CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATIONS

Constitutional Law

  • GROUNDS FOR IMPEACHMENT?

    On January 20, 2025, the day of his inauguration, President Donald J. Trump unilaterally ordered an immediate 90-day “pause” in the payment of most, if not all, of the foreign aid money that the United States Congress had previously appropriated. The President’s “Executive Order” went on to require the outright cancellation of any such foreign… Continue reading

  • THE PRESIDENT’S VIOLATION

    Of The United States Constitution On February 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump imposed a new tariff (i.e., a tax) on goods imported from the People’s Republic of China, pursuant to a “national emergency” he had previously declared on February 1, 2025. A federal statute, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1702, implicitly authorizes the President to impose… Continue reading

  • THE BROKEN OATH

    Today is the fourth anniversary of the events of January 6, 2021. Yesterday, President-Elect Donald J. Trump once again claimed that on that date four years ago, Vice President Michael Pence could have, and should have sent the Electoral Vote certificates he had received from certain states back to those states for reconsideration, as Mr.… Continue reading