Category: News

In a place of sanctuary, during a service of worship, a national nightmare has unfolded. A gunman opened fire on an elementary school Mass in Minneapolis on Wednesday, targeting children in their pews and turning a celebration of a new school year into a scene of unspeakable horror. This act of “incomprehensible” cruelty has not…

The image is a shocking one: a judge, still in her black robes, allegedly confronting federal agents in a courthouse hallway to help an undocumented immigrant escape through a back door. This dramatic scene has now led to a profound constitutional question that has been answered by a federal court: Is a judge’s robe a…

A new Republican-drawn political map in Texas creates several new Hispanic-majority congressional districts. To its supporters, it’s a long-overdue victory for minority representation. To its opponents, it’s an illegal and cynical tactic designed to disenfranchise those very same voters. This is the confounding and constitutionally complex debate at the heart of the Texas redistricting war.…

After another weekend of tragic violence that saw six people killed, including a five-year-old boy, a desperate and constitutionally dangerous cry is rising from some corners of Chicago. Frustrated with the relentless crime, some residents are now openly welcoming President Trump’s threat to send federal forces into their city to restore order. This is not…

President Trump has signaled that the United States will not only welcome, but potentially more than double, the number of Chinese students studying at American universities. This is not a minor adjustment. It is a major reversal of the administration’s own hardline rhetoric. The President’s new stance has ignited a fierce and constitutionally significant debate,…

“Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.” With those words, the Governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, drew a constitutional line in the sand. His defiant press conference was a direct response to President Trump’s threat to send the National Guard to Chicago to combat what he called a city that is a “mess” and a…

A man who has become the central figure in a months-long constitutional war was taken back into federal custody on Monday. Within hours, his lawyers were in court, and a federal judge was issuing a new emergency order, once again placing her court directly between the Trump administration and its target. The legal battle over…

Most people, just days after having their home raided by the FBI in a national security probe, might choose to remain silent. John Bolton is not most people. In a defiant and blistering new op-ed, President Trump’s former National Security Advisor has unleashed a sweeping critique of the administration’s foreign policy, calling its efforts to…

The President of the United States has launched a public attack on a senior senator from his own party. The target is not a policy disagreement, but an “old and outdated ‘custom’” – the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition. This is not a minor procedural squabble. It is a high-stakes, internal battle over a long-standing norm…

A man, once illegally deported by the federal government and then ordered to be returned by the nation’s highest courts, stood outside an ICE office in Baltimore on Monday morning. Surrounded by supporters, he was there for a routine check-in. Minutes later, he was arrested again, with the administration now vowing to deport him a…