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The presidential protection racket continues and intensifies. This time it's an assault on the lawyers.
Members of Congress have long suffered from the view that the give and take in the legislative branch was just a great big bucket of sleaze.
Americans should beware of emergencies—real and imagined. All the famous dictators accumulated their power during so-called "emergencies."
Do past mistakes justify new ones? Some supporters of President Donald Trump's Administration are pointing to historical illegalities to justify the...
The Supreme Court decision allowing normal legal process to proceed in the Trump administration's foreign aid case is an important reminder that we...
What do you do when you—the richest man in the world—have around $400 billion to play with and you're being hassled with health, safety, and...
At an Oval Office press conference with senior advisors Elon Musk and his 4-year-old Lil' X, Trump vowed to pursue federal employees which he declared...
President Donald Trump should have every chance within the law to carry out his policies.
Today, bricks are flying through the windows of innocent shopkeepers in Canada—thrown by none other than the president of the United States.
When President Donald Trump fired at least 12 inspectors general without notifying Congress as required by law, it was only partly about the...
The United States Capitol was attacked by an angry mob. Remember what you thought at the time. It was a violent attack. It was directed by Donald...
President-elect Donald Trump's recent defeat at the Supreme Court tells us important things about the high court.
It's beginning to feel a lot like AD 193 again. That year the rich bargained in plain sight to buy the job of Roman emperor. An auction was held...
Donald Trump has always been America's Lawfare King. He delayed and defeated cases against him for using fraud, threats, and force to try to steal...
In the wake of the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a cri de coeur has risen from the American public. While those of us who love the...
Forget Hunter Biden's pardon. Whatever President Joe Biden said earlier about it, anybody who didn't see that coming doesn't know anything about...
There are two encouraging signs about the incoming Trump administration. The first is that the United States still has a Senate. Its members' firm...
The Supreme Court could easily strike down President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks if he tries to kneecap the Senate confirmation process with...
President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Matt Gaetz for attorney general ranks next to the story of Roman Emperor Caligula deciding to nominate his...
Obviously, following Donald Trump's election to the presidency, many of us misunderstood the ultimate priorities of most Americans. The election...
Two-hundred and thirty-five years ago, in September 1789, Congress passed the United States Judiciary Act and George Washington signed it. It...
Until people started lying about stolen elections in this country, most Americans hadn't worried about election fraud. They shouldn't be worrying...
Who's the extremist in the race for president? Kamala Harris's most recent speech praised the late Republican Sen. John McCain, former Republican...
So, let's say you believe making Donald Trump president is the only way to save America. You're armed with your beliefs or you're empowered as a...
For more than a year, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH), and others have vilified nonpartisan professionals at the Justice...
President Ronald Reagan was a master of the maxim. One of his favorites was that: "We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society...
Americans used to take for granted that one person's rights leave off when they start trampling on the rights of others. We should remember this...
"Oh Georgia, no peace I find" sang Ray Charles in Georgia on My Mind . Today, that should go double for the rest of us. And that's because the fate...
Everyone complains about bureaucracy, but, as with the old joke about bad weather, no one ever seems to do anything about it. In his new book Over...
Above the convention center where the Democratic National Convention meets this week is a serendipitous sign: "United Center." Yes, it's literally...
We live in an age of exaggeration. It's dominated by two fallacies of informal logic. First, there's the fallacy called "hasty generalization." A...
Little noticed amid the sturm und drang of recent weeks, is the 2024 Republican Party Platform. Most platforms are a buffet of bluster anyway, but...
Like a get-well card from an old friend, Judge Aileen Cannon's ruling dismissing the secret documents case couldn't have come at a more opportune...
Following the failed assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump, Americans have a lot to think about. Trump's supporters can...