The U.S. Constitution

Trump’s Public Goading of His Own Attorney General Tests a Core Constitutional Norm

In a pair of remarkable social media posts over the weekend, the President of the United States publicly aired his frustration with his own Attorney General, demanding she move faster to prosecute his political enemies. This public pressure campaign, targeting specific individuals by name, is more...

This is a lesson in civic virtue. Before a crowd of tens of thousands in a vast stadium, a grieving widow stepped to a podium to eulogize her assassinated husband. In a nation raw with political division and primed for a call to vengeance, she offered something far more radical, and far more...

The United States Congress has many complex duties, but its most fundamental, most essential responsibility is to fund the government it creates. This is the bedrock of its power. Today, in a remarkable display of political brinkmanship, the Senate has formally chosen to fail at that task,...

In the vast machinery of the federal government, there are countless committees staffed by ordinary citizens who volunteer their time to improve its function. These panels are the essence of civic duty, operating far from the glare of partisan politics. But a new directive from the Trump...

On its 238th Anniversary, a Look at the Constitution’s Creation: Trump’s Vision vs. the Founders’ Reality

This week, America marks the 238th anniversary of the signing of its most sacred civic document. In a new presidential proclamation, the U.S. Constitution is hailed as a “legendary charter” that codified “eternal truths.” But the story of the Constitution’s birth in the hot, stuffy summer...

The Trump administration has dramatically escalated its pressure campaign against Harvard University , opening a new and powerful front in its ongoing war with the nation’s oldest university – federal student aid . In a one-two punch on Friday, the Department of Education announced it is...

As a nation prepares to mourn the assassination of one political leader, its security apparatus is in a frantic, high-stakes race to protect the President from becoming the next victim. President Trump is scheduled to speak at a massive stadium memorial for Charlie Kirk, and federal law enforcement...

In the rigidly defined battle lines of Washington, clarity is a given. Republicans stand on one side, Democrats on the other. Yet, as a government shutdown barrels toward reality, a lone Democratic senator has shattered that partisan alignment, making a constitutional argument against his own...

In the charged and grieving atmosphere following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the President of the United States has made a fiery and constitutionally explosive declaration. He has announced his intention to designate the domestic political movement known as “antifa” as a “major...

As the lethal drugs began to flow into his arm, David Pittman , a man convicted of a brutal triple murder and arson more than 30 years ago, maintained his innocence. But the final, desperate legal battle for his life was not about guilt. It was about his mind. The execution of David Pittman, the...

‘What SCUM’: After House Fails to Censure Ilhan Omar, Trump Unleashes Vicious Attack on Her and Her Somali Heritage

A deeply divided House of Representatives has just failed, by the narrowest of margins, to formally rebuke one of its own members for her controversial speech. But this legislative battle has now been eclipsed by a furious attack from the President of the United States – an attack aimed not just...

For most Americans, a passport is a simple booklet, a key to international travel. But in a new, high-stakes legal battle, the American passport has become the center of a profound constitutional conflict . The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to enforce...

A Trial’s Unpredictable Turn: As the State Rests, Ryan Routh’s Defense Begins

A federal trial is a story told in two parts. For days, the prosecution has painstakingly built its narrative of the case against Ryan Routh, one piece of damning evidence at a time. As the government prepares to rest its case today, that methodical, chilling story is now complete, leaving the...

A legal complaint is meant to be a sober, precise, and disciplined document. It is the formal mechanism that sets the gears of justice in motion. But when the President of the United States filed an $85 billion lawsuit against The New York Times, the document submitted was anything but disciplined,...

Four House Republicans joined with Democrats on Wednesday to kill a resolution to censure Representative Ilhan Omar . The measure sought to formally punish the progressive congresswoman for controversial comments she made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The failed vote is more than...

For over seventy-five years, the architecture of American foreign policy has rested on a simple, powerful idea: a unified Western alliance. On the world’s most volatile issues, Washington and its European allies sought to speak with one voice. Today, as Europe moves to censure Israel over its war...

A late-night television set in Hollywood is dark tonight. The show was not canceled for low ratings or a lack of talent. It was pulled from the air just hours after a direct and public threat from one of the most powerful regulatory officials in Washington. The suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel...

Two high school boys in Virginia have been formally labeled “sexual harassers” by their school district. Their offense was not a physical act, nor was it a pattern of targeted bullying. Their offense was to complain to each other about a biological female who identifies as transgender being...

The White House said it was an act of compassion – a simple mission to reunify hundreds of Guatemalan children with their supposedly waiting parents. But in a federal courtroom on Thursday, that entire narrative “crumbled like a house of cards.” A federal judge – an appointee of President...

The State Of Free Speech In America

It feels like the rules are changing. A protest that was once legal is now a crime. A bad joke that was once edgy is now a fireable offense. A political group you disagree with is suddenly labeled “extremist.” From college campuses in America to the halls of government in Europe and the streets...