On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court discreetly issued an emergency order permitting the Trump administration to move forward with sweeping layoffs across federal agencies. The unsigned ruling did ...

Anne Kim and Garrett Epps discuss the foundational concepts of U.S. democracy, focusing on the separation of powers and the emerging threat of the "unitary executive" theory. They also discuss the ...

The exclusive authority of the New Jersey Supreme Court under our Constitution to regulate the bar acts as a special bulwark of protection against potential intrusions upon our collective professional ...

When chief executives resort to emergency powers for systemic policy concerns, they are effectively legislating by fiat. They are treating the checks and balances of our constitutional system as an ...

The president of the United States appears to have long ago forgotten that Americans fought the Revolutionary War not merely to secure their independence from the British monarchy but to establish a ...

CLEVELAND -- From birth, humans seek to understand their world. Our environment is chaotic, unpredictable, and ever-changing. To create stability and security, we impose rules, structures, and systems ...

The Supreme Court as handmaiden to unchecked presidential power shatters the picture of a nation founded on ideals that included the rule of law, separation of powers, checks and balances, a ...

In the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, we've witnessed unprecedented attacks on our rights, targeting vulnerable communities and undermining our democracy. In that time, the amount ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Recent threats to the Rule of Law — such as the harassment of judges and the suggestion ...