David French

Dec 10, 2024 | sltrib.com | David French |David Firestone |Nicholas Kristof |Binyamin Appelbaum

By David French, Opinion columnist I was in Kyiv in 2023, and I was there when the Russian missiles were coming in. I saw the courage of the Ukrainian people. I saw the lines of ambulances of casualties coming in from the front. I saw the damage and the destruction all around Kyiv from Russian aggression. There is a lot of concern that after Donald Trump is sworn in, he's essentially going to cut off Ukraine, and that he'll be cutting off Ukraine at a particularly dangerous time in the war.

Nov 26, 2024 | sltrib.com | David French

These are the times that try a constitutional conservative's soul. Donald Trump and his allies have proposed two legal maneuvers that could have profound consequences for the function of the federal government. He has proposed confirming presidential appointments through an abuse of his power to make recess appointments, and his allies have proposed reviving a mostly banned practice called impoundment, under which the president can refuse to spend money appropriated by Congress.

Jun 26, 2024 | sltrib.com | David French

Two years ago, when the Supreme Court decided New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, it created a jurisprudential mess that scrambled American gun laws. On Friday not only did the cleanup begin, but the Supreme Court also cleared the way for one of the most promising legal innovations for preventing gun violence: red flag laws. The Bruen ruling did two things.