Category: News

What happens when the executive branch chooses silence over scrutiny? That’s the question Republican lawmakers are now forcing back into the national spotlight as they call for a long-delayed federal investigation into the deaths of five late-term aborted babies discovered in Washington, D.C., in 2022. The request, made directly to the FBI, is not just…

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 president decides to step away from peace? What role does the Constitution play when foreign conflicts collide with U.S. diplomacy? In recent remarks, President Donald Trump stated that the United States would “take a pass” on Ukraine peace negotiations if Russia “doesn’t want to play ball.” The statement, delivered during a…

Should students fear gunfire in a place meant for learning? What does the Constitution say about a university’s power to protect its own campus—and at what cost to individual rights? These are the hard questions surfacing after a deadly shooting at Florida State University (FSU) on April 17, 2025. Two students were killed and six…

Can a president override a federal judge’s order by claiming urgency or national security? Can the executive branch carry out mass deportations even after being told to stop? These are the high-stakes questions now facing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, as the Trump administration scrambles to avoid potential contempt charges for…

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…

Is citizenship by birth a constitutional guarantee – or a policy that can be changed by executive order? That’s the question the U.S. Supreme Court will confront this May, when it hears oral arguments in a high-stakes case involving President Donald Trump’s January 2025 executive order to end automatic citizenship for children born in the…