The U.S. Constitution

Protesting Outside a Judge’s Home: What the Law Allows

Jonathan Turley argues that organized protests outside the private homes of Supreme Court justices are meant to influence judicial decisions and to fuel a broader political effort to demonize judges and “gut the court.” Americans can debate and protest Supreme Court rulings, he writes, but...

Denaturalization and the Supreme Court’s Materiality Rule

Citizenship feels permanent because we talk about it like a destination. You naturalize, you take the oath, you become an American, full stop. But in a small corner of federal law, citizenship can be taken back. Not casually and not by paperwork whim. Still, it can be taken back. The Department of...

DOJ Targets 40 Naturalized Citizens for Denaturalization

What does it mean to become an American citizen by choice, and then have the government try to take that citizenship away? The Justice Department is moving to revoke the U.S. citizenship of 40 foreign-born Americans who allegedly lied or withheld key facts about their criminal histories when they...

The Supreme Court Case Forcing DHS to Choose: Deport or Release?

When most people think about deportation, they picture a straightforward sequence: the government issues a removal order, and the person is sent back to their home country. The Supreme Court is now considering a case that highlights what happens when that final step is not available. The Department...

Robert De Niro’s Trump Attack Lands Again

Robert De Niro has never flirted with subtlety about Donald Trump. That is part of the point. And in a fresh round of comments, De Niro reached for language that is blunt, personal, and morally categorical. De Niro called Trump a “coward” and a “piece of s‑‑‑.” Those are not policy arguments. They...

Karoline Leavitt Joins Fox News as a Contributor

Washington has a revolving door, and the hinges are greased with airtime. Karoline Leavitt, the 29-year-old former White House press secretary , has landed her next high-profile perch: she is joining Fox News as an on-air contributor. The network said Monday that her start date is November 1 , a...

Can Zoning Block a Prayer Grotto?

Most of the time, zoning fights are intensely local. A setback line here, a conditional-use permit there, and neighbors arguing about traffic or noise. But every so often, a small land-use dispute turns into a Supreme Court test of how federal law protects religious practice on real property. That...

DOJ Won’t Appeal the Suppressor Registration Ruling

The Department of Justice has now put it in writing to Congress: it is not appealing the decision in Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF . That single choice, not a new statute and not a Supreme Court opinion, is what gives this moment its political punch. A ruling that was headed toward the usual...

Trump’s Ohio Rally and the New Loyalty Test for Republicans

Campaign rallies are supposed to be about persuasion. Bring the base, broaden the coalition, remind voters what you stand for, and leave the local candidate with a few usable clips. Donald Trump’s stop in Ohio, as he rallied for Republicans, also carried a sharper edge: a warning about what could...

TSA Pulls Chairs From ID-Check Posts Under Trump Fitness Push

Airport security has a thousand little rituals we barely notice until one changes. Shoes off. Liquids out. Laptop in its own bin. And now, at many checkpoint entrances, the TSA officer who checks your ID will be standing, because the chair is gone. The Transportation Security Administration has...

Reflecting Pool Case Dismissed: What “With Prejudice” Means

A D.C. judge has permanently dismissed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn, ending a monthslong legal fight that drew in the Justice Department, the White House, and President Donald Trump. D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman dismissed the case...

Can the IRS Require Citizenship Status on Tax Returns?

When most Americans picture the IRS, they picture math. Forms. W-2s. A government agency that asks about income, not identity. That is why a new proposal from the Trump administration lands as more than routine paperwork. The IRS has posted a draft 1040 form for 2026 that would ask filers to...

Did IRS Cuts Reduce Audit Revenue? What the Numbers Mean

When people hear “IRS cuts,” they usually picture fewer audits and a looser enforcement posture. The newer question is more pointed: did workforce reductions actually cost the government money? Here is one striking data point. Revenue collected from IRS examinations fell 35% , from about $10...

What Lawmakers Want in a Planned Parenthood Funding Review

In Washington, the phrase “taxpayer funding” has a way of turning a policy dispute into a fight about rules, compliance, and oversight. Who gets federal money. What strings come with it. And what happens when lawmakers believe those standards are not being met. That question is now at the center of...

Ghost Students and Federal Aid Fraud

You do not have to be a hacker to steal from a federal program. Sometimes you just have to become a student on paper. That is the logic behind the "ghost student" scam, a scheme that exploits how federal student aid is awarded. On its face, it looks like ordinary enrollment. Names appear in class...

Trump Administration Sends $500 ObamaCare Refund Checks to Nearly 1 Million People

The Trump administration says it is sending one-time $500 refund checks to people who bought health insurance through the federal Affordable Care Act marketplace and were overcharged through costs tied to operating HealthCare.gov . The checks are being issued by the U.S. Treasury to more than...

Trump’s USPS Voter ID Idea Was Bigger Than an Executive Order

Strip away the slogans about “election integrity,” and a basic question is left: who sets the operating rules for American elections, the states and their local officials, or the president through federal machinery? That question was put under real stress by a 2026 push from the Trump White House...

Why the FAA Was Chronically Understaffed and What Record Hiring Means

Air traffic control is one of those federal jobs you almost never think about until it falters. When it works, it is invisible. When it does not, you notice the strain, especially in a system that has spent years short of its own staffing goals. That is the context for a striking milestone: the...

What a DOJ Criminal Referral Means for a Former Federal Prosecutor

A “criminal referral” sounds like a verdict. It isn’t. It is closer to a knock on the government’s door that says: you should look at this. That distinction matters, especially when the person named is a former federal prosecutor. Prosecutors are representatives of the United States, and the...

What the Election-Crime Cases and SAVE Act Fight Are Really About

Two arguments have been talking past each other for years, and this week’s headlines just made the cross-talk louder. On one side: a run of federal cases accusing noncitizens of registering and voting. On the other: elected officials insisting the problem is either “extremely rare” or flatly...