Executive Power
The 5th Circuit rejects Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act
Several federal judges have rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to summarily deport alleged Venezuelan gang members as "alien enemies." On Tuesday night, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit…
Trump to send federal troops to Baltimore and Chicago
President Donald Trump's national tour of performative authoritarianism will roll into Baltimore and Chicago at some point later this year, the president announced Tuesday. "We're going in," Trump said…
The federal circuit’s ‘radical left’ tariff decision is fundamentally conservative
After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled against his tariffs last week, President Donald Trump repeatedly condemned the decision, which he preposterously warned will ruin the country unless it is…
Does the president have the power to fire Federal Reserve officials?
In his second term, President Donald Trump has tried to fire numerous federal officials, with varying degrees of success. Courts have occasionally intervened, raising questions about the extent of the president's power…
The federal circuit’s tariff ruling highlights the audacity of Trump’s power grab
In ruling against the sweeping tariffs that President Donald Trump purported to impose under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit did not settle the…
Federal Circuit Rules Against Trump’s Massive IEEPA Tariffs in Our Case Challenging Them
NA Today the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled against President Trump's massive "Liberation Day" tariffs in VOS Selections v. Trump, a case filed by Liberty Justice Center and myself on behalf…
Trump’s $4.9 billion ‘pocket rescission’ violates federal law
President Donald Trump's decision to cancel nearly $5 billion in federal aid without congressional authorization appears to be a straightforward violation of federal law. The White House announced Friday morning that…
On fighting crime with the National Guard, Trump says, he can do ‘anything I want to do’
Testifying in favor of the National Firearms Act in 1934, Attorney General Homer S. Cummings readily conceded that the federal government had "no inherent police powers to go into certain localities and deal with local…
We don’t need more federal intervention in U.S. cities
President Donald Trump and Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker are undoubtedly enjoying the media spotlight accompanying their feud over possible deployment of federalized National Guard troops to Chicago after the…
5 of Trump’s strangest, most expensive vanity projects
It's been nearly two weeks since President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital. But while the crime crackdown has yielded somewhat underwhelming results—"nearly 2,000 officers made…
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