The Latest Breaking News from James Madison

The federal courts are supposed to be a bulwark against presidential overreach, not a rubber stamp.

Father of the Constitution James Madison made a distinction between alien enemies and alien friends.

Alleged criminal aliens may face legal punishment. But only after receiving due process of law.

The 2-1 ruling is procedural, but strongly suggests the majority judges also reject the Trump administration's position on the merits.

An unconstitutional act is still unconstitutional even if lots of people support it.

State Attorneys General appear more interested in lining up with their political tribe than they are in defending state interests.

As President Donald Trump often promised during his 2024 presidential campaign, on March 15, 2025, he invoked an obscure 18th-century law called the Alien Enemies Act to justify deporting 137 Venezuelans he says are associated with a Venezuelan gang.

The originalist case for a unitary executive falls apart in an era when many of the powers wielded by the executive branch were not originally supposed to be federal powers in the first place.

In the four weeks since he was inaugurated for his second term as US president, Donald Trump has issued dozens of executive orders – many of which are now the subject of legal challenges on the grounds they exceed his authority under the US constitution. As a result, some will…

Because of the Trump administration’s efforts to cut staff and spending, Congress’ “power of the purse” has been in the news lately. Many of these actions have been challenged in court.

President-elect Donald Trump often said during the 2024 presidential campaign that he plans to launch the nation’s largest-ever mass deportation operation in his second term.