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Judge Reinstates Head of Federal Anti-Corruption Agency Who Trump Tried to Fire

A federal judge has reinstated Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) after President Donald Trump attempted to fire him.

Latin Times

Presidents Should Not Ignore Court Rulings

Vice President J.D. Vance believes presidents can ignore the courts in some situations. Are we heading for a constitutional crisis?

Reason

MAGA Republican Suggests Trump Take Page Out of Andrew Jackson's Playbook. Here's What He's Known For

Trump is targeting courts across the country as judges block several of his decisions. The move has already been tried by Andrew Jackson centuries ago.

Latin Times

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How SCOTUS let Trump think he's a king

Trump's assertions of broad, unchecked executive power are a predictable result of the court's "immunity" decision

Salon

A Republican rift forms over the courts

A Republican rift is forming over the issue of judicial review — but don't expect Congress to defy Donald Trump

Salon

The lie behind Trump's imperial ambition

After winning by a bigger margin than in 2016, Donald Trump now sees himself as omnipotent and invincible

Salon

Trump might want to revive America’s imperial heyday – but does his base?

The president’s Gaza proposal is a signal that old-school, blunt-force US expansionism seems to be back in fashion

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President Trump may think he is President Jackson reincarnated − but there are lessons in Old Hickory’s resistance to sycophants

The portrait of President Andrew Jackson has recently made a comeback in the Oval Office. “Old Hickory” – Jackson’s nickname – has long been a favorite of President Donald Trump.

The Conversation

Trump wants to reverse America’s decline. Good luck

Trump and his supporters would like to buck the tide of history, but they could end up pulled further into it, and have no way to stop it

The Guardian - US

Warning of ‘oligarchy,’ Biden channels Andrew Jackson

In some circumstances, a president’s official Farewell Address to the Nation may be an occasion for sunny reflection. President Joe Biden’s, delivered five days before he left office, began that way, with a celebration of America’s promise and of its progress under his tenure.

The Conversation

Andrew Jackson Portrait Returns To Oval Office

The Oval Office transitions from Biden to Trump, featuring Andrew Jackson's portrait and a Reagan-era rug.

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Biden's unprecedented farewell warning

Joe Biden breaks with tradition to offer a direct criticism of his successor

Salon

When presidents would send handwritten lists of their nominees to the Senate, things were a lot different

The new U.S. Senate is getting down to business, and one of its first tasks will be to consider Donald Trump’s nominations to federal office.

The Conversation

How to avoid getting trolled this time

Never Trump in 2025 requires a new set of rules for the resistance

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Reason

Rights and Wrongs of Chief Justice Roberts' Year-End Report on the Judiciary

Roberts identifies genuine problems, but little in the way of good solutions. He also sometimes overlooks ways in which the Supreme Court is partly responsible for the challenges the judiciary faces.

Reason

Has J.D. Vance "Raised the Specter of Open Disregard for Federal Court Rulings"?

What Vance actually said: "I think the thing that you can do in the Senate is push the legal boundaries, as far as the Supreme Court will let you take it."

Reason

Jurisprudence on the Adjournment Power, Old and New

Last month, Washington was in a tizzy about whether President Trump could use the adjournment power as a means to… The post Jurisprudence on the Adjournment Power, Old and New appeared first on Reason.com.

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Burials of 28 people Andrew Jackson enslaved found at his Hermitage plantation in Tennessee

Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, enslaved hundreds of people. Archaeologists have discovered where 28 of them were buried.

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Slave Cemetery Discovered At Andrew Jackson's Tennessee Plantation

The Andrew Jackson Foundation discovered a slave cemetery at The Hermitage, highlighting the plantation's history and commitment to inclusivity.

The Independent UK

The burial site of slaves owned by a former US president has finally been found

The gravestones had sunk below the surface

Cycling Weekly

Northern Ireland's scenery is too awe-inspiring to be contained by any single myth or deity - there’s space and time for them all - especially when travelling by bike

Paying homage to a travel writing pioneer, David Bradford rides the coastline of Northern Ireland in the wheel tracks of ghosts, giants and shape-shifting gods

The Conversation

Presidents often claim mandates − especially when they want to expand their power or are on the defensive

Shortly after the 2024 election was called in Donald Trump’s favor, he declared that voters had given him “an unprecedented and powerful mandate.”

Salon

The press obeys him in advance

Donald Trump brings out the worst — and it’s going to get a lot worse

The Conversation

Why does the Senate confirm Trump’s picks for key posts — and how? A legal scholar explains the confirmation process and the ‘constitutional loophole’ of recess appointments

Since Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump has moved quickly to name his picks for key cabinet posts such as attorney general and the secretaries of defense, health and human services, and state.

The Conversation

Trump’s comeback victory, after reshaping his party and national politics, looks a lot like Andrew Jackson’s in 1828

As the nation prepares for a second Donald Trump presidency, some history-minded people may seek understanding in the idea that it wasn’t until Richard Nixon’s second presidential term that the serious consequences arrived.

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