Jessica Pishko

3 weeks ago | democracydocket.com | Jessica Pishko

Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, he has led a high-profile campaign to crack down on lawful protests. “Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came,” Trump wrote on social media earlier this month, in reference to protests on college campuses.

1 month ago | thebulwark.com | Jessica Pishko

AS THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES TO PRESSURE Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ramp up its rate of deportations, the agency has cast about for allies willing to help them meet President Trump’s expectations. While many have answered that call, one group in particular has stood out for its willingness to be deputized, as it were, to help make mass deportations a reality: sheriffs.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jessica Pishko

AS THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES TO PRESSURE Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ramp up its rate of deportations, the agency has cast about for allies willing to help them meet President Trump’s expectations. While many have answered that call, one group in particular has stood out for its willingness to be deputized, as it were, to help make mass deportations a reality: sheriffs.

1 month ago | libertiesjournal.com | Jessica Pishko

The first few weeks of Donald Trump’s second administration have been characterized, among other things, by an obscene display of policing power, one that has largely alarmed liberals because it appears completely lawless. One of Trump’s initial acts was pardoning and commuting people convicted of crimes related to January 6, including some who had injured law enforcement officers or had substantial criminal histories.

1 month ago | democracydocket.com | Jessica Pishko

Vice President JD Vance took umbrage at the idea that a federal judge could pause President Donald Trump’s massive extermination of government programs via a post on Elon Musk’s social media platform X that flouted the long-held doctrine that the judicial branch determines whether executive actions are in line with the U.S. Constitution: “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.” Not to be outdone, a few days later, Trump posted a quote frequently attributed to...