Author: James Caldwell

With a brief, temporary order, Chief Justice John Roberts has paused a lower court’s ruling, allowing President Trump to, for now, keep a fired Federal Trade Commissioner off the government payroll. This seemingly minor procedural move is the opening salvo in what could be one of the most significant constitutional battles of our time. The…

A Supreme Court Justice sat on a stage at Lincoln Center, not in a courtroom, offering a rare glimpse behind the curtain of the most powerful and secretive institution in Washington. As she promotes her new memoir, Justice Amy Coney Barrett has embarked on a public tour to defend the integrity of a Court that…

The federal agency that welcomes new citizens at naturalization ceremonies and processes green cards for families is now hiring its own armed police force. This quiet, bureaucratic change is not a minor adjustment. It is a radical and constitutionally significant move that threatens to erase a critical firewall put in place after 9/11 – a…

Is the United States in the midst of a constitutional crisis? As our political branches remain locked in a state of seemingly perpetual conflict, this question hangs heavy over the nation. This week, a sitting Supreme Court Justice, Amy Coney Barrett, offered a direct and surprising answer: no. In a rare public appearance to promote…

A contentious but routine event unfolded in Washington this week: a cabinet secretary was subjected to tough, critical questioning by a Senate committee. But the response from the executive branch was anything but routine. In a shocking and unprecedented move, the Vice President of the United States took to social media to launch a profane,…

What is the price of an unconstitutional act? For the Trump administration’s now-illegal tariffs, the bill is coming due, and it could be over $200 billion. The decision by a federal appeals court to strike down the President’s use of an emergency law to impose his sweeping trade taxes has created a massive, chaotic, and…

“We’re going in.” With those three words, the President of the United States has threatened to send federal law enforcement and military troops into Chicago, a major American city, against the staunch opposition of its elected leaders. This is not a promise to restore order. It is a direct threat to the constitutional sovereignty of…

Records release contains wide array of files, including flight logs, court filings and surveillance footage Tens of thousands of pages of long-awaited government files on the Jeffrey Epstein case have just been released to the public by the House Oversight Committee. It is a moment that promises explosive revelations and a new era of transparency.…

A Multi-Billion Dollar Conflict: The President’s Crypto Fortune and the Emoluments Clause The number is staggering: five billion dollars. That is the approximate paper value of the Trump family’s holdings in a new cryptocurrency that began public trading this week. The token’s launch comes just after the President himself championed a pro-crypto agenda and signed…