President Trump announced his intent to end birthright citizenship via executive order last week in an interview with Axios. Consequently, an outpouring of constitutional analysis from both the left and the right commenced: Is birthright citizenship required by the Fourteenth Amendment? Or is it the result of a misreading of the law? Many constitutional scholars,...
It was only five months ago that the media was captivated by a historic meeting between the leader of North Korea Kim Jong-Un and President Donald Trump, with breathless promises of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula. Only a few months later, North Korea has disappeared from the headlines. Now, many Americans probably have no idea...
During the Trump era, Republicans have struggled to exhibit compassion. The GOP touts its principles, but without compassion those principles are worthless. President Trump ordered 5,000 soldiers to be sent to the U.S.-Mexico border to defend the country from a migrant caravan of women and children. In 1957, President Eisenhower gave similar orders, but...
This week, two international incidents dragged Americans’ attention away from the midterm election cycle and Washington, D.C. politics: the death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey, and a thousands-strong migrant caravan making its way up from Central America. Clearly intersecting with American politics, these issues remind us that...
Perhaps the most iconic scene in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” is when John Proctor, facing the gallows for alleged involvement in witchcraft, refuses to save his life by signing a false confession. When pressed, Proctor cries out, “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign...