Nina Henry

this is insane.

www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

There was a guy in my hometown who used to do this, and, no joke, they named the street after him when he died.

Ellis: "These kids, you can imagine, their sense of safety was shattered on Saturday. And it's gonna take a long time for that to come back, if ever."

She said it "should have been a really happy day."

Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes

If the Trump administration wants to end lawlessness in the District of Columbia, it should start with its own actions. Before oral argument tomorrow, read our amicus brief explaining why deploying armed soldiers to police DC was unlawful: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/d...

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

The Sustainability Institute v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center

Trump can’t defund vital programs based on his dislike of Congress’s choices. Before oral argument in the 4th Circuit tomorrow, read our brief explaining why plaintiffs can bring their constitutional challenge to the administration’s actions in court: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/t...

We went all the way back to the War of 1812 to explain how Trump is misrepresenting #SCOTUS precedent. Read our amicus brief to #SCOTUS: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/i...

Trump’s Crackdown on Portland Is Bad Enough. One Judge Has a Plan to Make It Worse. As bad as Monday’s decision was, it could have been far worse.

Trump's argument that courts can't review his unlawful use of the National Guard is all wrong, as we explained in our amicus brief. Read more from @mjsdc.bsky.social: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Accepting applications: Sponsored Legal Fellowship 2026-2027. Apply to join the CAC team today!

CAC is looking to host an externally sponsored fellow on our litigation team in the Fall of 2026. Apply now: www.theusconstitution.org/sponsored-le...

Accepting applications: Summer 2026 Legal Internship. Apply to join the CAC team today!

CAC is hiring legal interns for Summer 2026! If you're a law student who's passionate about the progressive promise of our Constitution, apply to join our team: www.theusconstitution.org/legal-intern...

Mozzarella - Animal Welfare League of Arlington Mozzarella is just about the sweetest little cat you’ll ever meet – and she’s got the personality to match her cheesy-cute name! This friendly girl is wonderful with kids and…

I need someone who is not me to adopt Mozzarella, because I can NOT get a cat right now. (If you adopt Mozz, please let me come visit her and spoil her with presents) www.awla.org/pet/mozzarel...

Every day like five things happen that my constitutional law professor would have put on the exam as a hypo to be deliberately ridiculous

I love DC because people’s protest signs are like “THE UNITARY EXECUTIVE THEORY HAS BEEN DISCREDITED” #nokings

Case v. Montana | Constitutional Accountability Center

Also today the Court is considering whether police may enter homes w/o warrants based on less than probable cause that an emergency is occurring. Read our brief explaining why allowing such entries would be at odds w/ the 4A’s text & history: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/c...

The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again The leading arguments in support of Black voting rights were race-conscious at their core.

CAC’s @davidhgans.bsky.social explained why this should be an “open-and-shut case” in @slate.com: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Today, #SCOTUS is hearing Louisiana v. Callais, a case with enormous implications for the Voting Rights Act. Read our brief explaining that the Constitution gives Congress broad enforcement power to prevent impairment of the right to vote. www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/l...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’ During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again The leading arguments in support of Black voting rights were race-conscious at their core.

Next Wednesday, #SCOTUS is hearing a case with enormous implications for voting rights. More than 150 years after Black people fought to make America a multiracial democracy, does the Court still respect this fundamental aspect of our constitutional order? slate.com/news-and-pol...

Next week, #SCOTUS is hearing argument in three important cases in which CAC filed amicus briefs.

Yes, Stephen Miller Said Trump Had 'Plenary Authority' In A CNN Interview A bizarre moment during a cable news interview saw one of the president's closest advisers make a wild assertion.

Stephen Miller's claim about plenary power is "flat wrong." Read more from CAC's Brian Frazelle in @huffpost.com: www.huffpost.com/entry/stephe...

If the Trump administration wants to end lawlessness in the District of Columbia, it should start with its own actions. Read our amicus brief explaining why deploying armed soldiers to police DC was unlawful: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/d...

"The colonists sought not just territory, but unchallenged dominion. To achieve this, they needed to erase the legitimacy of Native governance and justify dispossession. It was precisely because Natives mirrored the colonists’ own ideals (autonomy, law, liberty) that they had to be cast as savages."

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

New essay in the Atlantic today: How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution by Ned Blackhawk (with many lessons on how we ended up where we are as a nation, and a gift link) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Today is your daily reminder that queer kids are absolutely perfect just the way they are. Pass it on.

Conversion Therapy Ban Case Tests Traditional State Police Power A therapist’s challenge to Colorado’s ban on treatment the state says harms LGBTQ+ youths may seem like just the next battle in the culture wars, but the case presents the US Supreme Court with an opp...

The First Amendment doesn't prevent states from being able to protect their residents from harmful "conversion therapy." Read more from CAC's Praveen Fernandes in @bloomberglaw.com: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Trump can’t unilaterally withhold federal funding from sanctuary jurisdictions. Read our brief explaining why courts should be able to review plaintiffs’ constitutional challenge to the administration’s actions: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/s...

The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again The leading arguments in support of Black voting rights were race-conscious at their core.

"When the Roberts court examines the Constitution’s text and history, it has privileged white male voices. But if it wants to be faithful to constitutional text and history in Callais, it will have to broaden the lens." Read CAC's @davidhgans.bsky.social in @slate.com: slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again The leading arguments in support of Black voting rights were race-conscious at their core.

You can't understand the Reconstruction Amendments without grappling with the work of the Black conventions that eloquently spoke to the constitutional aspirations of Black Americans. Read my latest piece @slate.com on how Black Americans won the right to vote: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Super interesting and relevant scholarship from my brilliant colleague David on how Black voting rights advocates shaped our Constitution during Reconstruction: