“No person shall … hold any office … under the United States …, who, having previously taken an oath … to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion…, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” U.S. Const. amend. XIV, §3. In recent legal developments, the interplay [...]
The controversial President Trump-era immigration restriction policy known as “Title 42” will temporarily stay in place this week, after Chief Justice John Roberts put a hold on lifting the mandate. In No. 22A544—an appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit—19 states asked the Court to keep in place [...]
Chief Justice John Roberts issued his annual year-end report on the federal judiciary December 31st. He capped 2019 by decrying the corrosive effects of “rumor and false information” on American democracy, particularly in this online age. And though the report outwardly praised civics education, its subtext pointed directly towards President Donald Trump. The Chief Justice will, [...]
A complaint from an intelligence community whistleblower last month led to reports that focused on interactions between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. During their call, Trump is alleged to have repeatedly pressed the Ukrainian government to investigate political rival Joe Biden and Biden’s son Hunter, who served as director of a Ukrainian energy [...]