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Oct 29, 2024 | 
washingtonmonthly.com | Caroline Fredrickson
“It’s the judges, stupid.” That’s all you should remember when Donald Trump says he won’t sign such a national abortion ban and J.D. Vance assures the public that such a ban is an “absurd hypothetical.”Americans panicked by the thought of a President Trump 2.0 eviscerating what’s left of reproductive freedom are undoubtedly focused on state and local races, given how the 2022 Dobbs decision overturning Roe v Wade gave carte blanche to jurisdictions to regulate and outlaw abortion.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Caroline Fredrickson
Alexander Hamilton’s famous description of the US Supreme Court in Federalist 78 as the “least dangerous branch” was proven wrong soon after it was written. In 1803, the court claimed the power to strike down laws without any constitutional authority in Marbury v. Madison—a constitutional ruling concerning outgoing President John Adams and incoming President Thomas Jefferson. The court’s 1857 Dred Scott v.
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Jul 20, 2024 | 
washingtonmonthly.com | Caroline Fredrickson |Ira Shapiro
The Supreme Court is out of the news, and reporters are focused on the presidential election, including whether Joe Biden will be the Democratic nominee, the despicable attempted assassination of Donald Trump, and the nomination of J. D. Vance for vice president. But no one should take the summer off from what the Court is doing. America is facing an assault on our democracy, carried out by the Court’s supermajority, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, and lower court judges.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
washingtonmonthly.com | Caroline Fredrickson
Giving the back of the hand to John Adams’s contention that the Constitution established a “government of laws, and not of men,” the Supreme Court now holds that a president is all but immune from prosecution for any act that might fall within “the outer perimeter” of a president’s official duties.
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May 22, 2024 | 
americanprogress.org | Navin Nayak |Devon Ombres |Caroline Fredrickson |Kate Shaw
The decisions being handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court next month could redefine the limits of presidential immunity to remove accountability for unlawful actions, make it harder for the government to protect American workers and consumers, and further erode women’s rights to abortion and healthcare.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
clarin.com | Caroline Fredrickson
Casi a diario hay titulares que describen lo que Donald Trump haría en caso de ser elegido: las deportaciones masivas, los indultos concedidos a sus amigos y compañeros de golf, y el ajuste de cuentas y las venganzas personales en el Departamento de Justicia. El ex presidente incluso ha prometido violencia si las elecciones no le favorecen, pues ha advertido que podría haber un “baño de sangre”.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
arabalears.cat | Caroline Fredrickson
Ara, gairebé diàriament, hi ha titulars que descriuen el que faria Donald Trump si fos elegit: les deportacions massives, els indults concedits als seus amics i companys de golf, un Departament de Justícia que saldaria comptes pendents i prendria venjances personals. L’expresident fins i tot ha promès violència si les eleccions li van en contra, i ha avisat que hi podria haver un “bany de sang”.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
ara.cat | Caroline Fredrickson
Ara, gairebé diàriament, hi ha titulars que descriuen el que faria Donald Trump si fos elegit: les deportacions massives, els indults concedits als seus amics i companys de golf, un Departament de Justícia que saldaria comptes pendents i prendria venjances personals. L’expresident fins i tot ha promès violència si les eleccions li van en contra, i ha avisat que hi podria haver un “bany de sang”.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
la-razon.com | Cesar Miranda |Caroline Fredrickson |Erika Ibáñez
/ 11 de abril de 2024 / 06:52Las fake news o noticias falsas se han constituido en fuentes decisivas para imponer como verdad fáctica percepciones negativas en la opinión pública e inicios de procesos penales sobre hechos y liderazgos políticos, más conocidos como lawfare. Se volvió a recurrir a la narrativa del fraude con la acusación de la Fiscalía al ingeniero Villegas, los medios titulan y los políticos corean: “persecución judicial al que descubrió el fraude”.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
businesstimes.com.sg | Caroline Fredrickson
THERE are almost daily headlines now describing what Donald Trump would do if elected: the mass deportations, the pardons handed out to his friends and golf buddies, the Justice Department settling scores and waging personal vendettas. The former president has even promised violence if the election goes against him, warning that it could be a “blood bath”. But as worrying as these prospects are, they are far from the biggest threats he poses.
