Damon Root

1 week ago | reason.com | Damon Root

Immigration The Trump administration is desperate to avoid judicial review.

2 weeks ago | reason.com | Damon Root

Immigration The Wisconsin judge is charged with obstruction of justice and concealing an undocumented alien to prevent his arrest.

2 weeks ago | reason.com | Damon Root

Trump Administration A federal judge in Colorado rules against the Trump administration.

3 weeks ago | reason.com | Damon Root

Supreme Court Understanding the Supreme Court's unusual late-night ruling against the Trump administration | (lllustration: Eddie Marshall | Jacquelyn Martin - Pool via CNP | Newscom | Midjourney) Justice Samuel Alito protests that the U.S. Supreme Court acted "hastily and prematurely" when it issued an unusual late-night order on Friday blocking the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to carry out a new batch of deportations. "I refused to join the Court's order," Alito...

3 weeks ago | reason.com | Damon Root

Donald Trump “The Executive will lose much from a public perception of its lawlessness and all of its attendant contagions.” | Alexander Hamilton described the judiciary as "the least dangerous branch" of the federal government because it holds neither "the purse" nor "the sword." Rather, the federal courts have "merely judgment." In fact, the judiciary "must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments." But what happens to our constitutional...