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Supreme Court to hear oral arguments over deportation protections

The future of the legal status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. will face a test at Supreme Court oral arguments Wednesday, as the Trump administration seeks to unilaterally strip deportation protections from migrants in the face of some congressional opposition. The cases set for arguments Wednesday…

Roll Call · Apr 28

Supreme Court to hear arguments on agency authority over violations

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case that could shrink Congress’ power to let agencies internally decide legal and regulatory violations, as two telecommunications giants challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s power to impose forfeitures. AT&T and Verizon have contested determinations by the FCC that…

Roll Call · Apr 20

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

Trump Fires Democratic FTC Commissioners

The removals challenge Humphrey’s Executor, a Supreme Court precedent that protects independent agency officials from political firings.

Reason · Mar 19, 2025

Trump firings tee up broader legal clash over congressional power - Roll Call

President Donald Trump’s firings sets up another major legal clash over Congress’ power to put limits on the removal of federal officials.

Roll Call · Jan 30, 2025

Supreme Court action on TikTok could shape congressional power - Roll Call

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments Friday in a case over the future of social media giant TikTok in the United States.

Roll Call · Jan 8, 2025

Thomas Berry (Cato Institute) on Trump's Recess Appointment Plan

Berry explains why the plan is flawed on legal and other grounds.

Reason · Nov 15, 2024

If fossil fuel dependency is a global addiction, climate activists are prophets trying to save us from our stupor

Legions of young people are getting organised, skilling up, raising their voices and placing their bodies in the path of those who profit from our addiction

The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2024

Texas and Florida Want the Supreme Court To Bless Their Unconstitutional Social Media Laws

Both states are trying to force tech companies to platform certain sorts of speech.

Reason · Feb 26, 2024

Legacy Preferences, Citizenship, Migration, and the Implications of a Constitutional Ban on Hereditary Privilege

Some scholars and commentators argue that legacy preferences at public universities are unconstitutional because they are a form of hereditary privilege. If so, the same is likely true of the far more consequential hereditary privilege of citizenship that severely restricts the right to live and work in the United States.

Reason · Jul 12, 2023