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Offices and Officers of the Constitution Part VI: The Ineligibility Clause

The latest in the ten-part Tillman-Blackman series on Offices and Officers of the Constitution

Reason · Apr 11, 2025

US Attorney Habba investigating New Jersey governor over immigration enforcement policy

The top federal prosecutor in New Jersey says she launched an investigation into Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and state Attorney General Matt Platkin over the state’s directive to local law enforcement not to cooperate with federal agents conducting immigration enforcement

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2025

Citizenship voting requirement in SAVE Act has no basis in the Constitution – and ignores precedent that only states decide who gets to vote

The Republican-led House of Representatives passed on April 10, 2025, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act – or SAVE Act. The bill would make voting harder for tens of millions of Americans.

The Conversation · Apr 11, 2025

Trump was playing chicken with tariffs. Then he chickened out

In a second term of fiat, flubbing and flip–flopping, Trump pursued his desire to wield a club over everyone and everything

The Guardian - US · Apr 11, 2025

The Wolf of Wall Street claims Trump isn’t guilty of market manipulation after tariff U-turn

Jordan Belfort, who previously admitted to stock manipulation himself, has given his verdict on Trump’s trade war

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2025

American Prisons Don't Work. California Is Trying Something That Might.

What America can learn from prisons in Norway and Sweden.

Reason · Apr 11, 2025

‘A huge cudgel’: alarm as Trump’s war on universities could target accreditors

Advocates braced for revamp of certification system as experts warn of political pressure being brought to bear

The Guardian - US · Apr 11, 2025

The power and pitfalls of protest: how to speak out without falling victim to Trump’s playbook

As mass protest surges against Trump and Musk, how can we show up as effectively as possible?

The Guardian - US · Apr 11, 2025

Texas Republican lawmakers unwilling to change abortion laws to address doomed pregnancies

For the first time since Texas outlawed nearly all abortions, lawmakers are clarifying the “life of mother” exception. But they don’t plan to address cases where the fetus won’t survive.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 11, 2025

Could there be an upside to Trump’s unhinged attacks on Canada?

The US president has inadvertently united the country against him – and now his tariffs may make Canada rethink its dependence on US trade, says Guardian US live news editor Chris Michael

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2025