Last week, on Monday, September 16, President Trump decided to take his long-simmering feud with The New York Times from the podium to the courtroom, filing a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the paper, several of its reporters, and even its publisher, Penguin Random House. The suit accused them of maliciously distorting his business record,…
Impeachment Is Not the Answer: Why Chief Justice Roberts Is Right and Trump Is Wrong
It’s not every day that a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court steps into the political arena to rebuke a sitting president—especially one from the same party that appointed him. But that’s exactly what happened when Chief Justice John Roberts responded to President Trump’s call to impeach U.S. District Judge James Boasberg. Trump’s demand came…
Trump’s Deportation Play: Right Goal, Wrong Move
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump’s attempt to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, and honestly? It’s not surprising. While deporting violent criminals should be a top priority, using an obscure wartime law to do so was a mistake—legally, politically, and…
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