Did Mike Waltz Just Go Down John Bolton's Path?
Trump has hired a notorious hawk as his national security adviser—and fired that adviser after getting in the way of delicate diplomatic talks—in each of his two terms.
Trump has hired a notorious hawk as his national security adviser—and fired that adviser after getting in the way of delicate diplomatic talks—in each of his two terms.
A U.S. district judge called Mohsen Mahdawi’s detention a “great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime.”
"It is unthinkable that a person in a free society could be snatched from the street, imprisoned, and threatened with deportation for expressing an opinion the government dislikes," says FIRE.
The administration's lawyers claim that this was justified by Khalil's likelihood of escape.
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It appears many people are now eager to dispense with due process.
The president has launched a multifaceted crusade against speech that offends him.
The secretary of state, who aims to "liberate American speech," nevertheless wants to deport U.S. residents for expressing opinions that offend him.
It's a good step. But the schools should also file their own lawsuit challenging this awful policy.
An immigration judge's decision reinforces the constitutional argument against the law that the secretary of state is invoking.
The pro-censorship post was quite the Freudian slip from the Trump administration.
The detention of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk illustrates the startling breadth of the authority the secretary of state is invoking.
As a federal judge, Maryanne Trump Barry said the provision is unconstitutionally vague. That's especially problematic when it is used to punish speech.
The president is quickly wiping out his own accomplishments.
The rationale for deporting Mahmoud Khalil is chillingly vague and broad.
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Syrian Kurdish rebels and the new Syrian government have agreed to reunite peacefully. The U.S. military may have helped broker the agreement.
A smaller government with a more powerful set of unaccountable executive officials is unlikely to be much of a win for liberty.
Margaret Brennan should immediately Google the Weimar Fallacy.
It’s hard to tell how serious his threats are—and maybe that’s by design.
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Establishment hawks will be running the State Department and National Security Council, but Trump has peppered in some antiestablishment mavericks too.
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Sens. J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio—unlike Gov. Doug Burgum—have proven that they will move the GOP away from free market economics.
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Are Americans prepared to spend a trillion dollars to deport undocumented migrants?
The economics of tariffs have not changed in the past eight years. Marco Rubio has.
Breaking down Rubio's factually flawed and logically incoherent call for more government involvement in the economy.
The ideology champions the same tired policies that big government types predictably propose whenever they see something they don't like.
A bipartisan bill backed by J.D. Vance and Sherrod Brown would include a two-member crew mandate that unions have long sought—and that wouldn't have prevented the Ohio disaster.
As per usual, politicians' response to negative effects of the drug war is…more drug war.
The senator's avowed devotion to federalism is no match for his political ambitions.
The senator from Florida calls for tariffs on imported fruits and vegetables.
Dennis Misigoy is unsparing in his criticism of both Rubio and likely Democratic nominee Val Demings.
Many conservatives no longer appear to care much for fiscal conservatism.
Rubio says states should decide marriage laws, but DOMA is a federal law that overruled state regulation.
One year after major pro-democracy protests swept the communist island, dissidents and leaders in the Cuban-American community remain hopeful that change is coming.
Tax loopholes for corporations end up making it easier for politicians like Rubio to meddle in private decision making.
The Florida senator has a long history of defending prohibition, but it has not improved his arguments.
Daylight Saving Time should either be abolished or made permanent. Changing the clocks twice a year is madness.
Here’s hoping the Florida senator recognizes threats to freedom when they come from the right as well as the left.
We should prefer drag queens in libraries over despots in the government.
If you're going to attack Mark Zuckerberg for cozying up to Xi Jinping, maybe you should try harder not to sound like a Chinese dictator.
I coauthored it with Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy.
Voting during COVID means "we are not going to know who won this on election night," Utah's Republican gubernatorial nominee warns. Postponing post-election deadlines can help.
The $349 billion loan program is meant to help small companies hit hard by social distancing.
Republicans should think twice before endorsing the dangerous myth that impeachment requires a criminal violation.
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