Jacob Knutson

2 days ago | democracydocket.com | Jacob Knutson

The Trump administration has opened an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, one of President Donald Trump’s foremost adversaries. The probe, which  the Albany Times Union first reported last week concerns allegations that James committed fraud by lying on loan and bank documents to obtain better mortgage rates, raises alarm that she may be the next target of Trump’s broad retribution campaign.

5 days ago | democracydocket.com | Jacob Knutson

The Trump administration is looking into suspending people’s right to challenge their incarceration in court, to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts, White House aide Stephen Miller said Friday. “The Constitution is clear, and that of course is the supreme law of the land, that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion, so it’s an option we’re actively looking at,” Miller said.

1 week ago | democracydocket.com | Jacob Knutson

The Department of Justice (DOJ) does not plan to appeal a judge’s order blocking President Donald Trump from adding a proof of citizenship requirement on a federal registration form, according to a court filing made Monday by plaintiffs in the case. A federal judge last month issued a preliminary injunction against portions of the anti-voting executive order Trump issued earlier this year.

1 week ago | democracydocket.com | Jacob Knutson

A legal group founded and led by White House aide Stephen Miller sued Chief Justice John Roberts in a brazen but unlikely attempt to seize control of the federal court system. In the lawsuit filed last week, America First Legal (AFL) argued that the Judicial Conference of the U.S. and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts — two key judicial branch bodies that frame policy and handle the basic functions of the federal courts — are executive branch agencies.

1 week ago | rsn.org | Jacob Knutson

Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has made almost daily sweeping, though dubious, claims of power that threaten fundamental principles of the U.S., like the right to due process, the separation of powers and free and fair elections. Just 100 days into his second term, legal experts warn that Trump’s campaign for expanded authority has exposed fundamental weaknesses in the country’s constitutional order.