When anti-ICE clashes trigger federal intervention: Experts explain the constitutional breaking point

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Anti-ICE protesters have surrounded federal agents, Democratic leaders have denounced enforcement operations and tensions in Minneapolis have boiled over, but legal experts say none of it yet crosses the line into a constitutional breakdown or would justify the use of federal emergency powers by President Donald … Read more

JONATHAN TURLEY: Elites call the Constitution ‘broken’ but Americans know it’s our greatest gift

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “I am very angry.” Those words from Harvard Law Professor Michael Klarman were something of an understatement in our debate at Colgate University last week over whether our country is in a “constitutional crisis.” Taking the affirmative position, Klarman lashed out at what he called the … Read more

Federal oversight in Washington – a special case as old as America itself

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The District of Columbia is a special case in American governance. Which is why President Trump has distinctive authority to dispatch federal agents and National Guard troops to patrol the city’s streets for at least a month. It’s in the Constitution. Article I, Section 8 grants … Read more