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The Supreme Court Cases To Watch Jun. 02, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The Supreme Court's docket this term includes many of the complex issues American society is current... Read More
Government Attacks on Private Property May. 22, 2025
A recent Supreme Court oral argument about the liability of the FBI for invading and terrorizing the... Read More
Blind Loyalty May. 22, 2025
How could they do it? How could they manipulate his schedule and control his appearances so that no ... Read More
Holes in the Constitution May. 08, 2025
Among the lesser-known holes in the Constitution cut by the Patriot Act of 2001 was the destruction ... Read More
Your Questions Answered: Trump's First 100 Days May. 05, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
In the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term, we've seen a whirlwind of executive o... Read More
What Is Due Process and Why Is It Important? Apr. 15, 2025
As we slide into the second quarter of 2025, if I were to predict the word or phrase of the year, it... Read More
Obama Speaks Out. Where is George W. Bush? Apr. 12, 2025
President Barack Obama finally did last week what so many of us have been waiting for him — an... Read More
Tariffs and the Constitution Apr. 10, 2025
"No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that an... Read More
Taking the Constitution Seriously Apr. 03, 2025
The U.S. Constitution was crafted in 1787 both to establish a new central government and to limit it... Read More
The President Who Set the Precedent Against a Third Term Apr. 02, 2025
When President George Washington was in his second term, there was nothing in the Constitution that ... Read More
When It Comes to Trump, It's Time To Choose Apr. 02, 2025
Go along or stand against? There's a tendency among Americans to seek compromise, to have a win-win... Read More
What's Just as Important as Free Speech? A Few Things, Actually. Apr. 01, 2025
SAN DIEGO — I occasionally find myself speaking to Latino immigrants, legal and otherwise. I ... Read More
Taking Rights Seriously Mar. 06, 2025
"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, Man... Read More
Donald Trump and Government by Experts Feb. 27, 2025
I have often thought that after Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson was our worst president. By worst is... Read More
The Why Behind the Fourth Amendment Makes One Appreciate the Need Feb. 25, 2025
The United Kingdom's greed in the late 17th Century contributed to what we in America have come to k... Read More
The Real Constitutional Crisis Isn't Coming From Trump Feb. 18, 2025
Republicans are in power, so Democrats are back to pretending to care about the Constitution. As De... Read More
Trump's Attempt To Unilaterally Control State and Local Funding Is Dangerous, Dumb and Undemocratic Feb. 18, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The Trump administration has not been subtle in its desire to use federal funding for political puni... Read More
Are We Headed for a Constitutional Crisis? Feb. 13, 2025
Maybe. That's the best constitutional scholars can say right now. But I'm putting my money on the fe... Read More
Dear Mr. President, Hands off the Judiciary Feb. 11, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Fonzie is about to jump the shark. Presidents are not kings. It's amazing how man... Read More
Tariffs and the Constitution Feb. 06, 2025
The taxing power in the federal government resides in the Congress. The Constitution states that Con... Read More
