William McGurn

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WSJ Opinion: Judge Opposes Trump's DeportationsYour browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00Paused0:00 / 7:19WSJ Opinion: Judge Opposes Trump's DeportationsPlay video: WSJ Opinion: Judge Opposes Trump's DeportationsImpeachment is again in the air. Not a third impeachment of Donald Trump, but the president’s call for the impeachment of Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court.

1 month ago | wsj.com | William McGurn

Impeachment is again in the air. Not a third impeachment of Donald Trump, but the president’s call for the impeachment of Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court. The president says the judge is usurping his rightful powers by trying to stop the deportation of Tren de Aragua gang members. On Monday a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard oral arguments on the Trump administration’s request to block Judge Boasberg’s order.

1 month ago | wsj.com | William McGurn

William McGurn is a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and writes the weekly "Main Street" column for the Journal each Tuesday. Previously he served as Chief Speechwriter for President George W. Bush. Mr. McGurn has served as chief editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal in New York. He spent more than a decade overseas -- in Brussels for The Wall Street Journal/Europe and in Hong Kong with both the Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review.

1 month ago | wsj.com | William McGurn

What’s a university president to do? Columbia’s irresolute response to campus occupations has already claimed the resignation of one president. If Dr. Armstrong, a physician, is looking for an example of how an institution of higher learning stands up, there is an excellent model: tiny Hillsdale College. On the surface, the two institutions have little in common. Columbia is a 270-year-old Ivy League university with 8,900 undergraduate and 26,000 graduate students.

1 month ago | wsj.com | William McGurn

A leader of last year’s anti-Israel protests may lose his green card and be deported. At 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested former Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil at his university-owned apartment in Manhattan. Mr. Khalil was lead negotiator for the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” that roiled the campus while he was enrolled there in 2024. His lawyer said he plans to fight the government’s attempt to revoke his green card and deport him.