader, its security apparatus is in a frantic, high-stakes race to protect the President from becoming the next victim. President Trump is scheduled to speak at a massive stadium memorial for Charlie Kirk, and federal law enforcement...

A late-night television set in Hollywood is dark tonight. The show was not canceled for low ratings or a lack of talent. It was pulled from the air just hours after a direct and public threat from one of the most powerful regulatory officials in Washington. The suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel...

Two high school boys in Virginia have been formally labeled “sexual harassers” by their school district. Their offense was not a physical act, nor was it a pattern of targeted bullying. Their offense was to complain to each other about a biological female who identifies as transgender being...

In the tense quiet of a federal courtroom, the trial of a would-be presidential assassin pivoted to a single, crucial piece of evidence: the rifle found in the woods. An FBI firearms expert took the witness stand, and his clinical, technical testimony would provide the most chilling and...

Trump’s DOJ Declares War on “Hate Speech,” Sparking a First Amendment Firestorm

The Department of Justice has drawn a new and constitutionally perilous line in the sand. In a major policy announcement, Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed federal prosecutors to more aggressively investigate and charge individuals for “hate speech,” particularly when it is directed...

A county prosecutor stepped to a podium in Utah on Tuesday, and with a series of formal charges, began the long, slow work of justice. This seemingly routine legal step, however, was a moment of immense constitutional significance. It marked the end of a chaotic manhunt and the beginning of the...

Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates for First Time This Year

For the first time in years, the central bank of the United States has cut its benchmark interest rate, signaling a major shift in economic policy. But this was not just an economic decision; it was the culmination of a long and brutal political war waged by the President against the independence...

In the digital age, is a fair trial still possible? As a nation reels from the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a suspect has been arrested, and within hours, the internet has been flooded with a toxic storm of conflicting and often completely fabricated “facts” about who he is. This is not just...

Twelve ordinary citizens have just taken an oath in a Florida courtroom. Their task is one of the most profound and difficult duties in a republic: to sit in judgment of a man accused of attempting to assassinate the President of the United States. With a jury now seated, the federal trial of Ryan...

Can twelve impartial Americans still be found? In a Florida courtroom this week, that question has become the central, agonizing challenge in the trial of the man accused of attempting to assassinate the President. As dozens of potential jurors are dismissed for their passionate and unshakeable...

The American dream of homeownership is slipping out of reach for millions, crushed by skyrocketing prices and a severe housing shortage. As a bipartisan group in Congress slowly works on a traditional legislative solution, the White House is now floating a far more radical and constitutionally...

It is a familiar ritual in Washington D.C. A sitting Vice President, just seven months into a new term, is asked about his future ambitions. He gives the expected, coy answer, insisting he is focused only on “the current job.” But beneath this familiar political dance, a profound constitutional...

An ICE agent is on patrol in Southern California. In a split second, they must decide whether to stop and interrogate a person based on a handful of factors. Can they consider the language a person is speaking, their apparent ethnicity, or the fact that they are near a day-labor pickup spot? The...