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I’m a legal scholar. We’re in a constitutional crisis — and this is the moment it began.
Some will argue this country entered into a constitutional crisis only recently, but the moment I realized we were in one was ...
Can they do that?: Trump's attacks on higher education
"This kind of shoot first, ask questions later, which is what the administration is doing is, totally unprecedented and is ...
What to do if you see — or experience — Trump’s heavy-handed deportation policies at play
In this week’s episode of “Morning Mika,” MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin gives a legal crash course on Trump’s latest ...
DOGE tramples on a key part of government accountability. That's no accident.
The vision of the Constitution we all learned in school, the one with three branches that are supposed to counterbalance one ...
‘He’s a fake’: Trump attacks Sen. Van Hollen for visiting Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
President Trump is attacking Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) for visiting Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man mistakenly deported to ...
CAN THEY DO THAT?: DOGE's appeal to "state violence"
In this episode of "Can They Do That?" MSNBC Legal Correspondent Lisa Rubin dives deep into DOGE with NYU associate professor ...
DOJ releases documents on Abrego Garcia’s 2019 arrest. Why now?
New details about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, released by the DOJ, give a look into his 2019 arrest showing why the Trump Administration says he was a gang member and why he was deported to a mega prison in ...
Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump admin in contempt over deportation flights
U.S. District Judge Boasberg said in an order that he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt ...
'We have laws in this country': Harvard Law professor reacts to Trump admin's funding freeze
The federal government announced it is freezing more than $2 billion in grants to Harvard after the university said it would not comply with its list of demands. Harvard Law School Professor Nikolas ...