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Topic: constitutional-law

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The $1.776 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund: Where the Money Comes From, Where It Goes, and What's Legal

Trump created a $1.776B taxpayer fund to compensate allies he says Biden 'wronged' — funded by a permanent Treasury account, overseen by his own appointees, with Jan. 6 defendants eligible to claim.

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Originalism When Convenient: A Case-by-Case Audit of the Conservative Supreme Court's Own Standard

The conservative majority says it decides by text, history, and tradition. A case-by-case audit of six landmark rulings finds the method applied where it helps and set aside where it would not.

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ICE Under the Constitution: A Legal Accounting of 2025-2026 Enforcement Actions

Federal courts have found ICE violated constitutional rights over 4,400 times through illegal detention, warrantless home raids, defiance of court orders, and deportation of people to torture…