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The Supreme Court’s final decisions of the term generally do well to emphasize the current court majority’s priorities — and this year was no different. It wrapped up last week by gutting affirmative action, giving business owners a license to discriminate and striking down student loan relief on what amounted to policy grounds.But a less

The Supreme Court in Washington. (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press)A state government should not be able to sue the federal government just because it disagrees with a federal policy. This principle, affirmed by the Supreme Court in an 8-1 decision on Friday, should be obvious.But in recent years, as the country has become more politically

Neil GorsuchJabin Botsford – Pool/Getty ImagesFor a brief moment this summer, after the Supreme Court declined to overthrow democracy and invite Donald Trump to steal the 2024 election, there was a surge of hope that the six justices appointed by Republican presidents were starting to dial back their radicalism in the face of the massive

Against an avalanche of investigations surrounding Donald Trump, there’s the other one that’s easy to forget: Federal officials, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, have spent months examining a pending deal between Trump’s media company and a special purpose acquisition company.In fact, as CNBC reported this morning, there have been some developments in the probe.Three

When it comes to the Trump family and legal troubles, much of the focus of late has been on Donald Trump, his criminal indictments, and his ongoing criminal investigations. But the civil cases matter, too.The former president is, for example, facing several lawsuits filed by police officers who were injured during the Jan. 6 attack;

I can’t be the only person who rolled his eyes when Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has helped push the lie that autism is something new and something human beings have caused, said during his presidential campaign announcement this spring that he’s “been around at the spear tip of people with intellectual disabilities” his

Donald Trump; Department of JusticePhoto illustration by Salon/Getty ImagesThe Florida grand jury that indicted former President Donald Trump for his handling of classified documents is still investigating aspects of the case and issued subpoenas to multiple people in recent days, according to The New York Times and CNN.The grand jury issued subpoenas to a “handful”

In 2016, vice presidential candidate Mike Pence told voters that “Donald Trump will appoint men and women who will strictly construe the Constitution and not legislate from the bench.” The phrase “legislate from the bench” has long been trotted out by Republicans. George W. Bush used it, for example, when first nominating John Roberts to

Given recent events, it’s tempting to think Donald Trump would want nothing to do with E. Jean Carroll and would make every effort to steer clear of the writer. As NBC News reported, however, that’s apparently not the course the former president and his lawyers have in mind.Former President Donald Trump countersued writer E. Jean

A sketchy new report released Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government tries to paint an ominous picture of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Some quick background: In 2017, the Department of Homeland Security officially designated election infrastructure as falling within CISA’s purview. The agency has since been