Defiance and Threats in Deportation Case Renew Fear of Constitutional Crisis

Legal scholars say that the nation has reached a tipping point and that the right question is not whether there is a crisis, but rather how much damage it will cause.

With Deportations, Trump Steps Closer to Showdown With Judicial Branch

“Oopsie … Too late,” El Salvador’s president said, mocking a court order that deportation flights to his country turn back to the United States. Top administration officials thanked him.

Is Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship ‘Dred Scott II’?

The 14th Amendment overturned the 1857 decision that denied citizenship to Black people. Scholars say President Trump’s proposal betrays that history.

Trump Tests the Boundaries of the Presidency

Even more than in his first term, President Trump has mounted a fundamental challenge to the norms and expectations of what a president can and should do.

What Biden’s Move on the Equal Rights Amendment Could Actually Do

Presidents have no direct role in approving constitutional amendments. So what could President Biden’s pronouncement recognizing a new one actually do?

Here Are Key Dates in the Equal Rights Amendment’s 100-Year History

President Biden says he believes the amendment has met the requirements to be enshrined in the Constitution. Its history has been long and complex.