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A Free Speech Lesson From Karl Marx

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The Class Action Threat to Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order

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Trump Won't Enforce the TikTok Ban. Is That Constitutional?

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The Republican-Appointed Judge Decrying Trump's 'Deeply Disturbing' Attacks on the Rule of Law

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What Frederick Douglass Can Still Teach Us About the Fourth of July

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Trump Is Now More Powerful Thanks to the Supreme Court. But Will It Last?

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Clarence Thomas Undermines Free Speech in Porn Site Age-Verification Case

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Supreme Court Rules 6–3 for Trump, Limits 'Nationwide Injunctions' in Birthright Citizenship Case

27.06.2025 10

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Sotomayor Is Right. Trump's 'Third Country Removals' Raise Serious Due Process Worries.

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Trump's Unconstitutional Act of War

24.06.2025 10

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Why MAGA Turned on Amy Coney Barrett

19.06.2025 3

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Don't Let Rights-Violating Federal Agents Dodge Accountability

17.06.2025 6

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Trump's L.A. National Guard Deployment Stands on Shaky Legal Ground

12.06.2025 20

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3 Supreme Court Cases To Watch in June 2025

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Overruling Trump's Tariffs Should Be an Easy Decision for SCOTUS

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Trump's Attack on the Federalist Society Is a Bad Omen for Originalism

03.06.2025 30

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What J.D. Vance Gets Wrong About Judicial Deference to Executive Power

30.05.2025 3

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The Alien Enemies Act Doesn't Say What Trump Claims It Says

26.05.2025 7

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The Executive Power Case That Unites Donald Trump and Franklin Roosevelt

23.05.2025 3

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Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Is Only 'About the Babies of Slaves.' Historical Evidence Says Otherwise.

20.05.2025 2

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The Supreme Court May Rule for Trump on Nationwide Injunctions but Probably Not on Birthright Citizenship

16.05.2025 2

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Trump's Case Against Birthright Citizenship Is a Constitutional Loser

14.05.2025 3

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David Souter Shaped the Supreme Court Through the Backlash He Inspired

12.05.2025 2

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'Federal Courts Have No Role To Play,' Trump Tells SCOTUS in Latest Deportation Case Filing

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Why the FBI Arrested Judge Hannah Dugan

30.04.2025 3

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Judge Says Trump Must Provide 'Notice of a Right To Seek Judicial Review' to Alien Enemies Act Deportees

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Alito and Thomas May Trust Trump To Follow a Court Order, but Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett Seemingly Do Not

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What Happens When Presidents Defy Court Orders?

18.04.2025 2

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Stephen Miller Egregiously Misrepresented a Supreme Court Order While Trump Nodded Along

15.04.2025 2

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Supreme Court Unanimously Orders Trump To 'Facilitate' the Return of Wrongly Deported Man

11.04.2025 4

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John Roberts Only Postponed the Bigger Fight Over Trump's Deportations

09.04.2025 5

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Trump's Tariffs Violate the Constitutional Separation of Powers

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An Executive Power Case That Trump May Win

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Trump's Use of the Alien Enemies Act Violates Madison's View of Presidential Power

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What Trump Should Learn From the Impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase

27.03.2025 3

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Trump's Attack on the Courts Channels the Worst of Theodore Roosevelt

25.03.2025 2

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Google Is Big. Does That Make It a Monopoly?

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