The judgment is not surprising, since the president's reading of the 14th Amendment contradicts its text and history, plus 127 years of Supreme Court precedent.
“Federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch,” declared Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
The case against Michelino Sunseri exemplifies the injustice caused by the proliferation of regulatory crimes—the target of a recent presidential order.
The president's crusade against attorneys whose work offends him, which defies the First Amendment and undermines the right to counsel, has provoked several judicial rebukes.
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The executive order is likely unconstitutional, but if implemented as written, it would be detrimental to the American health care market.
President Donald Trump's executive order empowering local cops will create bad incentives that could prove costly for law-abiding citizens.
Trump rightly decries the "absurd and unjust" consequences of proliferating regulatory crimes.
The president hopes to introduce even more government intervention into health care.
Briefs urging the Supreme Court to stay injunctions against the order challenge "the conventional wisdom" about the meaning of an 1898 decision interpreting the 14th Amendment.
A new executive order would keep the Corporation for Public Broadcasting alive while telling it to cut off the two biggest public broadcasting networks. Get ready for a legal fight.
Two of his targets are seeking permanent injunctions against the president's blatantly unconstitutional executive orders.
The taxpayer-funded think tank cloaked elite impunity and American interventionism in the language of liberalism.
Richard Nixon infamously drafted an "enemies list" of people he wanted to go after. At least Trump conducts his corruption out in the open.
In the span of a week, Trump cratered the stock market and brought it much of the way back, with little more than public statements.
The president is politically targeting those he says politically targeted him.
Alleged criminal aliens may face legal punishment. But only after receiving due process of law.
An unconstitutional act is still unconstitutional even if lots of people support it.
The feds have no constitutional authorization to meddle in education.
Invoking the Defense Production Act won't boost the supply of critical minerals.
While he can't get rid of the department outright, a new executive order attempts the next best thing.
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For now, President Trump has removed Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel.
Making policy and passing laws is supposed to be difficult and should be left to the messy channels established by the Constitution.
If the Department of Government Efficiency goes about this the wrong way, we could be left with both a presidency on steroids and no meaningful reduction in government.
A former Afghan intelligence officer who worked alongside U.S. forces sought safety in America. Now, under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, his parole has been revoked, and he’s been detained without explanation.
How well-intentioned laws created new cultural conflicts—and eroded personal liberty
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Stanford economist John Cochrane discusses DOGE, tariffs, and what it will take to prevent a debt crisis.
Extending the deadline gives TikTok a temporary lifeline, but the real issue—government overreach in tech and speech regulation—still needs a congressional fix.
Demographer Julia Gelatt of the Migration Policy Institute joins Just Asking Questions to discuss the likely effects of the president's executive orders on immigration.
Trump signed two executive orders expanding federal funding of school choice while banning "radical indoctrination" in federally funded schools.
The executive order contradicts the 14th Amendment and 127 years of judicial precedent.
The article explains why the order is unconstitutional and why letting it stand would be very dangerous, including for the civil liberties of US citizens.
But at least he restored respect for a tariff-loving predecessor by renaming a mountain.
Former Rep. Justin Amash explains why President Donald Trump's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment is wrong.
The past three administrations have tried to limit gain-of-function research. The second Trump administration might be the first one to be successful at doing so.
“I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is,” said Judge John C. Coughenour.
Like many of his other "Day 1" decrees, the order seems more concerned with scoring points in the culture war than advancing sensible policy.
The dawn of a new golden age?
We have too much rule by decree by whoever currently holds the office of president and a pen.
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The most important thing in any name is not what some official institution or a collection of old maps says. Spontaneous order tends to rule the day.
Children could be denied citizenship even if their parents are here completely legally.
Domestic deregulation will decrease the cost of living. Trade barriers will do the opposite.
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