Articles by Eleanor Stratton

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...

A single, explosive page from a book, hidden for years within the private estate of Jeffrey Epstein, has now been released to the world by a congressional committee. The page contains a bizarre, typewritten note to Epstein, signed with a name that appears to be “Donald.” This is not the end of...

“I love the smell of deportations in the morning.” With these words, posted to social media alongside an image of himself against the Chicago skyline, the President of the United States has declared his intention for a new crackdown on an American city. The meme goes on to warn that Chicago...

The nation’s most powerful gun rights organization, long seen as a monolithic force in conservative politics, has just found itself in a surprising and constitutionally significant position. It is now standing in opposition to a potential new policy from its closest political ally, the Trump...

The fate of over a million people from Haiti and Venezuela, who have built lives in the United States for years under a legal program called Temporary Protected Status, now hangs in the balance. A federal judge has just blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to terminate their legal status, a...

In a fiery and constitutionally significant hearing on Capitol Hill this week, a cabinet secretary was placed under the full, hot glare of congressional oversight. Senator after senator confronted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accusing him of making false statements and...

It rises from the red clay of Georgia like a monument to a new American future – a massive, multi-billion-dollar factory designed to build the electric vehicle batteries that will power our economy and help us compete with China. It is the largest single industrial investment in the state’s...

Every American who has ever been stranded in an airport, their flight canceled for reasons beyond their control, knows the feeling of helplessness. A plan was in the works to address this, a new federal rule that would have required airlines to compensate passengers for these disruptions. Now, in a...

Did a Boat Strike in Caribbean Exceed Trump’s Authority to Use Military Force?

In the calm waters of the Caribbean, the United States military, on the orders of the President, has destroyed a vessel. The target was not a foreign warship, but a boat the administration claims was smuggling drugs, representing an “imminent national security threat.” This act of lethal...

“Good riddance.” With those two words, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the end of a major, five-year-long experiment within the U.S. Army. The program, which used psychological assessments and bias-reduction measures to select the military’s next generation of commanders, has been...

In a federal courtroom in Florida, a man accused of attempting to assassinate the President of the United States stands shackled, acting as his own lawyer. The charges against Ryan Routh are among the most serious a citizen can face. Yet in his final pre-trial hearing, he made a series of bizarre...

On the steps of the U.S. Capitol this week, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse spoke publicly, their voices filled with a simple, powerful demand for truth and transparency. That demand has now ignited a rare and potent rebellion within the House of Representatives itself. A small but...

Deep in the Florida Everglades, a controversial new immigrant detention center, tauntingly nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is being dismantled. This symbol of a harsh new deportation policy was not brought down by a grand legal battle over human rights. It was stopped by a lawsuit about...