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Trump Is Using Fake Emergencies to Grab More Power than King George III
He has complete contempt for the legal and statutory limits to his authority so more laws will not constrain him
Sep 8
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Chris Edelson
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Trump’s Leaked Plan to Deploy the Texas National Guard Against Illinois Will Tear Apart the Union
If it goes forward, it will plunge the country into an unprecedented constitutional crisis
Sep 5
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Andy Craig
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A Trump Appointee Slaps Down Pam Bondi’s Malign Lawsuit Against Maryland Judges
Her attempt to weaponize the DOJ and intimidate them for upholding basic due process for vulnerable migrants failed
Sep 3
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Walter Olson
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The Truth Is, There Are No Legal Limits on an American President’s Warmaking
And the public no longer really cares about distant wars whose bill won’t come due for a while
Jul 8
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Trevor Burrus
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The Judiciary Will Become Virtually Powerless in Protecting Your Rights if the Current Budget Bill Becomes Law
Senate Republicans have proposed an even worse version of a House provision that will require citizens suing the government to post enormous sums in…
Jun 14
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Clint Bolick
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Don't Be Fooled, Courts Can't Really Stop Trump From Assaulting Law Firms
He has too many means to intimidate them that judicial relief cannot touch, scaring them away from representing politically disfavored clients
Jun 10
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Walter Olson
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An Effective Resistance Strategy Against Trump’s Constitutional Assaults Needs to Mobilize Both Courts and Public Opinion
History shows that the two work in tandem and we shouldn’t pick one or the other
Jun 9
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Ilya Somin
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The Supreme Court Should Resist Handing Sweeping Removal Powers to this President in the Name of Constitutional Purity
If an authoritarian weren’t in the White House, conservative justices could have justified doing so
May 27
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Corbin K. Barthold
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Will Trump Convince the Supreme Court to Embrace an Expansive Unitary Executive Theory and Grab More Power?
The president is counting on that to get away with taking over independent agencies and installing loyalists to advance his crooked plans
Apr 24
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Peter M. Shane
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Trump’s Mass Firing of Inspectors General Bulldozed the Way for Elon Musk’s Unaccountable Shadow Government
A functional Congress would have impeached the president for deliberately flouting the law
Feb 16
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Paul Matzko
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America Desperately Needs a National Anti-SLAPP Law to Stop Censorship by Bad Political Actors
It’ll help prevent the weaponization of frivolous lawsuits against critics and opponents
Feb 11
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Ken White
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State Constitutions Are Far Better at Constraining Executive Power and Defending Rights than the Federal One
Committed liberals should look to them for guidance on structural reforms to stop Uncle Sam’s attacks on American liberties
Dec 17, 2024
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Anthony Sanders
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