Pam Bondi’s ouster makes Trump’s Justice Department even more dangerous
Early in the first Trump administration, the legal journalist Benjamin Wittes coined one of the best descriptions of how President ...
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The sneaky way Trump’s lawyers are supercharging ICE
Shortly after President Donald Trump took office for the second time, his administration started illegally detaining immigrants without giving them ...
MAGA’s top lawyer just gave a sitting GOP senator the biggest scare of his career
Tuesday’s Senate Republican primary in Texas ended in an anticlimax, with no candidate winning a majority of the vote. Incumbent ...
The MAGA court decision that just supercharged ICE
Two judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, a court dominated by MAGA Republicans, just ...
How long can ICE keep ignoring federal courts?
The chief judge of Minnesota’s federal district court, a George W. Bush appointee who clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia, just ...
A federal court took 2 years to figure out that gay people have First Amendment rights
Spectrum WT v. Wendler is one of the easiest First Amendment cases the federal courts heard this year — or ...
Trump’s new plan to prosecute Democratic elected officials, explained
On Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump called for Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to eliminate what Trump called the ...
A federal court’s novel proposal to rein in Trump’s power grab
Limited-time offer: Get more than 30% off a Vox Membership. Join today to support independent journalism. Federal civil servants are ...
The sweeping federal court order blocking Trump’s tariffs, explained
A federal court ruled on Wednesday evening that the massive tariffs President Donald Trump imposed shortly after beginning his second ...
Trump is losing his war on democracy
In the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term, his administration has proven exceptionally good at breaking things. The ...
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