Category: Law/Justice

Where Did Our Law Go?

The first Supreme Court term of Donald Trump’s second presidential term concluded in June. How did the justices—three of whom were appointed by Trump—take to the administration? Largely by ruling “for the administration, and often along 6–3 partisan lines,” writes David Cole in the Review’s August 21 issue. […]

Victory or miscarriage of justice?

Victory or miscarriage of justice?   Well, let’s get the big legal story—the one that most people have been following—out of the way. After a weeks-long trial, Sean “Diddy” Combs was acquitted of the most serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, even as he was convicted of […]

This is absolutely chilling

When Trump issued his executive order to end birthright citizenship, federal judges stopped it.1 When he launched a mass expulsion of immigrants to a Salvadoran torture prison without due process, a federal judge stood in his way.2 And in more than 100 other cases, federal judges have stepped […]

This bill is horrifying

  Donald Trump is on a lawless rampage, issuing one illegal executive order after another, shuttering government agencies, deporting legal U.S. residents, and even attempting to overturn birthright citizenship. The one part of the government standing in his way? The federal judiciary. But Republicans in the House of […]

The Heroic ACLU

THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025 Of Liberty then I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is unobstructed action according to our will. But rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will, within the limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. […]

This bill is terrifying

Donald Trump is on an illegal and unconstitutional rampage, and the one meaningful thing standing in his way so far has been the federal judiciary. But last week, the House of Representatives passed legislation to sweep away even that check on his power by stripping federal judges of […]

Ignoring SCOTUS

Ignoring SCOTUS Plus: A deep dive into the likelihood of China invading Taiwan, a weak dollar, Kasparov sounds constitutional crisis alarms, and more… LIZ WOLFE Movement in Abrego Garcia case: Yesterday, a panel of judges with the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the administration’s attempts to stay a […]

Why We Must Move Left On Immigration

The Emerging Zionist Dictatorship is Weaponizing Anti-Immigration as an Instrument of Political Repression By Keith Preston April 3, 2025 In the present political era, we find ourselves at a crossroads—one defined not by the traditional left/right divide, but by an epochal shift in the architecture of ruling class […]

A Constitutional Redline

Sponsored by St. John’s College This week the NYR Online published an open letter signed by eighteen constitutional scholars from across the ideological spectrum that argued that the Trump administration’s treatment of Columbia University “risks deterring and suppressing constitutionally protected speech.” One of the signatories is David Cole, who since Trump’s inauguration […]

Pesky Judges

Pesky Judges Courts stop DOGE from accessing Social Security Administration data and prevent Homeland Security from deporting Georgetown fellow Badar Khan Suri. ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN Federal courts on Thursday dealt two blows to the Trump administration’s plans, blocking the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to Social Security […]

Andrew Day: Mahmoud Khalil, Viewed From the Right

View this email in your browser READ ON SITE NOW      The arrest and possible deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist, has galvanized the left and drawn criticism from liberals and civil libertarians. Even some neoconservatives have condemned the White House’s aggressive action earlier this month. MAGA conservatives should […]

Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador’s mega-prison

The Conversation El Salvador President Nayib Bukele framed his offer to house “dangerous American criminals” and “criminals from any country” as a win-win for all. The fee for transferring detainees to a newly built Salvadoran mega-prison “would be relatively low” for the U.S. but enough to make El […]