We joined a recent bus tour of 30 judges, lawyers and advocates fighting not for any partisan aim, but for the rule of law itself
Ten questions to ask now of Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, your senators, your representatives, your legislators, your governors, your secretaries of state and other government officials
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
Reformers must insist on remaking institutions like the US Supreme Court so that Americans don’t have to suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule that makes a parody of the democracy they were promised.
Lower courts are holding the line against authoritarianism while getting death threats and zero backup from above.
District Court Judge Karin Immergut – a Trump appointee – issued an opinion that shows courage in judging, without rhetoric or defiance—only the quiet insistence that facts still matter.
Trump claimed there is a rebellion, but Judge Breyer said that obviously no such rebellion exists. Breyer held that a handful of individuals toppling a Waymo does not in fact strip thousands of peaceful protesters of their First Amendment rights.
The “60 Minutes” correspondent never mentioned Trump by name, but his call to defend democratic institutions was apparently too much for the MAGA crowd to handle. He had the audacity to suggest that “our sacred rule of law is under attack.
Despite repeated legal setbacks demanding an end to these autocratic practices, the Trump administration continues its assault on the rule of law. For some of those snatched off the streets, the ultimate destination is a foreign hellhole.
The new order effectively allows police to get away with murder. And that’s just the beginning.
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