Column: What will Trump’s tariffs ‘liberate’ us from?
I am writing this from the last days of our captivity.Indeed, by the time some of you read this, we will be free. If all…
Trump asks Supreme Court for permission to resume deporting Venezuelan migrants
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime…
Column: Congress wants to impeach judges instead of doing its job
Some Republicans want U.S. District Judge James Boasberg removed from the bench for allegedly interfering with the president’s authority — under the Constitution and the…
The chief justice is to blame for the Supreme Court’s free fall
At his 2005 Senate confirmation hearing to be chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, John G. Roberts Jr. famously invoked America’s national pastime…
Trump administration debates invoking ‘state secrets privilege’ around deportation flights
WASHINGTON — Top leaders of President Trump’s administration are debating whether to invoke a “state secrets privilege” in response to a judge’s questions about deportation flights carrying…
Column: The United States careens toward a constitutional crisis
Congress is cowed; that’s one supposedly coequal branch of government down. But federal courts are proving more resistant to Donald Trump’s trampling of laws and…
Roberts criticizes Trump’s call for impeaching judge who ruled against his deportation plans
WASHINGTON — The growing clash between President Trump and the federal courts escalated Tuesday, when Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. rebuked the president’s call for impeaching…
Trump administration deports migrants despite judge’s order halting removal
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador despite a federal judge’s order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime…