Author: Eleanor Stratton

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 history. On Thursday, this symbol of…

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 of plunging the nation’s public health agencies into chaos. This…

“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 officially canceled. This is a deliberate act that re-ignites one of the most profound…

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 determined bipartisan group of lawmakers is on the…

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 requests culminating in…

The United States Senate is grinding to a halt. With 145 presidential nominees stuck in a state of political limbo, the chamber’s Majority Whip, John Barrasso, has threatened to detonate the “nuclear option” – unilaterally changing the Senate’s rules to “roll over” the Democratic minority and force the confirmations through. This is not a story…

What is in a name? When it comes to the building that commands the most powerful military in human history, the name is everything. The White House has now confirmed President Trump’s plan to rename the Department of Defense back to its original, historical title: the Department of War. This is not a cosmetic or…

A lone federal judge has just confronted the immense power of the presidency. In a ruling with profound constitutional implications for the entire nation, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer has declared President Trump’s use of federalized military forces on the streets of California to be unlawful. This decision is more than a victory for the…

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 something else entirely. This is a powerful, if ironic, story…

The border is not just a line on a map. In American constitutional law, it is a line of profound legal significance, and a federal judge has just issued a powerful ruling reaffirming that principle. The decision blocks a Trump administration plan to use “fast-track” deportations for immigrants living deep inside the country. This ruling…