UmairSupreme Court Asked to Keep Pause on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
Immigrant groups and leaders of 22 Democratic-led states pushed back sharply on Friday against the Trump administration’s request that the Supreme Court lift a temporary nationwide ban blocking the president’s…
Democrats Sue Trump Over Executive Order on Elections
Nearly every arm of the Democratic Party united in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday night, arguing that a recent executive order signed by the president seeking…
The Strategy Behind Trump’s Repeated Musings About a Third Term
President Trump cannot run for a third term as president, barring changes to the Constitution. But that has not stopped him from openly flirting with the idea. He has floated…
Why Does America Have Presidential Term Limits?
Congress passed the 22nd Amendment in 1947, creating a two-term limit for American presidents as a check the power of America’s chief executive. But President Trump has not ruled out…
Trump Says He’s ‘Not Joking’ About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution
President Trump did not rule out seeking a third term in office on Sunday, telling NBC News that he was “not joking” about the possibility and suggesting there were “methods”…
Top Senate Republican Protests Trump Bid to Withhold Spending
A top Senate Republican on Thursday accused President Trump of illegally refusing to spend $2.9 billion approved by Congress, teaming with Democrats in an early salvo in the simmering struggle…
Law in Mahmoud Khalil’s Case Was Once Struck Down — by Trump’s Sister
The 1952 law under which the Trump administration seeks to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident who helped organize protests at Columbia University, is largely untested. Largely, but not…
Defiance and Threats in Deportation Case Renew Fear of Constitutional Crisis
Over the weekend, the Trump administration ignored a federal judge’s order not to deport a group of Venezuelan men, violating an instruction that could not have been plainer or more…
With Deportations to El Salvador, Trump May Have Defied a Judge’s Order
The Trump administration moved one large step closer to a constitutional showdown with the judicial branch of government when airplane-loads of Venezuelan detainees deplaned in El Salvador even though a…
