America’s drift from republican to imperial law is not new, even if no one has so named it. Now — after the Supreme Court crashed out a spate of preposterously corrupt, end-of-term decisions — it is time.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Imperial Court
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The Judge: Trump’s Curiouser & Curiouser IRS Case
Andrew P. Napolitano asks why Congress would let the president, under the guise of settling a lawsuit with no adversity between the parties and no judicial oversight or approval, take tax dollars and give them to his political allies.
The Comey Indictment & Free Speech
If the U.S. government can’t leave free speech alone, then its oath to the Constitution and the Constitution’s stated guarantees are meaningless, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
The US Supreme Court, Race & the Right to Vote
Marjorie Cohn on the Roberts Court’s demolition of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the law that brought an end to the Jim Crow system of post-Civil War legalized racial segregation.
The Trump Surveillance State
The right to privacy is facing its gravest challenges in Congress and the Supreme Court since colonial days, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
American Heresy
Congress defied the plain meaning of the Fourth Amendment when it said data gathered by warrantless surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act could be used by the F.B.I. for prosecution purposes, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Judge May Reconsider Dismissing Maduro’s Case
While affirming that the right to present a defense is “paramount,” the judge in New York refused to dismiss the case against the president and first lady of Venezuela — for now, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Trump’s Cruelty Is Strangling Cuba
Oil shipments to Cuba have virtually stopped, writes Marjorie Cohn. Lack of electricity has led to widespread blackouts, impacting hospitals and essential services. Cuba’s oil reserves could be totally depleted by March.
Trump: ‘I Can Destroy Countries’
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling against Donald Trump’s tariffs sent the 47th president into a rant that leaves little doubt who he is and what Constitutional crisis he is about to cause, writes Joe Lauria.
US Agency Pulls Climate From Judges’ Manual
The move by the Federal Judicial Center in the U.S. leaves judges without any official support on how to weigh evidence about basic weather and climate changes, Abrahm Lustgarten reports.