Giving DOGE access to the Treasury Department’s payment system violates the Privacy Act of 1974 and IRS statutes, three plaintiffs allege.
Law & Justice
The Trump Administration Will Truly Test the Supreme Court
Trump has already flouted a SCOTUS order with impunity. Where does this end?
Can We Count on the Supreme Court?
Today on TAP: That will depend on whether two justices, Chief John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett, are offended by a whole new level of dictatorial overreach.
Trump’s Most Lawless Action Yet
Pausing funds appropriated by Congress is a deliberate taunt to draw a legal challenge that the White House’s most radical architects think will give them unilateral spending power.
Trump’s Gestapo Raids
Today on TAP: Will they increase his popular support—or backfire?
Preparing for the Worst
From the church to the schoolyard to the legislature, Americans are making plans to protect themselves and their loved ones from deportation.
The End of Birthright Citizenship?
Trump’s order is unlawful and unconstitutional under current law, but that’s not the point.
Will the Courts Enforce the Constitution Against President Trump?
If they don’t, the checks and balances that have defined our government since its inception will give way to one-man authoritarian rule.
Incarcerated Firefighters Battle L.A. Blazes While California Upholds Prison Slavery
Firefighting is a rare voluntary role, but the state’s other prisoners still have no choices, making the dangerous work in wildland fire camps more attractive.

