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fromAxios
3 days ago

Trump administration reveals new militarized zone plan for California-Mexico border

Federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border was given to the Navy to expand military jurisdiction, secure crossings, and reduce environmental damage from unlawful border activity.
#national-guard
fromsfist.com
3 days ago
US politics

Federal Judge In SF Again Rules Against Trump's National Guard Deployment In LA, Says It Must End

fromsfist.com
3 days ago
US politics

Federal Judge In SF Again Rules Against Trump's National Guard Deployment In LA, Says It Must End

fromThe Mercury News
3 days ago

Barabak: Holmes is a liar, swindler and cheat. So why wouldn't Trump pardon her?

Peering wide-eyed and black-turtlenecked from a shelf load of magazine covers. Honored as a "Woman of the Year" by Glamour. Touted as one of Time's "100 Most Influential People." At age 30, Holmes was regarded as a preternatural business talent - and, more impressively, described as the youngest self-made female billionaire in history - owing to her founding and stewardship of Theranos, a Silicon Valley start-up that promised to revolutionize health care by diagnosing a host of maladies with just a pinprick's worth of blood.
Startup companies
US politics
fromPoynter
5 days ago

Trump has no power to undo Biden's autopen pardons - Poynter

Presidential pardons signed via autopen are legally valid and cannot be unilaterally nullified by a subsequent president.
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

Why the Comey Prosecution Is Falling Apart

President Donald Trump may be stretching executive power to its outermost bounds, but in one very significant area he is simply not getting his way: criminal prosecutions. In many cases-such as those of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, charges against whom were thrown out by a federal judge in Virginia today-the basic, ground-level machinery of the criminal-justice system has thwarted the administration.
US politics
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Who can tame Trump? An unlikely candidate is emerging: the Catholic church | Simon Tisdall

The US Catholic Church leadership and grassroots activists have emerged as a national moral opposition to presidential abuses, concentrating resistance on immigration, inequality, and civil rights.
US politics
fromIndependent
4 weeks ago

Karen Tumulty: Trump on edge as MAGA refuses to turn a blind eye to Epstein scandal

The MAGA base tolerated repeated ethical breaches and norm-trampling by Trump, while the administration's handling of information about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes was notably different.
#rule-of-law
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago
US politics

MSNBC Legal Analyst Insists Trump Will 'Delegitimize' Rule of Law By Targeting Political Enemies Like James Comey

fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago
US politics

MSNBC Legal Analyst Insists Trump Will 'Delegitimize' Rule of Law By Targeting Political Enemies Like James Comey

#government-shutdown
fromAxios
2 months ago
US politics

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

fromAxios
2 months ago
US politics

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

#ieepa
fromAxios
1 month ago
US politics

"Most important case ever": Supreme Court to decide fate of Trump's tariffs

fromAxios
1 month ago
US politics

"Most important case ever": Supreme Court to decide fate of Trump's tariffs

fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Not sure it was good for anybody': Trump reacts to Democrats' sweep of key races on election night live

As he hosted Republican senators at the White House, Trump offered some initial thoughts on the Democratic victories across the country on election night. Last night, it was not expected to be a victory, it was very Democrat areas. But I don't think it was good for Republicans, he said. I'm not sure it was good for anybody. He added: We had an interesting evening, and we learned a lot, and we're going to talk about that.
US politics
#dick-cheney
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fromwww.esquire.com
1 month ago

Dick Cheney Changed American Politics Forever. And Not for the Better.

Richard Cheney expanded executive power, enabled torture, and led the United States into the Iraq War, laying groundwork for modern anti-democratic excesses.
US politics
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Restoring America's Strong American Future by Eradicating Its Un-American Past

The executive order criminalizes retaining memories of the past, mandates research to erase historical elements, and aims to eliminate collective memory.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

America's pocketbook is shut down. Trump is taking over the purse strings.

President Trump has bypassed Congress to make major funding and policy decisions during the shutdown, challenging congressional control over federal spending.
US politics
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

Biden calls these 'dark days' as he urges Americans to 'get back up'

Joe Biden warned of 'dark days,' urged optimism, and defended limited presidential power, congressional checks, judicial independence, and free speech against attacks by Donald Trump.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

DOJ Attorney Handwaves The 22nd Amendment During Oral Argument - Above the Law

Skepticism of concentrated executive power is central to American values, embodied by the 22nd Amendment limiting presidential terms to prevent enduring reigns.
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#us-constitution
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Morning Docket: 10.31.25 - Above the Law

Legal developments include DOJ lawyer praise for Jan. 6 acknowledgments, executive power battles over national monuments, tariff litigation, AI training demand, and election integrity concerns.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

How Trump Could End the Shutdown on His Own

President Trump is following the Jimmy Carter-era Benjamin Civiletti interpretation of the Antideficiency Act during the prolonged government shutdown.
US news
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

At event in Boston, Biden calls these 'dark days' as he urges Americans to 'get back up'

America faces a prolonged struggle requiring defense of limited executive power, free speech, and democratic institutions to emerge stronger and more just.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Tom Nichols Claims Trump Will Use Military Against US

President Donald Trump is using foreign strikes to normalize domestic military use and portray the U.S. military as his private, unconstrained force.
US politics
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Trump Flouts Constitution With Caribbean Strikes: "We're Just Going to Kill"

President Trump said he would use lethal force against drug traffickers without congressional authorization, prompting legal and constitutional objections.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot

The UK's uncodified constitutional framework is opaque and vulnerable to exploitation, undermining democratic clarity and enabling authoritarian tendencies.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Rogue president': growing number of US judges push back against Trump

Federal courts increasingly reject Trump's emergency claims and expansive executive actions, constraining National Guard deployments and deportation policies while upholding constitutional limits.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Insurrection Act: What is it, and does US president have plenary authority?

When asked whether United States President Donald Trump would invoke the Insurrection Act, Vice President JD Vance said this week that Trump is looking at all his options. The decision would allow Trump to deploy the US military domestically for law enforcement purposes without congressional authorisation and over the objections of state governors. list of 4 itemsend of list Vance's October 12 comment on NBC's Meet the Press was just one of many in recent months
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fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

Karoline Leavitt Tried Slamming "Cruel" Dems For What They're Doing To "Impoverished Mothers"

The Trump administration will use Section 232 tariff revenue to keep WIC funded during the government shutdown.
US politics
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

What Does Donald Trump's "War from Within" Mean in Practice?

Use of the military for political ends, including invoking the Insurrection Act, risks politicizing the armed forces and gives the president almost unlimited powers.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Stephen Miller is the most dangerous man in the Trump administration | Judith Levine

Stephen Miller implied the president claimed plenary authority to federalize state National Guard units despite legal constraints and a court injunction.
fromIntelligencer
2 months ago

Trump and Stephen Miller See Insurrection Everywhere

has banned the president's deployment of National Guard units to Portland on the grounds that the president's claim that Portland is a "burning hellhole" besieged by violent anarchists is "untethered to facts."
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fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

It's Hard to Overstate How Disturbing This Trump Directive Is

President Trump is using executive directives and the military to weaponize law against political opponents, laying groundwork for a police state.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Why does the supreme court keep bending the knee to Trump? | Steven Greenhouse

And no surprise, judges in those countries have repeatedly done what Orban and Erdogan want. Donald Trump has not had the opportunity to pack the US supreme court to nearly the same degree. Nor has he, despite his brash, bullying ways, done much to pressure or browbeat the court's nine justices. Nevertheless, the court's conservative supermajority has ruled time after time in favor of Trump since he returned to office.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Newsom to seek court order stopping Trump's deployment of California National Guard to Oregon

Calling the president's action a "breathtaking abuse of power," Newsom said in a statement that 300 California National Guard personnel were being deployed to Portland, Ore., a city the president has called "war-ravaged." "They are on their way there now," Newsom said of the National Guard. "This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power." Trump's move came a day after a federal judge in Oregon temporarily blocked the federalization of Oregon's National Guard.
US politics
fromAxios
2 months ago

Behind the Curtain: Trump and the most unprecedented presidency in 250 years

Trump has 40 more months - four-fifths of his term - left to stretch it further. White House officials tell us they're just getting going. They see chaos as their brand and "consequence culture" taking root.
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fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

Ron DeSantis Plans to Execute an Intellectually Disabled Man This Week

In addition, Pittman is caught in a legal morass about whether the Supreme Court's 2002 prohibition on executing the intellectually disabled applies retroactively. In 2016, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that it should. That would have given Pittman a chance to have his case reconsidered. Butbefore that could happen, as the Tampa Bay Times reports, "the Florida Supreme Court-which had since become more conservative with the retirement of three longtime justices regarded as liberal-reversed themselves, declaring that the Atkins ruling did not apply retroactively."
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fromIndependent
3 months ago

Max Boot: Trump's 'Department of War' renaming less alarming than how he uses the US military itself

President Trump's executive order renaming the Department of Defense 'Department of War' is symbolic, prioritizes style over substance, and conflicts with Congress's 1949 naming authority.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

The Guardian view on the war on drugs': Donald Trump is turning a failed metaphor into a more dangerous reality | Editorial

The Trump administration is using military strikes against alleged drug traffickers, risking unlawful foreign intervention and expansive executive war powers.
US politics
fromIntelligencer
3 months ago

Democrats' Dilemma: Force a Government Shutdown or Cave Again

Senate Democrats possess the filibuster leverage to block a Republican spending bill and potentially prevent a government shutdown.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Trump's Set Up for a Brutal End of Year Does the Media's Growing Irrelevance Make Him Immune?

Donald Trump implemented Project 2025 aggressively but faces growing vulnerabilities in the economy, foreign policy, legal exposure, and diminishing media accountability.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago

Trump's global tariffs are illegal, federal court rules. Here's why they'll remain in place.

A federal appeals court ruled Trump's tariff plan illegal, finding the president lacks authority under IEEPA to impose tariffs outright.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Liberal Fox Host Invites Colleagues To Imagine if a Democrat Did What Trump Is Doing: You Would Be Losing Your Mind'

Let's say a Democratic president had absolutely no respect for Congress, a coequal branch appropriating funds, right to determine tariff policy, Tarlov said. You'd be saying, What is this? This isn't what the Constitution wanted.' I would not say that, protested co-host Greg Gutfeld. Yes, you would, Tarlov insisted. No, I wouldn't, he replied. Then you're a bad constitutionalist, Tarlov shot back.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 months ago

Calmes: When the president has to say I'm not a dictator,' we're in trouble

Trump aspires to autocratic power while Republican allies, a deferential Supreme Court, and polarized public support threaten constitutional checks and American democracy.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

Trump administration takes control of Washington's Union Station train hub

The Trump administration plans to take Union Station from Amtrak and place it under Department of Transportation control to increase revenue and investments.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

The Guardian view on Nigel Farage's mass deportation plan: Trumpism in a union jack | Editorial

Nigel Farage's deportation plan aims not to fix the asylum system but to dismantle legal protections, withdraw from human-rights treaties and expand executive power.
US politics
fromIntelligencer
3 months ago

Trump Abruptly Changes Strategy on Mail-Ballot Ban

Trump proposed banning voting by mail and voting machines, lacked legal authority, and shifted from executive order to pursuing congressional and state legislation.
Right-wing politics
fromThe American Conservative
3 months ago

Yarvin, Rufo, Caldwell, Deneen: Whither America?

Project Cosmos unites major American right thinkers to explore forming a new synthesis among divergent right-wing strains including tech, religious postliberalism, populism, and traditional conservatism.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
4 months ago

Authoritarian rulers aren't new - here's what Herodotus, an early Greek historian, wrote about them

Public concern about President Trump's executive power manifests in protests reflecting fears of authoritarianism.
fromThe Mercury News
4 months ago

Letters: Voters have the power to lift nation's veil of fear

Voters possess the power to select candidates, support campaigns, and engage with Congress, emphasizing the importance of active participation in democracy to counter the prevailing atmosphere of fear.
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fromStreetsblog
4 months ago

'King' Trump's DOT Secretary Is Acting Like A Child on Congestion Pricing: Legal Scholar - Streetsblog New York City

Duffy's argument against congestion pricing reflects a monarchal interpretation of federal power and legality.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
4 months ago

Could This Supreme Court Restrain Trump Even if It Wanted?

Presidential seizure of property to end labor strikes is limited to congressional authority, reaffirmed by the Supreme Court's ruling against Truman's order.
fromSlate Magazine
5 months ago

The Supreme Court Limited Lower Courts' Power to Stop Trump's Lawlessness. A Judge Is Trying Another Way.

U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Laplante has granted class action status to immigrant mothers affected by Trump's birthright citizenship executive order, covering all current and future babies born to undocumented mothers.
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fromemptywheel
5 months ago

The Anti-Demoracy Project Of John Roberts - emptywheel

The Executive's bid to vanquish so-called "universal injunctions" is, at bottom, a request for this Court's permission to engage in unlawful behavior. When the Government says "do not allow the lower courts to enjoin executive action universally as a remedy for unconstitutional conduct," what it is truly seeking is an unfettered ability to act without judicial restraint.
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#trump-administration
fromThe New Yorker
5 months ago
US politics

Trump, Congress, and the War Powers Resolution

Concerns about unchecked executive power and the erosion of the rule of law have intensified regarding Trump's military actions against Iran.
fromwww.npr.org
5 months ago
US news

Big beautiful bottleneck: Trump's high-stakes week at home and abroad

Trump celebrates a week of significant victories, highlighted by a favorable Supreme Court ruling.
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