In February, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the top lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force in a bid to ensure “they don’t exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens.” Rosa Brooks, a professor at Georgetown Law, wrote on X at the time: “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who … Continue Reading
Donald Trump started the week with an announcement that was strange, even by his standards. In a middle-of-the-night missive published to his social media platform, the president wrote that Joe Biden’s pardons for Jan. 6 committee members were, as the Republican put it, “hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT.” The assertion — without … Continue Reading
Today’s edition of quick hits. * In the Middle East: “Israel’s military sent ground troops back into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces announced, just over a day after it broke a two-month ceasefire with a sprawling bombing campaign that killed hundreds across the enclave. The ‘targeted ground operation’ has … Continue Reading
As recently as Monday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the many prominent Republicans, including Elon Musk, who’ve repeatedly talked about impeaching federal judges who’ve dared to issue rulings the party doesn’t like. Donald Trump’s chief spokesperson didn’t question the premise, but she did emphasize that the president had not made any … Continue Reading
“I would just like to point out that the judge in this case is essentially trying to say that the president doesn’t have the executive authority to deport foreign terrorists from our American soil,” Leavitt began. “That is an egregious abuse of the bench.” This was not a good start. Indeed, if the administration is … Continue Reading