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Understanding voter registration changes proposed by Congress and the president
Presidential actions and proposed legislation in recent weeks could reshape how people register to vote for federal elections.…
Alien Enemies Act case heads to federal court in Texas
A divided Supreme Court on Monday night sent a high-profile case to Texas from Washington, D.C., involving a dispute over Trump…
Was Cory Booker’s Speech a Filibuster?
On April 1, 2025, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey set a record for making the longest speaking appearance on the Senate floor.…
How Congress delegates its tariff powers to the president
President Donald Trump is expected to announce wide-sweeping tariffs on Wednesday, in a move with potentially broad consequences.…
Supreme Court to hear appeal in Alien Enemies Act case
The first stages of the legal showdown over the Trump administration’s use of a founding-era act to deport alleged gang members…
Federal court rules artificial intelligence machines can’t claim copyright authorship
In a potentially landmark decision, a unanimous federal appeals court has ruled that a machine can’t be listed as the author of…
Supreme Court may take its own turn at reducing federal agencies’ powers
As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE continue to slash the size of federal agencies and departments, those executive…
The Alien Enemies Act: The One Alien and Sedition Act Still on the Books
One of the most controversial measures taken by the federal government in its early days were the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798.…
Law from the 1950s may play role in Columbia University student deportation case
The current case involving Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student facing expulsion from the United States for his…
Explaining the president’s foreign affairs powers
In the case involving the Trump administration’s curtailment of the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID)’s…
