Maxime Marquette
MadMax is an independent bilingual news outlet based in Québec, publishing analysis on geopolitics, technology, democracy, and culture.
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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TESTIMONY: Akram Omar, 77, Legal Resident for 50 Years — ICE Arrested Him Twice Anyway
Akram Mahmoud Omar has lived in the United States for 50 years. He is a lawful permanent resident. He was born in Palestine, before…
NARRATIVE: Adriana Zapata, Deported to the DRC Without Insulin — Trump's Kafkaesque Justice
On April 16, 2026, Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata, a Colombian woman of approximately forty years old, diabetic, suffering from hypothyroidism and hyperlipidemia, was forced…
ESSAY: Trump Demands His New York Convictions Be Thrown Out — Did Cohen Actually Recant?
On June 2, 2026, just after one in the morning, Donald Trump picked up his phone and fired a volley of messages on Truth…
COLUMN: The 9th Circuit Shuts the Door on Young Climate Plaintiffs — Trump 1, the Future 0
On June 2, 2026, the Ninth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting in Portland, Oregon, confirmed the dismissal of Lighthiser v. Trump — a…
OPINION: The Supreme Court Buries the Voting Rights Act — Alabama Wins, Black Voters Lose
In June 2026, the United States Supreme Court, in its serene conservative majesty, delivered a second devastating blow to the Voting Rights Act of…
PROFILE: Pauline Newman, 98, Suspended Federal Judge — The Supreme Court Slams the Door
On June 16, 2026, the United States Supreme Court denied without comment the petition of Judge Pauline Newman, age 98, permanently preventing her from…
INVESTIGATION: SCOTUS Reinstates Etan Patz Murder Conviction — 47 Years of Justice Finally Sealed
On June 22, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling reinstating the murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez in the case of…
COMMENTARY: The Federal Circuit Sits En Banc on Trump's Article II Civil Service Firings
On June 17, 2026, the Federal Circuit en banc — meaning all active judges of that appellate court sitting collectively — agreed to urgently…
EDITORIAL: Los Angeles resists Trump — the judge sides with the sanctuary city
On June 23, 2026, federal judge Fernando Olguin of California rejected the Trump administration's lawsuit against the Los Angeles municipal ordinance limiting the city's…