With organizations like Democracy Forward and Public Citizen winning court-ordered pauses in the various unlawful actions taken by Trump Cabinet officials kowtowing to Elon Musk's unlawful DOGE (which I urge everyone to call FIDO or DOGGY), we are quickly headed toward an unprecedented clash between two branches of

The point of this post is to offer some explanation of a lawsuit filed yesterday, February 3, Alliance for Retired Americans v. Bessent. The case may slow or stop Trump and Musk from implementing a constitutional coup, though from its title it might seem otherwise. The named defendant is Scott

At 12:01 pm today, Democracy Forward and CREW filed a lawsuit, seeking a halt to DOGE unless and until it comes into compliance with law regulating “federal advisory committees.” Here’s the complaint. Democracy Forward spearheads legal actions for a consortium of pro-democracy groups, several of whom are named

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