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Third Term? Attorney Alan Dershowitz, background center left in blue shirt, listens to remarks by President Donald Trump during his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, in May 2024.

Books

Alan Dershowitz: Trump Can Serve a Third Term

by Garrett Epps April 2, 2026May 5, 2026

VOA Persian gutted. Kari Lake, senior adviser for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, departs a House Administration Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 10, 2026.

As Iran War Rages, Trump’s Gutting of Voice of America Undermines U.S. Influence

by Markos Kounalakis April 1, 2026March 30, 2026

From standing armies to tariffs, the Declaration of Independence’s case against King George offers a striking lens on Donald Trump’s presidency.

Some Declaration of Independence Charges Against King George Apply to Wannabe King Donald Trump

by Bill Scher March 31, 2026March 30, 2026

Wong Kim Ark of the 1898 birthright citizenship case

Law and Justice

Birthright Citizenship and the Making of Citizens

by Allen C. Guelzo March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Grave Echos: Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, pictured here, wrote the Supreme Court’s 1857 Dred Scott decision, which denied Black Americans citizenship; the Court’s decision in Trump v. Barbara could again create a form of hereditary legal inferiority in America.

Law and Justice

Birthright Citizenship: Supreme Court Could Create an Exploitable Noncitizen Class

by Garrett Epps March 30, 2026March 29, 2026

Unequal Economics: Guests attend a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol with members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus on Equal Pay Day, March 26, 2026.

Women Are Getting Slammed in Trump’s Economy

by Anne Kim March 29, 2026March 27, 2026

Law and Justice

In Kentucky, Impeachment Threatens Judicial Independence

by Joshua A. Douglas March 26, 2026March 25, 2026

Trump's War: The decision to go to war with Iran was President Donald Trump’s, not Israel’s. Here, Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago in December 2025.

Don’t Pin Trump’s Iran War on Netanyahu (Or Israel. Or the Jews.)

by Bill Scher March 25, 2026March 25, 2026

David Frum’s call for Democrats to fund Trump’s Iran war echoes a familiar mistake: backing a president’s war in hopes of containing it. Here, Frum, left, speaks during a panel on impeachment in 2019.

David Frum Is Wrong About the Democrats and Iran

by Nate Weisberg March 24, 2026March 27, 2026

R.I.P.: Here, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Judiciary Committee in 2019. Mueller, a former FBI director, died on Friday, March 20, 2026. He was 81.

Trump’s Despicable Attack On Mueller After His Death

by Jonathan Alter March 23, 2026March 23, 2026