The Trump administration scored a notable legal victory today when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that federal district judges “likely exceed” their authority when they issue nationwide injunctions that entirely block federal laws or presidential orders from going into effect while legal challenges play out in court. The case, Trump v. CASA, arose from […]
The Trump administration deployed National Guard soldiers to assist the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other federal law enforcement agencies during a large-scale marijuana raid last week in a stunning example of drug war mission creep. The Los Angeles Times reported that about 315 National Guard troops assisted the DEA during a June 18 raid […]
Despite being a private institution with a $53.2 billion endowment, Harvard University is a large beneficiary of federal funding, receiving $686 million in federal dollars in FY 2024. Recently, the university has come under fire from the Trump administration, which has cut away billions of dollars of Harvard’s research grants. This action has especially impacted […]
U.S. Steel isn’t just getting nationalized. It’s getting…personalized? President Donald Trump will personally control the so-called “golden share” that his administration has forced U.S. Steel to accept as part of the terms of a deal that will see the previously private company get acquired by Japan-based Nippon Steel. It’s an utterly absurd arrangement—one that will […]
Hours after the U.S. bombed several sites in Iran, President Donald Trump called the operation a “spectacular military success.” Whether or not that turns out to be true, the attack looks rather different as a legal matter. Trump appears to have significantly overstepped his authority, as the attack was not authorized by Congress and was […]
Even after scoring a huge victory against President Donald Trump’s tariffs in federal court last week, David Levi still isn’t sure if his small business will survive the trade war. “It’s just been exhausting how uncertain it is,” Levi, who started MicroKits in 2020 to get more kids interested in the hands-on science of electrical […]