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Policy Illegality (Executive Watch)

Donald Trump Once Again Violates the Law Banning TikTok for His Own Political Benefit
One of Donald Trump’s first acts in office was to declare that he would not enforce a law banning the Chinese-government-controlled social media network…
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Robert Tracinski
ICE Illegally Refuses to Allow Congressional Oversight of its Detention Centers
Using its power of the purse, Congress passed a bipartisan law last year that makes funding for immigration enforcement conditional on allowing…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Uses the Vast Authority Granted to Him by the Supreme Court to Once Again Issue a Travel Ban and Abuse His Immigration Powers
Donald Trump has a genius for finding weaknesses in the American system.
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Robert Tracinski
The Administration Unconstitutionally Tries to Usurp Congress' Power of Purse by Illegally Freezing Mandated Federal Spending
From the beginning, DOGE has been less about cutting spending than seizing the “power of the purse” away from Congress and giving control over federal…
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Robert Tracinski
Donald Trump Commandeers the California National Guard to Suppress Protests Against ICE Deportation Raids
In response to relatively small protests in Los Angeles over the police state tactics of immigration enforcement, Donald Trump immediately issued an…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump's Authoritarianism Comes for the Free Market and Imposes Price Controls on Pharmaceuticals
Some of Trump’s supporters have been seduced by the prospect of “free-market authoritarianism.” They imagine he’ll use his power against woke colleges…
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Robert Tracinski
Stephen Miller Peddles Dangerous Falsehoods that the Executive Has Sweeping Authority to Suspend Habeas Corpus and Defy Courts on…
Top Trump advisor Stephen Miller has openly threatened to suspend habeas corpus, the Constitution’s main protection against arbitrary arrest.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign Comes After American Children
The Washington Post provides an overview of U.S.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump FBI Arrests a State Judge for Allegedly Defying the Immigration Police State
Referring to the “Trump FBI” is itself a problem, since the agency is supposed to enjoy independence from presidential meddling.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Wants to Send Undocumented Aliens to the Salvadoran Gulag Without a Hearing
The right to due process and a trial is guaranteed in the Fifth, Sixth, and 14th Amendments to our Constitution.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump's Unlawful Campaign to Revoke Visas of International Students for Minor Offenses Is Designed to Spread Fear
As part of its assault on Harvard, the Trump administration has threatened to revoke the university’s ability to sponsor international students, using…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump’s FCC Head Threatens to Revoke Comcast's Licenses Over Unfavorable Coverage of Abrego Garcia's Deportation to Salvadoran Gulag
The Trump administration has criticized NBC News and MSNBC for failing to provide sympathetic coverage of his arbitrary and lawless banishment and…
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Robert Tracinski
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