The promise of equal justice under law, rooted in the Constitution and reflected in the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection, is a foundational principle in the United States — but access to that justice remains deeply unequal. Even though legal rights are formally granted, their enforcement depends on factors such as access to professional […]
American law is often presented as neutral, objective, and detached from history. Courts regularly insist that past injustice has little relevance to present-day doctrine, framing racism as a problem that existed once but has since been corrected. Yet, many of the legal rules that govern policing, punishment, and participation in the justice system today were […]
Long before he entered politics, Donald Trump made “You’re fired!” a national catchphrase on The Apprentice. That brash, unfiltered persona didn’t simply stay on the TV show; it became central to his political campaign and presidency. From mocking journalist Catherine Lucey with “quiet, Piggy” to berating his opponents with racial or sexist insults, President Trump’s […]
In recent months, United States President Donald Trump has intensified American focus on Venezuela. In early September, a US Special Operations aircraft attacked a small speedboat in the Caribbean, promptly exploding the boat, its cargo, and the eleven individuals onboard. Justification for the strike was tied to the boat’s alleged association with the Venezuelan Tren […]
Critical infrastructure refers to assets, systems, and networks essential for maintaining everyday life, including electrical grids, communication networks, water treatment facilities, healthcare systems, and transportation networks. These systems remain dangerously unprotected in the United States because of a fragmented regulatory landscape. When adversaries can damage, disable, or steal sensitive information from these decentralized systems, they […]
In the midst of the Cold War, Dwight D. Eisenhower argued that if the United States was invaded by a foreign entity, roads would be needed for survival. As a result, he signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act in 1956 which allotted substantial funds to municipal governments for the construction of highways, giving life to the […]
On January 3, 2026, I woke up to the news that Nicolas Maduro—the man who led the regime that had terrorized millions of Venezuelans, including my own family, for opposing its corruption—had been captured and was awaiting trial. I do not know a single Venezuelan who has not personally suffered under Maduro’s leadership. Those who […]
In early January, the Department of Justice issued the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) multiple grand jury subpoenas regarding planned renovations for two Fed buildings in Washington, D.C. The renovations themselves are outstandingly banal: in a July 17 letter to the Office of Management and Budget, Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell specified the renovations, […]
On September 23, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security issued a boastful press release, claiming that they had removed or encouraged the self-deportation of over “two million illegal aliens” out of the United States in less than 250 days. This aggressive enforcement effort has been carried out by the Trump Administration’s deployment of Immigration and […]
Nature abhors a vacuum. So does geopolitics. Most Americans believe that foreign aid consumes nearly a quarter of the federal budget. In reality, it has historically accounted for less than 1 percent. This widespread misconception is precisely what made it politically possible for the United States to decimate its primary development agency overnight with little […]
