Law professor, columnist, New York Times best-selling author, and legal analyst. "Rage and the Republic," #2 NY Times (NF): https://t.co/ekKoPevUKz
Apr 4 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The Hill just posted my column on the possible need for a 28th amendment on citizenship after the Supreme Court rules in Trump v. Barbara. The combination of open borders and open-ended citizenship is an existential threat to this Republic...thehill.com/opinion/immigr…
...There would be no better time to reaffirm the meaning of citizenship than the 250th anniversary of our Constitution. Chief Justice John Roberts is correct: “It is the same Constitution” that created this republic, but we are the same people vested with the responsibility, as Benjamin Franklin put it, “to keep it.”
Apr 2 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The news of the departure of Pam Bondi hit with a thunderclap in Washington. There were some recent rumors, but nothing concrete in the prior week. Bondi is the ultimate loyalist who, like Todd Blanche (the new acting AG), earned her bones in the trenches with the President in impeachment and criminal trials...
...The President has certainly removed prior cabinet officers out of obvious displeasure from Bill Barr to most recently Kristi Noem. There is no known "bad blood" with Bondi, who has actually drawn fire for her loyalty to Trump...
Apr 1 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Early on, John Sauer faced a gulp moment when the Chief Justice referred to his examples of different classes to show the narrower meaning are "quirky." Sauer is doing, as usual, an excellent job...
... Another worrisome moment is when Gorsuch said, "I am not sure how much you want to rely on Wong Kim Ark." The Administration, and others, insist that the Court expressly noted in that decision that the parents were "resident aliens."...
Mar 23 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The Supreme Court may have put a dent in announced plans of Democratic politicians to arrest ICE officers and unleash sweeping prosecutions once they retake power. The Court just reversed the Second Circuit, holding that a Vermont officer had immunity in a protester's injury...
...In Zorn v. Linton, the Court voted 6-3 that officers are generally shielded from civil liability unless prior case law put the unlawfulness of an action "beyond debate." While a civil case, the Court has shown the same deference in criminal cases...
Mar 23 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
For a No Kings guy, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey sure seems to have a royal problem. Frey claimed on MS NOW that President Donald Trump could simply hire more TSA agents rather than deploy ICE officers. Yet, that would be done without congressional approval and appropriations...
...The MS NOW host did not correct the disinformation. It is telling that Democrats are opposing the effort to relieve the congestion at airports. Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) appeared to welcome the chaos and "pain" caused to citizens at the airports as leverage for a deal...
Mar 18 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul is asking "high net worth" taxpayers to "go down to Palm Beach and see who you can bring back home" "to support the generous social programs we have in our state." There is another novel approach: change your policies to make people want to come back...
...The reason they are done in Florida is that the state has maintained low taxes as well as high-performing schools and services. Rather than put your hopes on peer pressure, try good policies and see what happens...
Mar 14 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Judge James Boasberg has another controversial decision in throwing out a duly issued grand jury subpoena of Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Boasberg declared that “There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell."...
...I have been skeptical of the basis and motivation of the criminal investigation into Powell. However, Boasberg could face serious appellate questions over his basis to toss out a valid subpoena based entirely on his view of the underlying criminal investigation...
Feb 18 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The Judicial Conference has released a new policy that could materially alter the character of the federal courts, allowing judges to comment on what they deem “illegitimate forms of criticism and attacks.” It is not just injudicious, it is dangerous... jonathanturley.org/2026/02/18/rul…
...The added freedom afforded to judges to engage in commentary will do little to change the debate. It may, however, greatly erode the trust in what was once considered “our least dangerous branch.”
Feb 6 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The Clintons are again suggesting that they might not agree to a deposition after previously yielding to the threat of a contempt vote. Today, Bill Clinton declared on X that "I will not sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court"...jonathanturley.org/2026/01/14/now…
...Clinton is not being asked to "sit idly by" but to sit for a deposition like other citizens. His posting suggests that he is again opposed to compliance after a bipartisan vote was again delayed by the earlier concession...
Jan 31 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The decision of the federal court to reject the effort to enjoin the immigration operations means that Attorney General Keith Ellison could not come up with a single cognizable claim of illegality to shoulder this burden...
...Now that a Biden appointee judge has rejected this meritless effort, will Gov. Walz, Attorney General Ellison, and Mayor Frey finally come clean and admit that these operations are lawful? One can disagree with them, but they are solidly within federal law...
Jan 24 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Gov. Walz is again inflaming the mob. He is effectively declaring this to be the murder of a citizen who had a permit to carry this weapon. He is saying that the state not the federal government will control the investigation. He does not have that authority...
...The state can clearly have a parallel investigation and the federal government can do a joint investigation. However, he cannot dictate how or who will conduct the investigation...
Jan 24 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Frey is again denouncing the officers in the latest shooting before any investigation into the shooting. Gov. Walz preceded him. Frey just said "your children will ask you what side you are on" and "what did you do?" Those words will be taken as a license for escalating these confrontations...
...Many of us have watched this videotape. The view of the hands of the suspect are not clear. We hear the shoot followed by a series of shots. We need to know if the suspect had pulled the gun or the reason for the officers to use lethal force. That would not seem an unreasonable expectation before public condemnations from the governor and the mayor...
Jan 24 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Now in control, Virginia Democrats have pursued a radical agenda from a host of new taxes to rent control measures. jonathanturley.org/2026/01/23/wit… Now they are threatening one of the oldest institutions, the Virginia Military Institute, over DEI policies... foxnews.com/us/virginia-de…
...After running as a moderate, Gov. Abigail Spanberger has moved to reverse efforts to moderate Virginia universities, including the appointment of former Gov. Ralph Northam to the VMI board...
Jan 22 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Rep. Onder just body slammed Smith on his effort to give Trump's legal team little time to read millions of pages of documents. Smith's response was that he wanted to be sure that Trump got a speedy trial, even though the Trump team was trying to slow down the trial to review his document dump...
...It was a strikingly dishonest moment from Smith, who was clearly pushing for a trial before the election in the view of many of us. Smith insisted that the speedy trial is a public right, but it is not a right that has seemed to motivate him in the past in seeking such a rushed schedule...
Jan 22 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
The hearing has started with Jack Smith in the Judiciary Committee...
...Smith is giving his opening statement. He stated that he did not consider the upcoming election in his actions. That is hard to square with the extraordinary efforts before the election by Smith, including filings clearly designed to impact voters in the view of many of us...
Jan 22 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
After taking control of the Virginia government, Democrats unleashed a torrent of new tax proposals and other controversial measures. It is becoming a fringe frenzy, including a bill that would make it more difficult to find federal fraud by nonprofits...foxbusiness.com/politics/somal…
...With billions being investigated for fraud, Virginia Del. Jessica Anderson is pushing HB 1369 bar agencies from requiring recipients to supply federal eligibility information for funds. It appears part of a new state motto: Virginia is for Defrauders. lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/2…
Jan 20 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Don Lemon did his best to perfect the case against the protesters in the Minneapolis Church as targeting the congregants over their faith. In what sounds like a pitch for prosecution under the FACE Act, Lemon zeroed in on the religious values of the congregants in a new tirade...
...The former CNN host dismissed criticism for storming a church gathering, explaining "I think people who are, you know, in the religious groups like that, it's not the type of Christianity that I practice, but I think that they're entitled, and that entitlement comes from a supremacy, a White supremacy"...
Jan 13 • 39 tweets • 5 min read
We are 15 minutes away from the oral argument in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. I will be on X and Fox News with the coverage...
...Notably, Lindsay Hecox does not want the Court to hear her case. This may reflect the fact that the Court is likely to not just rule against the claims under the Equal Protection Clause but establish historic new precedent... supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/2…
Jan 12 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell raises legitimate concerns over retaliation. There was no referral from Congress (as is usually the case in alleged false statements in hearings). There are equally legitimate concerns over the soaring costs, but that is hardly unknown in Washington...
...President Trump has insisted that he did not order the criminal investigation, but the concern is that this is a Becket-like circumstance where associates respond to the implied question of "who will rid me of this meddlesome fed?'
Jan 9 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
A new video on the cellphone camera of the shooting officer is now available. That is the video that some of us have said that we most wanted to see. It shows the car driving directly into the officer as the wife of Good taunts the officer...
...The speed of the encounter is captured in the new video and reinforces the argument of the officer under the prevailing legal standard. This does not appear to be something akin to being hit by a refrigerator door, according to Mayor Frey...
Jan 9 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Jacob Frey is calling for Minnesota to be part of the investigation. Given his infamous declaration of the officer as a murderer and profane attack on ICE, Frey may be the least compelling person to call for such cooperation...
...Frey is confirming that there are "lies, damn lies, and statistics". He is claiming that ICE is responsible for "fifty percent of the shootings" in the city. It is only January 9th. Two shootings have occurred in the first week...
