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REPORT: 75% USCIS Fee Hike — America Shuts the Door on Low-Income Immigrants
On June 22, 2026, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking
EXPLAINER: $570 More — Trump's Tax on the American Dream of Citizenship
On June 22, 2026, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule that, if adopted, would raise the
REPORT: Twenty Decisions in Two Weeks — the Supreme Court Under End-of-Term Pressure
In Washington, the end of June feels every year like a military countdown. But this year, the clock beats differently. The United
COMMENTARY: Gorsuch and the Major Questions Doctrine — the Right That Brakes Trump
On February 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court delivered a stunning ruling in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump: by six votes
ANALYSIS: Miot v. Noem — 350,000 Haitians Suspended on a Late-June Decision
Temporary Protected Status — TPS — is one of those American legal architectures that gets forgotten when everything is fine and reveals
EXPLAINER: TPS Haiti and Syria — Noem's Lie That Justice Just Unearthed
There are moments in the life of a democracy when the administration supposed to enforce the law finds itself in the dock
FACT-CHECK: "The Court Will Back Me" — the Tariff Setback That Shattered the Trump Illusion
For months, Donald Trump cultivated a public conviction: his Supreme Court, composed in majority of justices he had himself appointed, would serve
EDITORIAL: Firing Power — The Dream of an Executive Without Counterweights
There was a time when Donald Trump fired his candidates on a reality television show, in the carefully orchestrated staging of The
REPORT: Rebecca Slaughter and the FTC — the 91-Year Precedent Trump Wants to Demolish
On March 18, 2025, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Democratic commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), learned she had been fired. Not