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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

Posting the Ten Commandments Does Not Establish a Religion Jun. 25, 2025

Terence Jeffrey

When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was serving as his state's attorney general in 2005, he appeared before ... 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

American Intifada Jun. 09, 2025

Daniel McCarthy

The riots that kicked off in Los Angeles last weekend aren't just about illegal immigration — ... 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

With Harvard, Trump Has Met His Match May. 27, 2025

Ruben Navarrette

SAN DIEGO — I always wondered why Harvard turned out so many lawyers. Now, due to overreach by... Read More

Moral Rights for AI Bots? What About Human Bots? May. 21, 2025

Jim Hightower

You might be alarmed to learn that a little-known group in America is being treated inhumanely, deni... Read More

'I Won't Abandon My Country' May. 19, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

I live every day in fear. My husband, Miguel, is undocumented and, despite what many believe, being ... Read More

The Donald Trump Revenge Tour Is Underway May. 14, 2025

The Raffel Ticket

On April 23, 1992, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Kiss started its Revenge Tour in San Francisc... Read More

States Look to Their Own Constitutions for Guidance on Racial Equality May. 13, 2025

Crime and Conduct

In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that held racial segregation laws did not violate th... Read More

Your Questions Answered: Trump's First 100 Days May. 05, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

In the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term, we've seen a whirlwind of executive o... Read More

Wisconsin Judge Arrested by Administration Seems To Have Law on Her Side May. 01, 2025

Ruben Navarrette

SAN DIEGO — I've been wrestling with the story of the Wisconsin judge who went quickly from "y... Read More

America's Immigration Laws Are Just Apr. 30, 2025

Terence Jeffrey

This story — that sadly has a tragic ending — began 15 years ago when an immigration cou... Read More

A Depraved Heart Lurks in the White House Apr. 23, 2025

The Raffel Ticket

New York courts have found President Donald J. Trump to be a felon and liar. Colorado courts found h... Read More

Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All Apr. 22, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

There's growing concern that President Donald Trump might invoke the Insurrection Act to bring Natio... Read More

Students Have Been Training for This Their Whole Lives Apr. 19, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

They were studying for finals and grabbing snacks from the student union on a gossamer spring day. E... Read More

Of Course, America Can Deport People. But It Has To Follow the Rules. Apr. 15, 2025

Ruben Navarrette

SAN DIEGO — President Donald Trump is giving deportations a bad name. In fact — in a wor... Read More

What Is Due Process and Why Is It Important? Apr. 15, 2025

Crime and Conduct

As we slide into the second quarter of 2025, if I were to predict the word or phrase of the year, it... Read More

When It Comes to Trump, It's Time To Choose Apr. 02, 2025

The Raffel Ticket

Go along or stand against? There's a tendency among Americans to seek compromise, to have a win-win... Read More

Lawfare Isn't Beaten -- In France or America Mar. 31, 2025

Daniel McCarthy

Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom — unless you're F... Read More