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After a String of Defeats, Isn't Trump Tired of Losing in Federal Court? Sep. 04, 2025

Ruben Navarrette

SAN DIEGO — Are we winning yet? Donald Trump promised that — if he were elected presiden... Read More

Nominees Lie, Senators Close Eyes and America Pays Sep. 03, 2025

The Raffel Ticket

What's the point of Senate confirmation hearings? The testimony of nominees to judgeships and the ca... Read More

Judge Rules Trump Can't Break the Law in Order To Enforce the Law Sep. 02, 2025

Ruben Navarrette

SAN DIEGO — It's a simple concept that has somehow eluded the knuckleheads in the Trump admini... Read More

Paxton's Antitrust Lawsuit -- All Hat and No Cattle Aug. 20, 2025

Ken Buck

A conspiracy without any documented conspiring and zero outcome would make for a rather dull true-cr... Read More

Florida's Secretive Immigration Detention Center, Explained Aug. 18, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

Deep in the Florida Everglades, a new immigration detention facility has appeared almost overnight. ... Read More

For Immigrant Day Laborers, Work Is About Survival, Not Fun and Games Aug. 12, 2025

Ruben Navarrette

SAN DIEGO — Immigrants do so much for Americans. They care for our children, look after our el... Read More

Fort Dix To Hold Thousands as Trump Militarizes Detention System Aug. 04, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

As announced in a letter from the Department of Defense, the Trump administration plans to use Fort ... Read More

Think the George Floyd 'Racial Injustice' Protests Were Insane? What If Obama Gets Indicted? Jul. 31, 2025

Larry Elder

Former President Barack Obama will not face charges for treason, sedition or any other crime in the ... Read More

The Senate Kisses Trump's Ring Jul. 30, 2025

The Raffel Ticket

Evidence was offered in recent Senate hearings that judicial nominee Emil Bove told subordinates the... Read More

Court Strikes Down NIH's Unlawful Termination of Research Grants on Topics Including DEI and Gender Identity Jul. 28, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

The National Institutes of Health — the world's largest public funder of biomedical research &... Read More

The Judicial Tyranny of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Jul. 17, 2025

Larry Elder

How can you tell if the newest Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is an "activist... Read More

The Trump Administration Is Banning Books on Military Bases. We Sued. Jul. 14, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

On military bases across the globe, books are disappearing from shelves. Posters of historical figur... Read More

SCOTUS Ruling Misses the Point of Reading Jul. 04, 2025

Holding Space for Good

Literature fuels empathy and conversation. It can foster belonging and it can also fuel productive d... Read More

Democracy Strikes Out Jul. 02, 2025

The Raffel Ticket

In Chief Justice John Roberts's opening statement at his confirmation hearing, he explained that jud... Read More

Newsom and Trump Find Their Match -- and Their Soulmate Jun. 19, 2025

Ruben Navarrette

SAN DIEGO — The modern-day classic Western "Tombstone" has plenty of memorable scenes. One of ... Read More

Russian and Iranian Threats Dim in Summer Brightness Jun. 18, 2025

The Raffel Ticket

Way back in 1919, the poet William Butler Yeats wrote of a time when the "centre cannot hold," and "... Read More

What Is Due Process? Jun. 17, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

In the first months of his administration, President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened due process,... Read More

From Day One, Trump's Immigration Agenda Has Grown More Extreme Jun. 09, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

Four months into President Donald Trump's second term, he has aggressively pursued efforts to strip ... Read More

Top 10 Worst Things Trump Has Done in His Second Term Jun. 05, 2025

Ruben Navarrette

SAN DIEGO — If presidencies were akin to attractions at Disneyland, President Donald Trump's s... Read More

The Supreme Court Cases To Watch Jun. 02, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

The Supreme Court's docket this term includes many of the complex issues American society is current... Read More