Exploring Division
When COVID-19 hit in 2020, it wasn’t just a health crisis—it became a stress test for American democracy. What started as a shared emergency quickly turned into yet another battleground in the nation’s growing divide. Freedom vs. Responsibility At first, Americans seemed united. People applauded healthcare
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Democracy Docket The GOP bill, a direct product of President Donald Trump’s decade-long obsession with illegal voting, would require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration, bar states from counting late-arriving mail ballots, and dramatically infringe on states’ authority to run elections. The SAVE Act still faces
Executive Power
In the first two posts, we explored how the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) was created in 1977 to limit unchecked presidential power — and how it became a go-to tool for freezing assets, punishing rogue regimes, and blocking terrorist funds. Now we’re in 2025, and President Trump
Executive Power
In the last post, we looked at how the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) was created in 1977 to give presidents limited powers to deal with real foreign threats — not to wage economic war whenever they felt like it. So how has that worked out? Well… over the past
Executive Power
Understanding the National Emergencies Act (NEA) and the Scope of Presidential Emergency Powers The National Emergencies Act (NEA), passed in 1976, is a foundational law that governs how the President of the United States can declare and utilize emergency powers. While the NEA itself does not provide any specific powers,
Executive Power
IEEPA: Born from Crisis — Why the U.S. Needed a New Emergency Law in 1977 Ever wonder how U.S. presidents can suddenly freeze a foreign country’s bank accounts, ban certain imports, or slap sanctions on international criminals — all without waiting for Congress? That’s thanks to a law
Current Events
In 1776, the American colonies declared independence from King George III, accusing him of abusing power and ignoring their rights. The Declaration of Independence wasn’t just a breakup letter—it was a list of grievances, a warning about what happens when a leader puts himself above the law, silences
Exploring Division
In 2018, the Supreme Court made a big decision that most people have never heard of—but it’s been quietly changing the country ever since. The case was called Janus v. AFSCME, and it had to do with unions for government workers—like teachers, police officers, firefighters, and other
Current Events
In March 2025, something shocking happened in U.S. immigration policy. The Trump administration revived a centuries-old law—the Alien Enemies Act—to justify the mass deportation of hundreds of young Venezuelan men, many of them asylum seekers. This law, originally created in 1798 for wartime emergencies, had not
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Chris Murphy the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. This is a pretty dark take on the plan, but even if it is not intentional, it is just as dangerous.
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What are tariffs, anyway? Tariffs are taxes on goods coming into the country. If the U.S. puts a tariff on foreign-made cars, for example, that car becomes more expensive. The idea is to protect American-made products by making imports pricier. But in practice, it’s American consumers
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…and What History Teaches Us About It Imagine this: a president returns to power, full of fiery speeches about putting America first. Within weeks, they launch a trade war—not with enemies, but with longtime allies. The stock market tanks. Prices spike. Jobs are threatened. People start to panic. And