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Trump could keep an acting attorney general for months

President Donald Trump will have wide latitude to keep his preferred pick leading the Justice Department after his firing of ally Pamela Bondi, including scenarios that could entirely avoid a Senate confirmation process well into the future. Any permanent attorney general nominee could face a tough path to confirmation in…

Roll Call · Apr 9

Senate payout provision defies typical legal concepts, experts say - Roll Call

Congress flouted several legal principles with an unusual provision creating a streamlined path for senator lawsuits, experts said.

Roll Call · Nov 13, 2025

Spending law unenforceable if the president wants to violate it - Roll Call

There is little Congress can do to enforce a law designed to safeguard its power of the purse if the president disregards it.

Roll Call · Nov 4, 2025

White House rescission strategy worries some GOP appropriators - Roll Call

Key House GOP appropriators are raising concern about the White House’s use of an untested budgetary tool to end some foreign aid funds.

Roll Call · Sep 12, 2025

How SCOTUS let Trump think he's a king

Trump's assertions of broad, unchecked executive power are a predictable result of the court's "immunity" decision

Salon · Feb 12, 2025

Legal questions surround Trump's talk of political prosecutions - Roll Call

Donald Trump’s return to the White House will put him in a position to push for criminal charges against his political opponents.

Roll Call · Nov 8, 2024

SCOTUS leaves public open to biz abuses

A series of Supreme Court rulings gutted the government's ability to protect consumers and the environment

Salon · Jul 11, 2024

How Supreme Court’s immunity ruling ‘transforms’ US presidency

Experts say shielding official presidential action from prosecution undermines rule of law and enables abuse of power.

Al Jazeera · Jul 1, 2024

Supreme Court put onus on Congress to enforce 'Insurrection' ban - Roll Call

The opinion that cleared the way for Trump to appear on 2024 ballots also made it unlikely the underlying issue will be reopened anytime soon.

Roll Call · Mar 5, 2024

‘The main event’: 2020 election indictment is most serious against Trump

Legal experts say charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 vote are more damaging than other cases Trump is facing.

Al Jazeera · Aug 3, 2023