Vet Trump’s Judicial Picks for Their Views on Presidential Power
We can’t afford to give the judicial branch any more opportunity to advance the unitary executive theory.

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We can’t afford to give the judicial branch any more opportunity to advance the unitary executive theory.
North Carolinians must show up at the courthouse on Friday to remind Judges Gore, Hampson and Tyson that they are accountable to the voters.
Donald Trump’s “flood the zone” strategy is designed to overwhelm us. He wants us to be paralyzed by fear and hopelessness.
Most of all, I worry because, to fulfill my duty as a lawyer and as a citizen I must regularly say and do things that will enrage Trump and his supporters.
One of the most alarming developments in the second Trump administration is agencies’ apparent defiance of courts’ orders.
The moves are all steps toward achieving the Project 2025 goals of banning abortion and restricting access to birth control nationwide.
Many constitutional lawyers agree that there is a pending constitutional crisis, which will be definitively triggered if Trump refuses to obey a court order.
We must both hold the line on our federal courts and also turn to state courts as a critical defense for our civil rights, health and safety.
Who are these nearly 1,600 criminals that President Trump has pardoned and how violent were their actions on and during the days surrounding the Capitol riot?
North Carolina voters won’t forget how the judges charged with protecting their democracy handled this attempted election theft.