The U.S. Constitution

Appeals court declares DC ban on certain gun magazines unconstitutional

The District of Columbia’s long-running limit on certain firearm magazines is on shaky ground after a new decision from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. In a ruling issued Thursday, a three-judge panel concluded that the District’s ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds violates...

Mark Carney’s Iran remarks: “mixed messages” and the risk of a U.S. rift

Canada’s political spotlight has swung to Mark Carney, a figure better known internationally for central banking and crisis management than partisan brawls. In commentary and routine political debate, his public remarks touching on Iran have at times been characterized by critics as inconsistent...

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is drawing criticism at home after a series of comments on the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran that opponents and analysts say lack a clear through-line. In less than a week, Carney went from supporting U.S. actions against Iran to raising the issue that the U.S....

Canada’s relationship with the United States has rarely been simple, but it is usually predictable: Ottawa may disagree with Washington, yet it typically signals those disagreements in careful, steady language. In late October, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced criticism for doing the opposite,...

Canada’s Mark Carney under fire on Iran as U.S. checks complicate alliance unity

This article is a forward-looking scenario, not a description of current Canadian leadership. In today’s reality, Justin Trudeau is Canada’s prime minister. But the dynamics described here, about Ottawa’s Iran messaging and Washington’s institutional constraints, are best understood as a...

Judge orders government to begin refunding $130B in Trump tariffs—what’s next

What happens when a court says a president collected money he was never allowed to collect in the first place? Right now, that question is not a headline about checks going out. It is a live legal and administrative fight playing out in real time. In the U.S. Court of International Trade, Judge...

Kristi Noem ousted from Homeland Security post as Trump taps Markwayne Mullin

President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Friday, March 6, 2026, that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will leave her post at the end of the month and that he plans to nominate Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma, to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Trump...

When Do Texas Primary Polls Close—and When Will Results Come In?

Primary night can feel like a waiting game, especially in a big state like Texas where polls do not all close at the same moment. If you are planning to follow the returns on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, here is a clear timeline for when voting ends, when projections may come, and when results tend to...

Takeaways from Kristi Noem’s combative Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

Confirmation hearings are not trials, and they are not job interviews in the normal sense. They are something more constitutionally revealing: a stress test for power. Who gets to ask questions. Who has to answer them. Which promises are treated as binding, and which are treated as theater....

Supreme Court Questions Federal Gun Ban for Regular Marijuana Users

You can buy marijuana legally in more states than ever, whether through adult-use programs in a growing number of states or medical programs in many more. You can also legally own or purchase firearms under state law in most of those states, subject to local rules like permits, waiting periods, and...

The 14th Amendment Explained: Citizenship, Due Process & Equal Protection

The 14th Amendment is one of the Constitution’s most important promises: that state governments must follow the rules of due process and equal protection when they make laws, enforce them, and decide who gets what rights and protections. It was adopted after the Civil War to confront a hard...