As the rock is lifted on the Epstein files, we find beneath it the rot of our foundational institutions and the beyond-belief nihilism of those who control them.
Patrick Lawrence: Epstein & the Age of Unreason
Tag: Constitution
Chris Hedges: The Last Election
Donald Trump’s threat to cancel the midterm elections is not a feign. He ruminates about defying the Constitution to serve a third term; he is determined to retain absolute control.
Can Trump Impose Taxes on Americans?
Questions before the Supreme Court ask if Congress delegated away to the president the power to tax under the rubric of tariffs. If it did, was that delegation constitutional? Judge Napolitano explains.
US Supreme Court May Grant Trump Unbridled Authority
Marjorie Cohn previews some of the cases the U.S. high court will use to establish the limits of executive power.
Free Speech and Its Discontents
A government that can silence the speech you hate today can silence the speech you love tomorrow, writes Judge Andrew Napolitano.
Chris Hedges: The Slow-Motion Execution of Assange
The ruling by the High Court in London permitting the WikiLeaks publisher to appeal his extradition order leaves him languishing in precarious health in a high-security prison. That is the point.
America’s Failure to Protect Voting
America may call itself democracy’s gold standard, but it fails to guarantee the right to vote and permits the dominance of political money, a shameful anomaly that requires a constitutional amendment, writes William John Cox.
Muhammad Ali’s True Patriotism
Muhammad Ali angered much of America by declaring “I ain’t got no quarrel with the Vietcong” and refusing to fight in Vietnam, but his principled stand was vindicated by history and is a lesson for today, says Ivan Eland.