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After much anticipation, the Supreme Court finally decided Louisiana v. Callais. (The Chief Justice pronounced it as waylay.) I have some preliminary thoughts. First, more than five months elapsed from the oral argument in October till decision day. The longer this case dragged on, the harder it would be for Republican legislatures to redistrict. There was some speculation that the dissenters were dragging out the case to run out the clock. Are these insinuations accurate? Justice Alito’s majority opinion in somewhat unusual in that it barely engages with the dissent. There are a few paragraphs on the penultimate page of the…
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I want to tell you a story that most Americans have never been told. Not because the information is hidden. Because no one has connected the dots in a way that makes the consequences visible. It is a story about trust. About prosperity. About what happens when a country trusts the United States. And about what every other government in the world learned from watching what happened next. The man’s name was Muammar Gaddafi. He ruled Libya for forty-two years. He was an authoritarian. He was responsible for serious abuses of his own people. He sponsored terrorism. None of that…
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The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday on challenges against the Trump administration’s end of temporary protected status (TPS) for 350,000 Haitian and 6,000 Syrian nationals. The outcome could have wider implications for the nearly 1.3 million TPS recipients across 13 countries currently living in the United States. Wednesday’s arguments consolidated two cases accusing the Trump administration of violating federal law when it terminated TPS designation for both Haitians and Syrians without adequately consulting with other federal agencies, reports SCOTUSblog. Additionally, Haitian challengers argue that the decision to terminate Haiti’s TPS violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testified in Congress before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, answering questions about the ongoing war with Iran. “It’s been an astounding military success,” Hegseth told House members. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox Hegseth clashed with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) about the total costs of the conflict. “What would you pay to ensure Iran doesn’t get a nuclear bomb?” Hegseth asked while being pressed by the lawmaker. Jules Hurst, the Pentagon’s acting comptroller, testified alongside Hegseth and said the U.S. has so far spent “about $25 billion” on the…
As oil tankers largely sit stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump has boasted about the United States’ role as an oil superpower. “We are right now producing more oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined,” he said at an April 23 White House event to announce a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. He made similar statements on March 26 (twice), April 12 (twice), April 13, April 16 and April 17. He’s right, but with a caveat: The United States’ oil production advantage is built on commodities that won’t power vehicles. Specifically, the United States leads Russia and…