Trump’s Palantir-Powered Surveillance Is Turning America Into a Digital Prison
Call it what it is: a panopticon presidency. President Trump’s plan to fuse government power with private surveillance tech to build a centralized, national citizen database is the final step in transforming America from a constitutional republic into a digital...
Supreme Court (Mostly) Endorses the Unitary Executive
In a brief order in Trump v. Wilcox the Supreme Court (6-3) strongly indicated that the President has constitutional power to dismiss officers exercising significant executive power. From the unsigned opinion: The Government has applied for a stay of orders from the...
Is Trump Really Cutting the Size of Government?
The Trump administration has fired about 25,000 federal workers to date. Media and politicians are telling the American people that this is a massive “slash and burn” cut to the federal government. The truth is quite different. The number 25,000 represents only a tiny...