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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order Nationwide
The restraining order is to remain in effect for 14 days. -
President Trump and The Civil Service: Day 1
This week’s actions to reshape personnel policy enable the Trump administration to more easily politicize the ranks of the federal workforce and diminish its size. -
Rational Security: “The Next First Day of the Rest of Our Lives” Edition
Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, Quinta Jurecic, and Alan Rozenshtein talked through the week’s big—and we mean BIG—national security news -
FARA Is a Catchall Statute—and That’s a Problem
Newly proposed regulations highlight how FARA’s overbreadth creates confusion and risks politicization. -
Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Faces Immediate Challenges
Four suits filed in federal court this week mark an initial effort by states and advocacy groups to block the order. -
Trump Order Purports to End Constitutionally-Protected Birthright Citizenship
The order states that citizenship does not extend to babies born on U.S. soil, something long understood to be guaranteed under the Fourteenth Amendment. -
Federal Employees Union Challenges Trump Schedule F Order
The union argues that the order, which strips certain federal employees of employment protections, violates multiple laws and regulations. -
Trump's TikTok Executive Order and the Limits of Executive Non-Enforcement
TikTok's tech partners face massive legal risks by relying on Trump's promises not to enforce the ban law, as courts rarely protect defendants who count on executive non-enforcement. -
Advocacy Groups File Four Lawsuits Against Musk-Led DOGE
The suits took aim at the “Department of Government Efficiency,” an informal initiative led by Elon Musk that advises the White House on budget cuts. -
Back Where Judge Cannon Began
A dispatch from Judge Cannon’s hearing on the release of Vol. 2 of Special Counsel Jack Smith's report. -
The Situation: Merrick Garland Takes His Leave
Reading between the lines of the attorney general's farewell address -
Three Lessons From the Supreme Court’s TikTok Decision
All three branches of the American government have now put their seal on the idea that TikTok poses a national security threat.
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