Rule of Law
Judicial Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Boasberg Dismissed
On July 29, the Department of Justice filed a complaint against district court Judge James Boasberg, alleging that the Judge's comments to the Judicial Conference suggesting he was concerned that the Trump Administration…
Jack Smith Deserves Serious Scrutiny
The Constitution is more than just parchment; it sets clear guidelines to limit the power of government so that citizens will be treated equally under law, regardless of their political or religious beliefs. When the…
Trump-appointed federal judge orders Lindsey Halligan to stop ‘masquerading’ as a U.S. attorney
On Tuesday night, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Lindsey Halligan, the lawyer whom President Donald Trump tried to install as the chief federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia, will no longer serve in that…
The Insurrection Act is alarmingly vague and broad
President Donald Trump, who has periodically threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act before reconsidering, performed that familiar two-step again last week. "I don't think I need it right now," Trump told…
Why the DOJ has stopped describing Maduro as the head of a literal drug cartel
On the same day that U.S. forces invaded Venezuela to capture Nicolás Maduro, the Justice Department published a federal indictment that supposedly justified the operation. Like the 2020 indictment that federal prosecutors…
Does the Supreme Court Favor the Rich?
Today's New York Times reports on a new study by three economists purporting to show that the Supreme Court's decisions are increasingly tilted toward the interests of the rich, and suggesting that this may play a…
3 areas where courts resisted Trump’s attempts to avoid judicial review in 2025
In December, CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss provoked internal and external criticism by postponing a 60 Minutes segment about President Donald Trump's deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members to Centro de…
How politicians and cops tried to dodge responsibility in 2025
On his way out the door last January, President Joe Biden issued broad, preemptive pardons for several relatives and political allies. Those stay-out-jail cards set an alarming precedent that could undermine the…
Refusing To Let Trump Deploy the National Guard in Chicago, SCOTUS Adds a New Wrinkle To the Debate
The Supreme Court yesterday declined to let President Donald Trump deploy federalized National Guard members in the Chicago area to protect immigration agents and facilities from protests that have sometimes turned violent.…
Trump’s word games can’t disguise his murderous anti-drug strategy
I have a riddle for you. If we call a drug smuggler a combatant, how many combatants died when SEAL Team 6 killed 11 men on a cocaine boat near Venezuela on September 2? Zero, because calling a drug smuggler a combatant does…
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