Heidi Li Feldman

It is the night before the second inauguration of Donald Trump as the President of the United States. I thought I would be agitated, but I am not. I am resolved. I feel a steely calm. I expect the coming Trump regime to be very bad, and I expect it

Today, Judge Juan Merchan continued his valiant effort to properly conduct a state criminal trial and post-trial proceedings in the face of Donald Trump’s complete disregard for rule of law and a U.S. Supreme Court that has shown its inclination to wholly protect Trump from federal criminal prosecution.

As far as I know, the only institutional reaction from American law schools to federal results from the 2024 election has been to tell foreign law students to get to campus before Trump's inauguration, part of broader warnings from universities and colleges. I can find no record of

In January, 2020, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was ratified, per the procedures specified in Article V of the U.S. Constitution. As with all U.S. law, the U.S. Constitution is the paramount authority on the law of amending the U.S. Constitution. So, when Virginia became the

Since the election, some legacy media, Democratic electeds, and formerly anti-Trump commentators have been quick to appease Donald Trump and to normalize his proposed nominees and policies. This is sickening. It is craven, unprincipled, and dangerous. Those of us committed to opposing Republican Fascism must identify and support actors who

About once a decade, I need to consult the Charter and Bylaws of the Democratic Party of the United States. As a rank-and-file Democrat - registered to vote as one - this is always remarkably difficult. That tells you much of what you need to know about the relationship between

Jack Smith today moved to dismiss federal criminal cases against Donald Trump, cases meant to hold Trump accountable for his efforts to overturn the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections and for his mishandling of classified documents. Smith is deferring, not to the scandalous Presidential immunity decision handed down by the

We have to read news and commentary quite selectively these days. In both, reliability is essential. But we also need to avoid overwhelming ourselves. Here are three items I recommend. (Publication links go to archived web pages. No paywalls.) “Pam Bondi’s road from Four Seasons Total Landscaping to AG

I spent today unwinding, catching up on life administration, meditating, knitting, and thinking. The thinking was meandering, creative, and constructive. Confronting the state of law, politics, and government in the U.S. is going to call for more days like this. It can be very hard to slow down and