Constitutional law

  • Formal Inquiry Into Alleged Cover-Up Of Trump’s Failing Health Launched

    Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) has launched a formal inquiry into what she calls a potential “cover-up” of President Donald J. Trump’s deteriorating health, raising legal and constitutional questions about the president’s capacity to perform his duties under Article II of the U.S. Constitution and the 25th Amendment. In a letter addressed to White House Physician…

  • Project 2025 Co-Author Caught on Camera Outlining Radical Plans for Second Trump Term

    As former President Donald Trump attempts to publicly distance himself from Project 2025, an undercover video has revealed that one of the initiative’s key architects continues to boast about its influence over Trump’s second administration and its sweeping, hardline policy goals. In July, Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought, who now leads the Office of Management…

  • Pregnant U.S. Citizen Hospitalized After ‘Violent Arrest’ By Immigration Agents In California

    A weekend immigration raid in Southern California has sparked legal and constitutional questions after a 28-year-old U.S. citizen, Cary López Alvarado, was detained and hospitalized while eight months pregnant. The case highlights the tension between immigration enforcement authority and the civil rights protections guaranteed to citizens under the U.S. Constitution. Arrest Sparks Constitutional Questions López…

  • Federal Judge Breyer Rules Trump Violated Posse Comitatus Act In Attempt To Use Military For Law Enforcement In California

    In a historic legal ruling, Senior Federal Judge Charles Breyer has declared for the first time in U.S. history that a sitting president violated the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878—a statute designed to prevent the use of the U.S. military in domestic law enforcement. The ruling blocks former President Donald Trump from deploying military forces…

  • Trump Administration to Restore $6.8 Billion in Education Funds After Multi-State Lawsuit

    The Trump administration has agreed to restore more than $6.8 billion in federal education funds after facing a multi-state lawsuit challenging its abrupt decision to freeze the congressionally allocated money. The withheld funding, earmarked for after-school and summer learning programs, teacher training, and support for English learners, had left more than 1.4 million children —…

  • Louisiana Becomes First U.S. State to Authorize Surgical Castration for Child Sex Offenders

    Louisiana has enacted one of the most controversial criminal justice measures in recent history, becoming the first state in the United States to authorize surgical castration as a possible punishment for convicted child sex offenders. The law, signed by Governor Jeff Landry, took effect on August 1, 2024, and has already triggered nationwide debate among…

  • Fed Governor Lisa Cook Challenges Trump’s Attempted Removal in Unprecedented Legal Battle

    Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Fed’s Board of Governors, is preparing to mount a legal challenge after President Donald Trump attempted to fire her on Monday night — an action her attorney argues is without precedent and without legal basis. On Tuesday, August 26, Cook’s attorney, Abbe…

  • Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Withholding Funds To Sanctuary Cities

    A federal judge has issued a decisive ruling preventing the Trump administration from cutting off federal funding to dozens of U.S. cities and counties with so-called “sanctuary” policies, a decision that underscores the limits of executive authority in the immigration context. The Ruling U.S. District Judge William Orrick, sitting in San Francisco, extended a preliminary…

  • Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Flag Burning, Setting Stage for Constitutional Clash

    President Donald Trump on Monday, August 25, signed an executive order that bans the burning of the American flag, setting up what legal scholars expect will be an immediate and contentious constitutional battle. The order directs the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute instances of flag burning, imposing a mandatory one-year jail sentence…