Law & Government
DOJ briefly abandons Trump’s unconstitutional orders against law firms
Last year in a series of executive orders, President Donald Trump targeted numerous law firms that had represented Democrats. Several of the firms fought back, and this week, his administration decided to drop its appeals,…
More than 18,000 habeas corpus petitions filed amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
The ancient writ of habeas corpus, which allows one to petition unlawful imprisonment to a judge, has had a banner year because of the Trump administration's mass deportation program. The Supreme Court ruled last April…
U.S. hits new low in international corruption index
At the moment, corruption investigations and trials of political figures are taking place in jurisdictions around the U.S. including Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington, D.C. These aren't isolated scandals; the latest…
4 economic myths powering Trump’s new tariff push
Within hours of the Supreme Court ruling that the White House's widespread "emergency" tariffs were illegal, President Donald Trump moved to install 10 percent across-the-board tariffs under a different alleged…
The Postal Service’s recent Supreme Court win is bad news for government accountability
Greetings and welcome to the latest edition of the Injustice System newsletter. This week's big legal story continues to be last week's judicial evisceration of President Donald Trump's lawless tariff scheme.…
Mike Johnson wants to spare ICE the hassle of getting the right warrant before forcibly entering a home
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant." Those are the complaining words of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R–La.), who was voicing his support for the actions of U.S.…
Florida woman was fined over $100,000 for parking on her own grass
What price should someone pay for three minor code violations? For Sandy Martinez of Lantana, Florida, the answer is: over $165,000, plus interest, a sum so high that selling her house would be insufficient to pay off the…
Trump vs. Scalia on sanctuary cities and the Minneapolis immigration crackdown
According to President Donald Trump, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey endorsed "a very serious violation of the Law" last week when Frey said that "Minneapolis does not, and will not, enforce federal immigration…
Are Trump’s drug boat bombings legal?
President Donald Trump has sought to justify his policy of summarily executing suspected drug smugglers by arguing that the United States is engaged in an "armed conflict" with criminal organizations that supply…
U.K. regulators pressure U.S. tech companies to censor speech
The Online Safety Act has crippled free speech in the United Kingdom. Most Americans may assume they're safe from censorship on this side of the Atlantic, but the U.K. is now attempting to enforce the Online Safety Act…
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