Author: Eleanor Stratton

Can a law written during the presidency of John Adams still determine who stays in the United States today? That’s the constitutional dilemma at the center of a new Supreme Court order blocking the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. In a 5–4 decision, the justices halted removals…

What if your job in government depended not on competence, but on loyalty to the president? That’s the question at the heart of a sweeping proposal unveiled this week, in which the Trump campaign pledged to implement a new civil service classification—“Schedule Policy/Career”—for federal employees who work on policy. Under this reclassification, government workers who…

Can a president ignore a court order and still claim to uphold the rule of law? That question continues to intensify following new statements from the Trump White House, which forcefully rejected recent criticism over the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador. Responding to concerns raised by Senator Chris Van Hollen and public…

Sean “Diddy” Combs will stand trial on May 5, 2025, after a federal judge denied his legal team’s request for a two-month delay in his sex trafficking and racketeering case. Combs, who has been in pretrial detention since his arrest in September 2024, now faces a fast-approaching courtroom showdown amid mounting legal complexity, national scrutiny,…

Can the government defy a judge based on secret intelligence? What happens when due process collides with national security claims? The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia—a Salvadoran man deported from Maryland in defiance of a federal court order—has become a constitutional flashpoint. Now, newly surfaced allegations that he may have been involved in human trafficking…

What happens when a court orders the government to correct a mistake, but the government refuses? This question lies at the heart of the ongoing legal battle over Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador despite a court order protecting him from removal. On April 17, 2025, the Fourth…

In a decisive move to rein in the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs, the White House issued a sweeping executive order on April 15 that could alter how medication is priced, reimbursed, and delivered across the country. While several directives in the order include implementation windows stretching up to 180 days, a handful of changes…

AP’s Battle with White House over Press Access The Associated Press faces a challenge balancing journalistic integrity with the Trump administration’s demands. The AP’s use of ‘Gulf of Mexico’ instead of Trump’s preferred ‘Gulf of America’ led to their exclusion from the White House press pool. In response, the AP invoked constitutional protections. Judge Trevor…

Pentagon Briefing of Elon Musk Raises Concerns The alleged Pentagon briefing of Elon Musk on China war scenarios raises serious concerns about the separation of private and governmental spheres. As a CEO with significant influence in tech and defense sectors, Musk’s potential access to sensitive military strategies is troubling. Key questions arise: Musk’s business ties…