In its term that ended last October, the Supreme Court passed an important milestone that went unnoticed: For the first time, it decided more cases by secret ballot, and with few signed opinions, than it did for cases argued in open court.These decisions, which make up the court’s “shadow docket,” a…
A conservative commentator predicts that President Donald Trump, who has suffered several high-profile losses at the Supreme Court despite confirming three of the six Republican judges on the nine-jurist bench, is likely to pick a “real psycho” to avoid future defeats.“If [Justice Samuel] Alito were…
A new editorial from the Wall Street Journal has, as one reporter argued, given the game away about which Republican the Murdoch media empire wants to succeed President Donald Trump in 2028.On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal editorial board, a group traditionally seen as a leading voice in the Amer…
President Donald Trump’s “alpha male” approach to foreign policy, which involves flexing America’s military strength and adopting a belligerent tone toward other countries, is in fact un-manly, at least according to one of the president’s critics hailing from the Republican Party.“He loves [Russian …
First of all, you should know that I spent five years of my life advising the commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission how they could best protect Americans from monopolies and deceptive corporate practices. I’m proud of the work the FTC did then, and proud of much of what it’s accomplished sin…
On Monday night, a D.C. district court judge granted a permanent injunction protecting the free speech of pro-impeachment protesters and allowing them to display slogans President Donald Trump had sought to have suppressed. This is a major victory not only for First Amendment advocates but for those…
President Donald Trump is simmering after the Supreme Court rejected his claim that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution does not confer citizenship upon anyone born in the United States — and now the conservative movement is splitting in two over the matter.“When you hate immigrants so much that …
On Tuesday President Donald Trump appointed a famous and controversial Harvard theoretical physicist, cosmologist and astronomer to lead a group of scientists to investigate UFOs and whether they pose a national security threat.Dr. Avi Loeb, who led Harvard’s astronomy department until 2020 and is w…
President Donald Trump’s former lawyer told CNN on Tuesday that the Republican leader is grifting the American people — and it’s stunning.Ty Cobb, who worked for Trump during his first term, described Trump in this way to CNN host Erin Burnett after she described how the president has earned anywher…
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court handed down one of its most anticipated decisions of the year, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order attacking Constitutionally enshrined birthright citizenship. According to CNN legal analyst Elliot Wiliams, “the big shock” wasn’t the decision itself, but …