Expulsion or Excuses? Congress Confronts Its Own Credibility Problem

At first glance, the situation involving Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick looked like yet another entry in the long-running series called Congressional Ethics Questions: Season 47. You know the script: allegations surface, everyone calls for an investigation, and leadership urges patience while quietly calculating the political fallout. But this case doesn’t sit comfortably in that familiar script…

Weighing the Evidence: The Federal Case Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

I’ve previously written about the troubling deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father who was removed from the United States without the benefit of a full and fair legal process. My position then—and now—was simple: every individual, regardless of status, deserves due process under the law. If there were grounds to believe Garcia had…