The U.S. Constitution

Twelve ordinary citizens have just taken an oath in a Florida courtroom. Their task is one of the most profound and difficult duties in a republic: to sit in judgment of a man accused of attempting to assassinate the President of the United States. With a jury now seated, the federal trial of Ryan...

With a social media post invoking a classic war movie and the “smell of deportations in the morning,” the Trump administration has declared a new front in its war on sanctuary city policies. The newly launched “Operation Midway Blitz” is more than just another immigration raid in Chicago ....

It is a scrapbook from a depraved world. A 238-page book, compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, has just been released to the public by the House Oversight Committee. Its contents are a bizarre and unsettling collection of children’s drawings, photos of mating...

The story is a gut-wrenching American tragedy. A young Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, fled a brutal war in her homeland to find safety in the United States, only to be stabbed to death on a public train in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her murder has now become the focal point of a fierce national...

Can twelve impartial Americans still be found? In a Florida courtroom this week, that question has become the central, agonizing challenge in the trial of the man accused of attempting to assassinate the President. As dozens of potential jurors are dismissed for their passionate and unshakeable...

The American dream of homeownership is slipping out of reach for millions, crushed by skyrocketing prices and a severe housing shortage. As a bipartisan group in Congress slowly works on a traditional legislative solution, the White House is now floating a far more radical and constitutionally...

Trump Pays ‘Patriots’: DHS Offers Excessive Signing Bonus

While a signing bonus for a federal agency is not, in itself, a direct constitutional violation, a bonus of this magnitude for a law enforcement agency like ICE raises several significant concerns. These concerns aren’t about the bonus itself, but about the potential downstream consequences for...

The trial beginning today in a Florida courtroom is for one of the most serious crimes imaginable in a democracy: the attempted assassination of a president. But the proceedings are already marked by extraordinary circumstances. The defendant is representing himself. The judge is a past appointee...

It is a familiar ritual in Washington D.C. A sitting Vice President, just seven months into a new term, is asked about his future ambitions. He gives the expected, coy answer, insisting he is focused only on “the current job.” But beneath this familiar political dance, a profound constitutional...

An ICE agent is on patrol in Southern California. In a split second, they must decide whether to stop and interrogate a person based on a handful of factors. Can they consider the language a person is speaking, their apparent ethnicity, or the fact that they are near a day-labor pickup spot? The...

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...

A federal appeals court has just affirmed one of the largest defamation awards in recent history – an $83.3 million verdict against a sitting U.S. President. The ruling in the E. Jean Carroll case is a major legal blow to President Donald Trump. But more than that, it is a powerful judicial...

The long, sordid, and constitutionally significant legal battle between the writer E. Jean Carroll and President Donald Trump has finally reached a momentous conclusion – for now. An appeals court has upheld the staggering $83.3 million defamation verdict against him. This saga has been filled...

A single, explosive page from a book, hidden for years within the private estate of Jeffrey Epstein, has now been released to the world by a congressional committee. The page contains a bizarre, typewritten note to Epstein, signed with a name that appears to be “Donald.” This is not the end of...

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...

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...

“I love the smell of deportations in the morning.” With these words, posted to social media alongside an image of himself against the Chicago skyline, the President of the United States has declared his intention for a new crackdown on an American city. The meme goes on to warn that Chicago...

The nation’s most powerful gun rights organization, long seen as a monolithic force in conservative politics, has just found itself in a surprising and constitutionally significant position. It is now standing in opposition to a potential new policy from its closest political ally, the Trump...

The fate of over a million people from Haiti and Venezuela, who have built lives in the United States for years under a legal program called Temporary Protected Status, now hangs in the balance. A federal judge has just blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to terminate their legal status, a...

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...