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.
Chris Hedges: The Last Election
Tag: Supreme Court
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.
Racial Profiling in America
The U.S. Constitution does not permit government agents to detain people because of how they look, the language they speak, or the jobs they hold, writes Raja Krishnamoorthi.
Privileges. Privileges. Privileges.
That’s what drives politics and the smearing of independent media as purveyors of “disinformation” — protecting and preserving the privileges of the privileged.
Impending Roe v Wade Demise Spotlights Privacy Risk for Everyone
Chris Hedges: Trump’s Barrett Nomination Another Step Toward Christian Totalitarianism
All fascist and totalitarian movements paper over their squalid belief systems with the veneer of religious morality.
WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 9
Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria presents a live 10-20 minute report every day that court is in session at noon EDT during the resumed extradition hearing. Watch his recap of the ninth day’s events.
Oklahoma Is – Always Has Been – Native Land
Dwanna L. McKay outlines the historic injustice that was corrected by the Supreme Court.
Civil Rights on High Court Chopping Block in New Term
The cases concern everything from firing people who are LGBTQ, to abortion restrictions that disproportionately affect low-income women, to deportations, to the scope of the Second Amendment, writes Marjorie Cohn.