March 1, 2021
A broad consensus of legal analysts—joined, it seems, by most senators of both political parties—recognizes that former President Donald Trump did not have a valid First Amendment defense at his second impeachment trial. But the discussion that the trial occasioned about First Amendment defenses in impeachment trials suffered from a lack of precision about what…
May 26, 2019
For the past year, the Trump administration has been hard at work trying to unilaterally rewrite asylum law. Its latest attempt, the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols, informally known as Remain in Mexico, is yet another unlawful gambit. Announced in January by former Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Remain in Mexico requires that certain…
November 8, 2018
In early October, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an alarming new report on the impact climate change will have on the planet by 2040. These new findings, reviewed by ninety-one international scientists, are worrisome because it now seems that disaster is possible with an even smaller increase in global temperatures than previously…
May 16, 2018
As part of its push to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients, the Trump administration has repeatedly rejected tribal requests to be exempt from these new requirements. This position by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ignores the obligations of the federal government when it comes to Indian healthcare and does not give…
April 18, 2018
On April 10, 2018, President Trump signed the euphemistically titled “Executive Order Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility.” The executive order highlights “principles that are central to the American spirit — work, free enterprise, and safeguarding human and economic resources” but notably leaves out other principles, such as charity, kindness, and…
