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Democracy Strikes Out Jul. 02, 2025
In Chief Justice John Roberts's opening statement at his confirmation hearing, he explained that jud... 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
Writing an Op-Ed Is Not Grounds for Deportation Apr. 28, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Since January, the Trump administration has abducted several international students and faculty and ... Read More
When It Comes to Trump, It's Time To Choose Apr. 02, 2025
Go along or stand against? There's a tendency among Americans to seek compromise, to have a win-win... Read More
Dear Mr. President, Hands off the Judiciary Feb. 11, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Fonzie is about to jump the shark. Presidents are not kings. It's amazing how man... Read More
Trump Just Took Office and I'm Already Mad as Hell Jan. 29, 2025
What was seen as outrageous during Trump's first term is seen as normal in his second. A Washington ... Read More
Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship, Explained Jan. 21, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union and immigrants' rights advocates sued the Trump administration on... Read More
You Can't Mess With Birthright Citizenship. The Law Isn't on Your Side. Dec. 17, 2024
SAN DIEGO — If it ain't broke, don't fix it. For the purpose of this discussion — which... Read More
Florida Women, It's Time To Get Our IUDs Nov. 09, 2024
The first thing I did Wednesday was think, well, punk music is poised to have a big comeback. Shortl... Read More
Trump Must Wish Only White Men Could Vote (Like in the Good Old Days) Sep. 25, 2024
It's the job of a conservative to stand before history "yelling stop," said the late political comme... Read More
How Donald Trump's Election Lies and Other Anti-Voter Policies Will Continue To Impact Our Democracy Jul. 30, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Donald Trump's claim that the 2020 election was "stolen" from him is not only a lie (no widespread v... Read More
Republicans Backing Away From Most Important Issue of Our Day Jul. 17, 2024
When can you deliberately kill an innocent human being? Answer: Never. But that is not what the Repu... Read More
Neither Liberty Nor Safety Aug. 31, 2023
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither lib... Read More
Has Liberty Died in Our Hearts? Jul. 27, 2023
"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court... Read More
Biden Knows Section 702 Is Unconstitutional, yet His Administration Still Defends It Jul. 10, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Fifteen years ago this week, then-Sen. Joe Biden voted no on the FISA Amendments Act, whic... Read More
Change the Constitution? Jul. 06, 2022
This Fourth of July, watching people fight over what the Constitution means, I ask people, if you co... Read More
A Slip of the Tongue in the Supreme Court Mar. 09, 2022
When lawyer Sarah Weddington stood up in the Supreme Court on Oct. 11, 1972, to present the pro-abor... Read More
Juneteenth Need Not Be a Racially Divisive Holiday if History Is Taught Properly Jun. 25, 2021
When President Joe Biden signed legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday this month, I immed... Read More
Is That a Constitution in Your Pocket? Mar. 20, 2021
Some of the most unwavering champions of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights have habituall... Read More
A Brief History of the Freedom of Speech in America Jul. 16, 2020
"I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it." — Voltaire (... Read More
