Rule of Law
Hegseth’s ‘fog of war’ is no excuse for summarily executing suspected drug smugglers
"I did not personally see survivors," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. "The thing was on fire. It exploded, there's fire, there's smoke….This is called the fog of…
Trump tries to cut Congress out of U.S. attorney appointments
Alina Habba said she was the acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey. President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi agreed. All three were wrong, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled this week. That…
The law of war was not designed for Trump’s bogus ‘armed conflict’ with drug smugglers
The Trump administration disputes The Washington Post's report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instructed U.S. forces to "kill everybody" on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean last September, which…
Federal Trade Commission Staff Endorses Proposal to End American Bar Association Monopoly on Law School Accreditation
The American Bar Association's de facto monopoly on law school accreditation took another hit this week as the directors of the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning and Bureau of Competition endorsed…
Hegseth’s alleged ‘kill everybody’ order complicates Trump’s anti-drug campaign
Eight days after the September 2 operation that inaugurated President Donald Trump's lethal military campaign against suspected drug boats, The Intercept reported that people who survived the initial missile strike were…
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Trump v. Clinton and Affirms Sanctions Against Trump (Updated)
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit largely upheld the district court's dismissal of Donald Trump's lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and others and affirmed the district court's award of…
Trump’s habitual ‘treason’ charges reflect his authoritarian impulses
President Donald Trump says six members of Congress are "traitors to our Country" who "should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL" because they produced a video reminding members of the armed forces that they…
Trump wants to jail Democrats who noted soldiers may disobey illegal orders
In a video message posted this week, six Democratic legislators with military or intelligence backgrounds remind members of the armed forces that they are not obligated to follow unlawful orders. That point is legally…
Trump pardons mountain runner Michelino Sunseri, who was prosecuted for using an unapproved trail
"In an unbelievable twist that even Hollywood couldn't write," mountain runner Michelino Sunseri announced on Facebook yesterday, "I woke up this morning to find out I've been given a PRESIDENTIAL…
Trump’s economic fallacies are legally relevant in his tariff case
In April, President Donald Trump announced stiff tariffs on goods from nearly every country on the planet, saying they were necessary to "deal with" a "national emergency" involving an "unusual and…
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