<UPDATE 5/19 Just a note to draw readers' attention to the 300+ comments that this post has received. It is a good illustration of one of the things I like most about the VC - I'm not aware of another ...

I fear making analogies to 1933 Germany—analogies to Nazism are often unhelpful. Such comparisons are frequently mere ad hominem attacks for the sake of shock, often even bordering on demagoguery. On ...

Three months into the Trump administration, the rule of law in our nation is being tested in unprecedented ways as an avalanche of executive orders and declarations ignores both statutory and ...

Since 2021, the left has waged a veritable war against the American legal system in a variety of ways. One serial target of Democrats and the left has been the Supreme Court. In 2020, Senate Minority ...

In the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, we've witnessed unprecedented attacks on our rights, targeting vulnerable communities and undermining our democracy. In that time, the amount ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Today, we along with 63 other North Carolina justices, judges, and lawyers released a ...

The rule of law is the most important part of a civil society. While many criticisms can be made about legal decisions, the fundamental principles of a legal system provides protection for all, ...

Since returning to the White House, President Trump has repeatedly and persistently misused his executive authority to attack and intimidate anyone who would dare to check him. In his first few months ...

Much has been written (including by me) about how Trump's massive new tariffs will severely damage the US economy, and why they are illegal for a variety of different reasons. But more attention ...

The president of the United States appears to have long ago forgotten that Americans fought the Revolutionary War not merely to secure their independence from the British monarchy but to establish a ...

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court discreetly issued an emergency order permitting the Trump administration to move forward with sweeping layoffs across federal agencies. The unsigned ruling did ...