Author: Eleanor Stratton

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 explosive idea: having President Trump declare a national emergency.…

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 political allegiances, the process has become a stark reflection…

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 a mystery. It…

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 Supreme Court…

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 drama is unfolding. Beneath the surface…

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 move the Department of Homeland…

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 administration. This is not a minor disagreement over regulatory details.…

“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 will soon “find out…

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 military force, conducted without congressional authorization, has ignited…

Should the President have the power to single-handedly kill a consumer protection rule like this without a vote from Congress? 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…