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The Trump Administration Says Its Speech-Based Deportation Policy 'Does Not Exist'

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Trump Reiterates His Promise To Protect Farm and Hospitality Workers From 'Pretty Vicious' Deportation

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Gun Rights Groups Welcome the Demise of Illogical and Constitutionally Dubious Federal Firearm Taxes

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Conflicts and Contrasts Make Jerusalem Endlessly Fascinating

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A Broad Ruling Against Trump's Immigration Policies Illustrates Alternatives to Universal Injunctions

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By Settling Trump's Laughable Lawsuit Against CBS, Paramount Strikes a Blow at Freedom of the Press

02.07.2025 2

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Trump's 'Giant Win' Does Not Validate His Unconstitutional Birthright Citizenship Order

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Trump Says the Courts Have No Business Questioning His Dubious Definition of 'Alien Enemies'

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The 5th Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity for a Child-Snatching Texas Cop Who Falsely Alleged Abandonment

30.06.2025 2

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Criminal Justice Reformers Should Welcome Pam Bondi's Gun Rights Restoration Initiative

27.06.2025 6

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Zohran Mamdani's Jewish Problem

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The Rationale for Deporting Mahmoud Khalil Is Alarmingly Vague and Broad

25.06.2025 3

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The 9th Circuit Says California's One-Per-Month Limit on Gun Purchases Is Unconstitutional

23.06.2025 3

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The 9th Circuit Rejects Trump's Audacious Claim That He Can Use the National Guard However He Likes

20.06.2025 2

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Review: A Doctor Changes His Mind About Opioid Prescriptions

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Texas Legislators Say They Are Protecting Free Speech on Campus by Banning 'Expressive Activities' at Night

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Utah Passed a Religious Freedom Law. Then Cops Went After This Psychedelic Church.

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Trump Argues That He Can Take Over a State's National Guard Whenever He Feels Like It

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Federal Courts Shrug at Deadly Wrong-Door Raids

18.06.2025 20

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Federal Courts Shrug at Potentially Lethal Wrong-Door Raids

18.06.2025 10

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Whether or Not Trump Invokes It, the Insurrection Act Is Antiquated and Dangerously Broad

17.06.2025 3

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A Judge Said the Excuse for Arresting Mahmoud Khalil Was Unconstitutionally Vague. Why Isn't Khalil Free?

14.06.2025 20

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The Restraining Order Against Federalizing the California National Guard Highlights Trump's Lawlessness

13.06.2025 2

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17 Years Ago, She Lost Her Gun Rights for Passing a Bad Check. She Wants SCOTUS To Rectify That Injustice.

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'Don't You Want To Confirm Who I Am?' a Mistakenly Arrested Grandmother Asked the Marshals. They Did Not.

12.06.2025 20

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Trump's Threats Against Musk and Newsom Reflect an Authoritarian Intolerance of Dissent

11.06.2025 10

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Gavin Newsom Defends Federalism Against Trump's Unilateral National Guard Deployment

11.06.2025 3

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Denver Case Highlights the Potentially Deadly Hazards of Police Raids Based on Secondhand Information

10.06.2025 10

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A Runner Was Prosecuted for Unapproved Trail Use After the Referring Agency Called It 'Overcriminalization'

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A Federal Judge Orders Relief for Alleged Gang Members Deported and Imprisoned Without Due Process

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Belated Republican Objections to the One Big Beautiful Bill Glide Over Its Blatant Fiscal Irresponsibility

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Trump's Haste Begets Lawlessness

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DOGE's Newly Listed 'Regulatory Savings' for Businesses Have Nothing to Do With Cutting Federal Spending

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Trump Rightly Pardons 2 Florida Divers Who Became Federal Felons Because of an Honest Mistake

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A Federal Judge Lists 8 Ways That Trump Violated the Constitution by Punishing a Disfavored Law Firm

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How Charlie Rangel Changed His Mind About the War on Drugs

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Trump Promised To 'Save Vaping.' His FDA Head Does Not Seem Inclined To Do That.

26.05.2025 2

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Trump's Mass Cancellation of Student Visas Illustrates the Lawlessness of His Immigration Crackdown

24.05.2025 20

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A Federal Judge Says New Mexico Cops Reasonably Killed an Innocent Man at the Wrong House

22.05.2025 10

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The FTC's Probe Into 'Potentially Illegal' Content Moderation Is a Blatant Assault on the First Amendment

22.05.2025 7

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By Trump's Logic, Biden Deserves Credit for a Dramatic Drop in Overdose Deaths

21.05.2025 20

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The Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects a 'Very Narrow Approach' to Deadly Force by Police

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Trump strikes a righteous blow against the feds’ rabid criminal code

A new Trump executive order will slash federal regulations carrying criminal penalties — a category so vast and obscure that not even the government...

14.05.2025 3

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Trump Slams ‘Absurd’ Rise of Regulatory Crimes Undermining Rule of Law

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The Federal Government's 175,000 Pages of Regulations Turn the Rule of Law Into a Cruel Joke

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Since Immigration Is an 'Invasion,' a Top Trump Adviser Says, the President Might Suspend Habeas Corpus

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Defenders of Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Offer an Implausible Take on a 127-Year-Old Precedent

13.05.2025 3

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How Joe Biden and Donald Trump's Perverse Pardons Undermined the Rule of Law

12.05.2025 2

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A New Survey Suggests Illicit Opioid Use Is Much More Common Than the Government's Numbers Indicate

10.05.2025 3

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Now Elon tells us: It’s up to Congress, not DOGE, to slash runaway spending

At first Elon Musk breezily promised that DOGE would cut federal spending by $1 trillion or more. But lately he's been singing a different tune.

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