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President Trump announced on his social media platform that Americans can expect checks for $2,000, funded by “massive Tariff Income pouring into our Country from foreign countries.” The money would go to “low and middle income USA Citizens” – direct payments from trade policy revenue. The proposal raises two distinct questions that deserve examination. First,…

The Supreme Court’s latest move wasn’t a full-blown constitutional landmark – it was a short emergency order on a Friday afternoon and then extended on Tuesday. But for roughly 42 million Americans who rely on food assistance, and for anyone who cares about the Separation of Powers, it landed like a thunderclap. By extending a…

David Bookbinder used to be the lawyer representing Boulder, Colorado, in its climate lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy. He’s no longer actively involved in the case. Which apparently freed him up to say what the lawsuit is actually trying to accomplish. “Essentially, the tort liability is an indirect carbon tax,” Bookbinder told a Federalist…

What Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Pivot Reveals About Her 2028 Ambition A few years ago, she was stripped of her committee assignments for liking social media posts that called for the assassination of the Speaker of the House. This week, she appeared on national television to praise that very same Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, for having an…

A president’s power to grant mercy is one of the most sacred trusts in our constitutional system. In a series of breathtakingly brazen moves, President Trump is now wielding that power not as a tool of justice, but as a political weapon to reward his friends, pardon his allies, and place himself and his inner…

The battle for control of Congress in 2026 is not being fought on the campaign trail. It’s being fought right now, state by state, in courtrooms and statehouses over the political maps themselves. This week, the frontline of that war is in Utah, where a single state judge is set to decide which congressional map…

Mark Wolf spent 40 years on the federal bench. He had a lifetime appointment – the kind of job security that exists nowhere else in American life. He could have served until he died, drawing his salary, wielding his power, secure in the knowledge that no president could touch him. Sunday, he walked away from…

Eight Democratic and Independent senators walked onto the floor Sunday evening and voted to end the longest government shutdown in American history. They knew what was coming – fury from their base, accusations of betrayal, charges that they’d surrendered without getting anything in return. They voted yes anyway. The government will reopen. SNAP benefits will…

The Supreme Court issued one of its shortest decisions Monday morning. No explanation. No noted dissents. Just a single sentence declining to hear an appeal that asked them to overturn the constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Kim Davis – the Kentucky county clerk who went to jail in 2015 rather than issue marriage licenses to…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer walked onto the floor Friday morning with what he called “a very simple compromise.” The government would reopen at current spending levels. Three bipartisan appropriations bills would pass. And expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies – the ones keeping millions of Americans’ insurance premiums affordable – would extend for one year.…