All Receipts
Complete archive of 502 documented actions with full enrichment data.
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Mass firing of 17+ inspectors general in late-night purge, violating federal law requiring 30 days' notice to Congress
Category
Mass Inspector General Removal
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Sweeping pardons of approximately 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants including those convicted of assaulting police officers, seditious conspiracy, and members of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers
Category
Mass Political Pardons of Insurrection Participants
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Executive order reclassifying thousands of federal employees as political hires (Schedule F reinstatement), making career civil servants easier to fire and replace with loyalists
Category
Schedule F Reinstatement
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Executive order titled 'Ending the Weaponization of Federal Government' that reviews and potentially interferes with ongoing DOJ investigations, while DOJ halts all civil rights cases
Category
DOJ Interference and Civil Rights Investigation Halt
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Deployment of military troops including combat vehicles and infantry to the southern border under an 'invasion' declaration
Category
Military Border Intervention
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Deputizing thousands of non-ICE federal agents to conduct immigration arrests, massively expanding the enforcement apparatus beyond normal boundaries
Category
Expanded Federal Immigration Enforcement
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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UNJUSTIFIED
Issuing arrest quotas to ICE officers to ramp up deportation numbers
Category
Deportation Quota System
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Broad freeze on all foreign aid without Congressional authorization
Category
Unilateral Foreign Aid Suspension
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Federal funding freeze bypassing Congress's power of the purse
Category
Unilateral Budget Manipulation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Mass purge of inspectors general without legally required Congressional notification
Category
Inspector General Mass Removal
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
DOJ purge of January 6 prosecutors and planned FBI agent firings
Category
Politically Motivated Prosecutorial Dismissals
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Attempting to force mass resignation of 2+ million federal workers
Category
Mass Loyalty Purge via Schedule F Executive Order
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Consolidation of executive power through 'dictatorial theory' of presidential authority
Category
Unitary Executive Power Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Paralysis of independent rights oversight boards
Category
Independent Oversight Board Neutralization
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Defying court rulings and statutory mandates
Category
Executive Defiance of Judicial Rulings
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Declaring immigration an 'invasion' to unlock extraordinary emergency powers
Category
Emergency Powers Declaration - Border Invasion Pretext
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Brazenly defying federal laws and constitutional limits across multiple policy areas
Category
Systematic Constitutional Norm Violation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Elon Musk's DOGE granted access to Treasury payment systems and classified agency spaces
Category
Political Appointee Infiltration
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Dismantling USAID without congressional authorization
Category
Foreign Aid Agency Dismantling
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Non-compliance with federal court orders on funding freeze
Category
Executive Non-Compliance with Court Orders
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Mass purge of federal workforce as power consolidation strategy
Category
Mass Political Loyalty Purge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Steamrolling Congress's constitutional spending and oversight powers
Category
Executive Power Overreach
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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UNJUSTIFIED
Deploying military to southern border for immigration enforcement
Category
Military Border Enforcement
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Mass firing of inspectors general and ethics watchdogs to eliminate independent oversight
Category
Inspector General Mass Removal
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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INDEFENSIBLE
Defiance and non-compliance with federal court orders on funding freeze
Category
Judicial Order Defiance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Mass purge of approximately 200,000 probationary federal workers across multiple agencies
Category
Mass Probationary Employee Terminations
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump publicly suggests he is above the law
Category
Executive Power Overreach
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
DOGE (Elon Musk's operation) given sweeping power to fire federal workers and access sensitive government systems
Category
Schedule F Mass Terminations via DOGE
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Executive order to overhaul diplomatic corps to ensure ideological compliance
Category
Diplomatic Corps Ideological Purge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Halting U.S. democracy promotion worldwide
Category
Democracy Promotion Funding Elimination
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Pausing enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Category
Anti-Corruption Law Suspension
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Executive order to seize control over independent federal agencies (SEC, FDIC, FTC, etc.)
Category
Independent Agency Executive Takeover
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Defiance of multiple court orders on foreign aid freeze
Category
Unilateral Aid Blocking
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump floats a third presidential term in violation of the 22nd Amendment
Category
Presidential Term Limit Violation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Mass firing of probationary federal employees across all agencies to dismantle the civil service
Category
Mass Probationary Employee Terminations
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
DOJ seeks authority to remove administrative law judges at will
Category
Administrative Law Judge Removal
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Dismantling USAID without Congressional authorization
Category
Agency Dismantling without Congressional Approval
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Firing the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Category
Military Leadership Removal
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump signed executive order giving himself unprecedented control over all federal agencies, described as a 'bald power grab'
Category
Executive Unilateral Agency Control
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration accused of sidestepping and ignoring court rulings across multiple cases involving spending freezes, foreign aid, and employee firings
Category
Judicial Obstruction and Court Order Defiance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump claims Article 2 of the Constitution gives him the right 'to do whatever I want as President,' exceeding previous presidents' power grabs
Category
Executive Power Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
White House demands agencies identify hundreds of thousands of potential layoffs, with OMB directing sweeping workforce reductions without congressional authorization
Category
Mass Personnel Reduction via Executive Order
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump sued by Democrats for executive order seeking control over the independent Federal Election Commission
Category
Executive Interference with Independent Agency
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration tightens control over government lawyers to curtail their ability to raise internal objections to presidential power
Category
Constraining Legal Counsel Independence
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
DOGE implementing executive order (signed by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought) ordering sweeping workforce reduction plans across all agencies
Category
Comprehensive Agency Staff Reduction
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump suspended security clearances for law firm Covington & Burling and ordered evaluation of government contracts as retaliation for perceived 'government weaponization'
Category
Retaliatory Contract & Clearance Suspension
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Elon Musk demanded all federal workers justify their jobs via email, with Trump backing the demand and threatening firings for non-compliance
Category
Mass Loyalty Screening and Potential Purge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Pentagon sending approximately 3,000 combat troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, breaking with recent presidents' practice of limited deployments
Category
Militarized Border Deployment
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration defied court orders on frozen foreign aid, requiring Supreme Court intervention
Category
Unauthorized Foreign Aid Blocking
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
VP Vance argued court orders are optional for the executive branch
Category
Judicial Order Defiance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Repeated attempts to freeze federal funding without congressional approval
Category
Unauthorized Budget Interference
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Mass firing of federal employees as power consolidation tool
Category
Mass Political Purge and Schedule F Implementation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Executive order to undermine judicial injunctions against the administration
Category
Judicial Injunction Circumvention
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
House panel advanced legislation to curb nationwide injunctions specifically to shield Trump's agenda
Category
Judicial Procedural Manipulation
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Elon Musk given extraordinary power over government operations as unelected, unconfirmed figure
Category
Unelected Private Sector Interference in Government Operations
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to bypass normal deportation procedures
Category
Extraordinary Deportation Measures
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Administration defied court order to turn deportation flights around
Category
Judicial Order Defiance - Deportation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Executive order to gut seven federal agencies, including Voice of America's parent organization
Category
Agency Dismantling
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Continued mass firings and forced restructuring of federal workforce despite court orders
Category
Mass Politically Motivated Dismissals
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Asking the Supreme Court to curb judges' power to issue nationwide injunctions
Category
Judicial Injunction Limitations
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
PARTIALLY_JUSTIFIED
Executive orders targeting law firms that previously opposed Trump
Category
Legal Professional Targeting
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Systematic dismantling of oversight mechanisms and independent agencies
Category
Systematic Agency Dismantling
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Usurping congressional spending power on foreign aid
Category
Unilateral Foreign Aid Reallocation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Defiance of federal court order on deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act
Category
Defiance of Judicial Restraining Order
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Invocation of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act as wartime authority against peacetime immigrants
Category
Alien Enemies Act Deportation Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Attempt to claim power to void a predecessor's pardons
Category
Presidential Pardon Power Challenge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Firing Democratic commissioners from the Federal Trade Commission to seize control of independent agency
Category
Independent Agency Politicization
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Executive order to dismantle the Department of Education without congressional authorization
Category
Department of Education Dismantling
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Pressuring the Supreme Court to eliminate nationwide injunctions that check executive power
Category
Judicial Power Limitation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Memorandum threatening lawyers and law firms who challenge administration policies
Category
Legal Intimidation of Attorneys
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Granting governmentwide firing power to OPM to centralize personnel control
Category
Centralized Personnel Control and Mass Termination Authority
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Invocation of Defense Production Act for mineral production to bypass environmental review
Category
Emergency Powers Environmental Override
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
PARTIALLY_JUSTIFIED
Rescinding security clearances of political opponents
Category
Security Clearance Revocation for Political Retaliation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration defied court orders on Alien Enemies Act deportations, continuing to deport Venezuelan migrants despite judicial injunction
Category
Defiance of Judicial Injunction - Forced Deportations
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump signed executive orders targeting specific law firms (Jenner & Block and WilmerHale) that represented clients opposing his policies, revoking security clearances and attempting to punish legal opposition
Category
Punitive Legal Firm Targeting
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump openly stated he is considering seeking a third presidential term despite the 22nd Amendment, saying 'there are methods'
Category
Constitutional Term Limit Challenge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump signed sweeping executive order to overhaul U.S. elections including proof-of-citizenship requirements and restrictions on mail-in voting, usurping congressional authority over election administration
Category
Voting Access Restrictions
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration asked Supreme Court to block judge's order reinstating fired federal workers, continuing mass purge of civil service
Category
Mass Probationary Employee Termination
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump signed executive order stripping collective bargaining rights from federal workers at agencies with national security missions, and administration sued to end union contracts
Category
Federal Worker Union Suppression
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump attempted to unilaterally dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau before being blocked by a federal judge
Category
Regulatory Agency Dismantling
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump signed executive order on 'Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History' seeking to dictate historical narratives
Category
Curriculum Ideological Control
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Administration attempted to use executive order to suppress lawsuits against it by demanding enforcement of Rule 65(c) bond requirements
Category
Lawsuit Suppression via Procedural Manipulation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump signs sweeping executive order attempting to federally control election administration, including citizenship documentation requirements and mail-in ballot deadlines, usurping state authority over elections
Category
Federal Election Administrative Overreach
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump openly discusses pursuing a third presidential term, saying he is 'not joking' and that 'there are methods' to do it, directly challenging the 22nd Amendment's two-term limit
Category
Constitutional Term Limit Challenge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration violated court orders by pausing FEMA grants, covertly withholding millions in FEMA funds from blue states in defiance of a preliminary injunction
Category
Judicial Order Defiance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration systematically laying groundwork to normalize defiance of court orders, with VP Vance having previously advocated openly defying courts
Category
Judicial Order Defiance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump fires NSA Director Gen. Timothy Haugh and purges national security officials based on loyalty assessments from far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer
Category
Political Loyalty Purge of Intelligence Leadership
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Invocation of International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose sweeping tariffs, declaring a national emergency based on trade deficits to bypass normal legislative trade authority
Category
Unilateral Tariff Imposition via Emergency Powers
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Executive order opening voter rolls to DOGE review, giving Musk's operation access to sensitive election data
Category
Voter Roll Surveillance and Manipulation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Administration begins reclassifying federal workers to new job categories with fewer protections, enabling easier mass firings
Category
Schedule F Expanded Federal Employee Reclassification
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump supports proxy voting in Congress, a mechanism that could fundamentally alter how the legislative branch operates
Category
Congressional Procedural Manipulation
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration defies federal court order to return wrongly deported man
Category
Defiance of Judicial Order on Deportation
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
House Republicans vote to limit judicial power to block Trump's agenda
Category
Judicial Power Restriction
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump invokes wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 for mass deportations
Category
Mass Deportations Under Wartime Powers
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump authorizes military occupation of federal land along southern border
Category
Military Border Occupation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump exercises unilateral tariff power constituting massive tax increases without Congressional approval
Category
Unilateral Tariff Imposition
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Executive order to preempt state energy regulations
Category
Federal Energy Regulation Preemption
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump floats third presidential term
Category
Presidential Term Limit Violation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration defies unanimous Supreme Court ruling to return wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador
Category
Supreme Court Defiance
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Federal judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for violating court orders to halt Alien Enemies Act deportation flights
Category
Defiance of Judicial Deportation Orders
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration creates uncertainty and obfuscation to evade court orders rather than comply with them
Category
Judicial Order Evasion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump invokes Schedule F to reclassify approximately 50,000 federal workers, stripping civil service protections to enable loyalty-based hiring and firing
Category
Schedule F Mass Reclassification
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Approaching April 20 deadline for Insurrection Act report, raising fears of martial law-type domestic military deployment
Category
Potential Insurrection Act Deployment
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration attempts illegal mass firing at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in defiance of federal appeals court
Category
Agency Leadership Interference
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump demands FCC impose 'maximum fines and punishment' on CBS for critical 60 Minutes coverage; FCC chair Brendan Carr amplifies by attacking MSNBC/Comcast
Category
Regulatory Intimidation of Media
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump orders halt to federal funding for NPR, PBS, and other public media
Category
Public Media Defunding
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Pardon power potentially used to void any criminal contempt consequences for officials defying courts
Category
Judicial Contempt Pardon
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration refuses to comply with court order to return wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador
Category
Defiance of Judicial Deportation Order
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump argues undocumented migrants should not receive trials before deportation, explicitly rejecting due process
Category
Due Process Elimination for Migrants
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
DOJ ordered ICE to conduct home raids without search warrants
Category
Warrantless Home Raids
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration dismantles federal oversight of law enforcement agencies, removing accountability structures for 18,000 agencies
Category
Law Enforcement Accountability Dismantling
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
ICE deported three U.S. citizen children held incommunicado prior to deportation
Category
Unlawful Detention and Deportation of U.S. Citizens
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Military intelligence soldiers deployed to southern border, expanding military role in domestic immigration enforcement
Category
Military Border Enforcement
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump executive order eliminates disparate-impact liability protections, gutting decades of civil rights enforcement mechanisms
Category
Civil Rights Enforcement Rollback
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Executive order targets ActBlue (Democratic fundraising platform) under pretextual 'straw donor' investigation
Category
Political Fundraising Suppression
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump fired immigration judges even as administration claims to want increased deportations, undermining due process infrastructure
Category
Immigration Judicial Staff Purge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Social media surveillance program described as 'social scoring by another name'
Category
Social Media Mass Surveillance Program
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump explicitly states he doesn't know if he has to uphold the Constitution when asked about due process in immigration enforcement
Category
Constitutional Due Process Rejection
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump has used government powers to target more than 100 perceived enemies through ICE arrests, criminal investigations, firings, and executive orders in a sweeping campaign of retribution
Category
Politically Motivated Persecution
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Executive order targeting Perkins Coie law firm as retaliation, found unconstitutional by federal judge
Category
Politically Motivated Targeting of Legal Firm
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump continued deportations under the Alien Enemies Act despite Supreme Court directing return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Category
Unlawful Deportation via Alien Enemies Act
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Administration bypassing procedural steps required for civil rights investigations, punishing before investigating
Category
Civil Rights Investigation Obstruction
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
ICE transformed into what critics describe as a 'secret police force' arresting legal residents and activists based on political expression
Category
Political Targeting of Legal Residents
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump signed executive order to defund NPR and PBS, which PBS chief called 'blatantly unlawful'
Category
Media Funding Suppression
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Administration plan to reclassify up to 50,000 federal workers to replace them with political loyalists, buried in bland legalese
Category
Schedule F Mass Reclassification
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump declared at rally 'nothing will stop me' and attacked judges as 'communist,' calling for their impeachment
Category
Judicial Intimidation and Delegitimization
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump told The Atlantic 'I Run the Country and the World'
Category
Executive Power Overreach
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Massive unconstitutional reorganization of the federal government challenged by coalition of unions, nonprofits, and local governments
Category
Schedule F Mass Reclassification and Workforce Purge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Presidential orders targeting law firms that have represented opponents or taken cases against the administration
Category
Legal Professional Intimidation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump using FCC as enforcement mechanism against critical media coverage
Category
Media Regulatory Intimidation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump's mob-like shakedown involving 60 Minutes, Paramount, and the FCC
Category
Media Intimidation and Coercive Censorship
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
White House actively considering suspending habeas corpus, the foundational legal right to challenge unlawful detention
Category
Suspension of Habeas Corpus
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump stated 'I don't know' when asked whether he needs to uphold the Constitution, specifically regarding due process rights for deportees
Category
Constitutional Oath Violation - Due Process
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
NIH continued axing research grants even after a federal judge explicitly blocked the cuts, according to internal records
Category
Judicial Order Defiance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump fired all three Democratic commissioners on the Consumer Product Safety Commission after they voted to defy an executive order asserting White House control over independent agencies
Category
Independent Agency Commissioner Removal
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Administration continued mass deportations under the Alien Enemies Act despite multiple federal courts ruling its invocation unlawful
Category
Unlawful Mass Deportation via Historical Statute
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Expansion of federal purge by firing Democrats at independent agencies, extending political litmus tests to bodies designed to be nonpartisan
Category
Political Purge of Independent Agencies
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Creation of 'National Defense Areas' along the border in Texas and New Mexico, escalating militarization
Category
Border Militarization and Civilian Exclusion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump refuses to rule out using military force to seize Greenland
Category
Territorial Aggression Against Ally
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Executive order asserting control over the Federal Register, the official publication mechanism for government rules and transparency
Category
Federal Register Control
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration threatens to suspend habeas corpus
Category
Suspension of Habeas Corpus
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump orders government to stop enforcing rules he dislikes, bypassing rulemaking process
Category
Executive Rulemaking Circumvention
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Administration seeks Supreme Court approval for mass federal layoffs after lower courts blocked them
Category
Schedule F Mass Terminations Supreme Court Challenge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Solicitor General refuses to commit to obeying lower court decisions
Category
Judicial Independence Undermining
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Continued defiance of Supreme Court order on Abrego Garcia deportation
Category
Deportation Order Defiance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Military buildup at the border expands dramatically
Category
Border Militarization
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Administration pushes to limit judges' power to block executive actions through nationwide injunctions
Category
Judicial Constraint Mechanism
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Secret Project 2025 plan to place domestic law enforcement under presidential command
Category
Centralized Law Enforcement Control
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Implementation of Schedule F to enable political firings of civil servants
Category
Schedule F Mass Reclassification and Politicization
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump fired the head of the US Copyright Office after an AI report release
Category
Agency Leadership Removal
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Hidden provision in House 'Big Beautiful Bill' would strip courts of contempt enforcement power
Category
Judicial Power Limitation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration considering suspension of habeas corpus
Category
Suspension of Habeas Corpus
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Systematic campaign to pressure and delegitimize the judiciary
Category
Judicial Intimidation and Delegitimization
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Administration violated court order on deportations
Category
Deportation Order Violation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Mass firing of inspectors general and independent agency board members
Category
Inspector General Mass Removal
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
ICE arrests at immigration courts to deter legal proceedings
Category
Courthouse Immigration Enforcement
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Attempting to reshape historical narratives through executive action
Category
Curriculum Historical Narrative Control
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Mass federal layoffs attempted without congressional authorization
Category
Mass Unauthorized Federal Employee Terminations
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Administration systematically hiding defiance of court orders through legalistic language
Category
Judicial Order Evasion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump attacking habeas corpus protections to enable unchecked detention powers
Category
Habeas Corpus Suspension
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Setting aggressive ICE arrest quotas of 3,000 people per day and purging leadership deemed insufficiently aggressive
Category
Mass Deportation Quota Implementation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Bypassing Congress to impose sweeping tariffs via emergency powers
Category
Executive Tariff Overreach
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
White House declares it will only cooperate with GAO when it doesn't 'unduly burden' Trump's agenda
Category
Undermining Government Accountability Office (GAO) Cooperation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Attempting to weaponize federal power against Harvard to force compliance
Category
Political Interference in University Governance
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
PARTIALLY_JUSTIFIED
Reclassifying federal workers to strip civil service protections
Category
Schedule F Mass Reclassification
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump calling for impeachment of judges who rule against him
Category
Judicial Intimidation and Threat of Impeachment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump claims wartime powers to escalate immigration crackdown, labeling undocumented immigration an 'invasion' via Proclamation 10888 to authorize expanded expedited removal deep into the U.S. interior
Category
Expanded Expedited Removal via National Security Pretext
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump deploys National Guard troops to Los Angeles without the California governor's request, prompting Gov. Newsom to call it an 'unlawful deployment'
Category
Unauthorized Military Deployment
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration repeatedly asks Supreme Court to bypass lower courts and reinstate mass federal layoffs, seeking to dismantle the Education Department and slash 107,000 federal jobs
Category
Mass Layoffs via Judicial Override
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Stephen Miller berated and threatened to fire senior ICE officials for not arresting enough immigrants, imposing political pressure on law enforcement operations
Category
Political Interference in Immigration Enforcement
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump signs executive order directing investigation of Biden-era presidential actions, weaponizing executive power to investigate a predecessor
Category
Political Retaliatory Investigation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
ICE conducting workplace raids, mass detentions including children in federal building basements, and arresting migrants at immigration courts after their cases are dismissed
Category
Mass Workplace Raids and Courthouse Arrests
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Black site agreement with El Salvador to transfer detainees without due process, bypassing constitutional protections
Category
Extrajudicial Detention and Rendition
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump warns of 'economic ruination' if courts rule against his tariffs, framing judicial review as a threat to the nation
Category
Tariff Unilateralism and Judicial Intimidation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
New travel ban restricting entry of nationals from 12 countries signed unilaterally
Category
Discriminatory Travel Ban
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Department of Defense directed to provide security for Department of Homeland Security immigration functions, militarizing civilian law enforcement
Category
Military Enforcement of Border Policy
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Deployment of military forces (National Guard and active-duty Marines) to Los Angeles to suppress immigration protests, with Trump warning this could be the first 'of many' such deployments
Category
Military Suppression of Civilian Protests
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Invocation of insurrection-adjacent legal authority to deploy troops domestically, citing 'danger of a rebellion' provision
Category
Domestic Military Deployment Against Civilians
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump issued memo to deploy troops to areas where protests are 'likely to occur' — a preemptive suppression framework
Category
Preemptive Military Suppression of Protests
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Record-setting invocation of emergency powers — more national emergencies in first 100 days than any modern president
Category
Emergency Powers Abuse
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Executive order attempting to unilaterally overhaul federal elections — requiring documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration and conditioning federal grants on state compliance
Category
Voter Registration Restrictions
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump threatened to arrest California Governor Gavin Newsom, an elected state official
Category
Political Intimidation of State Official
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Secret Service and FBI physically detained and handcuffed sitting U.S. Senator Alex Padilla at a press conference
Category
Legislative Intimidation & Interference
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
ICE implementing novel strategy of dismissing immigration cases in court and immediately arresting people upon dismissal
Category
Judicial Entrapment in Immigration Proceedings
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Stephen Miller pushing for tripling of daily ICE arrest quotas to 3,000/day and expanding surprise workplace raids
Category
Mass Deportation Enforcement Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
New hiring/firing plans designed to create federal workforce loyal to Trump personally rather than the Constitution
Category
Schedule F Mass Conversion & Loyalty Purge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump launched U.S. airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities without Congressional authorization, violating both the Constitution's war powers clause and the 1973 War Powers Act.
Category
Unauthorized Military Action
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump deployed 2,000 additional National Guard troops to Los Angeles against the wishes of the state governor, using the military as a domestic police force against protesters. An appeals court allowed the troops to remain despite legal challenges.
Category
Domestic Military Deployment Against Civilians
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump ordered ICE to dramatically expand deportation operations specifically targeting Democrat-run cities as apparent political retribution for 'No Kings' protests, with Stephen Miller setting a quota of 3,000 arrests per day (up from 650).
Category
Politically Motivated Mass Deportation Campaign
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump fired a Democratic commissioner of the independent Nuclear Regulatory Commission, continuing his pattern of asserting control over independent regulatory agencies meant to be insulated from presidential interference.
Category
Independent Agency Commissioner Removal
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump directly intervened in FCC regulatory matters by personally urging the FCC chair and EchoStar to reach a deal on spectrum licenses, representing improper presidential interference in independent agency adjudication.
Category
Independent Agency Interference
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump takes aim at states' rights, undermining the traditionally GOP-championed principle of federalism to consolidate executive power.
Category
Executive Power Consolidation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
The GAO found the Trump administration illegally impounded congressionally appropriated library funds — the second finding of illegal impoundment — representing a direct violation of the power of the purse.
Category
Illegal Budget Impoundment
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump launched military strikes on Iran without congressional authorization, bypassing constitutional war powers
Category
Unauthorized Military Action
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump hailed Supreme Court ruling limiting nationwide injunctions as a 'monumental victory,' immediately signaling intent to enforce previously blocked executive orders
Category
Judicial Power Expansion
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
PARTIALLY_JUSTIFIED
Trump targeted law firms involved in cases against him with executive orders, weaponizing presidential power against legal adversaries
Category
Weaponization of Executive Power Against Legal Opponents
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration claimed a district court defied the Supreme Court's deportation order, escalating confrontation with judiciary
Category
Judicial Confrontation and Defiance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump threatened to force journalists to reveal confidential sources who leaked Iran intelligence assessment
Category
Journalist Source Intimidation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration expanded military deployment at the southern border, annexing a 250-mile stretch
Category
Military Border Militarization
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Appeals court ruling granted Trump broad powers to deploy troops to American cities with few guardrails
Category
Domestic Military Deployment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration making it easier to fire federal workers by converting 50,000 civil servants to at-will employees, politicizing the civil service
Category
Schedule F Expansion, Mass Civil Service Conversion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump raised the specter of regime change in Iran, dramatically escalating beyond stated military objectives
Category
Regime Change Rhetoric
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Supreme Court eliminates nationwide injunctions, dramatically expanding presidential power to implement potentially illegal policies
Category
Judicial Procedural Limitation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration immediately moves to exploit CASA ruling to bulldoze remaining legal obstacles
Category
Executive Power Expansion through Judicial Ruling
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump seeks Supreme Court permission to fire independent agency commissioners at will
Category
Independent Agency Commissioner Removal
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter and former FBI agent installed in Justice Department
Category
Controversial Presidential Pardon
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Foreign Service promotions now require 'fidelity' to Trump policies
Category
Loyalty Testing in Diplomatic Corps
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Massive expansion of immigration enforcement apparatus to unprecedented scale
Category
Mass Deportation Infrastructure Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump denigrates intelligence assessments that conflict with his preferred narratives
Category
Intelligence Assessment Manipulation
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Supreme Court grants emergency stay allowing Trump to proceed with mass federal workforce firings, bypassing lower court protections
Category
Mass Politically-Motivated Dismissals
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
State Department fires over 1,300 employees in mass purge of diplomatic corps
Category
Mass Diplomatic Corps Dismissal
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
DOJ continues targeted purge of employees connected to Trump investigations, including Jack Smith prosecutors and Jan. 6 investigators
Category
Politically Motivated DOJ Personnel Removal
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump uses tariffs as coercive geopolitical weapon, threatening 50% tariffs on Brazil to interfere in domestic judicial proceedings
Category
Punitive Tariff Diplomacy
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump authorizes ICE agents to use 'whatever means necessary' to protect themselves during raids
Category
Escalated Enforcement Protocols
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration consolidates control by putting single officials in charge of multiple federal agencies simultaneously
Category
Consolidation of Agency Leadership
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
DOJ opens criminal investigations into perceived Trump political enemies Comey and Brennan
Category
Politically Motivated Investigations
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration moves to seal Epstein-related documents despite prior transparency promises
Category
Document Suppression and Transparency Obstruction
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump signs executive order creating 'Schedule G' classification allowing political firing of career federal employees
Category
Schedule G Political Reclassification
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration tells federal judge it can fire career federal employees 'at any time for any reason'
Category
Mass Arbitrary Dismissals
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration refuses to comply with court-ordered disclosure of RIF (Reduction in Force) lists
Category
Court Order Noncompliance
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
AG Pam Bondi sends letters to tech companies asserting Trump can exempt companies from federal law
Category
Executive Override of Tech Regulation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration hands Medicaid recipients' personal health data to ICE for immigration enforcement
Category
Health Data Sharing with Immigration Enforcement
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Mass layoffs at State Department (1,300+) and Education Department (1,400) proceed as part of systematic dismantling
Category
Mass Bureaucratic Purge
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
EPA's Office of Research and Development shut down entirely
Category
EPA Research Elimination
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
ICE eliminates bond hearings for millions of undocumented immigrants
Category
Elimination of Immigrant Bond Hearings
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
FBI agents ordered to 'flag' Epstein records mentioning Trump
Category
Political Interference in Records Management
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
House approves $9 billion rescission package clawing back congressionally appropriated funds
Category
Congressional Budget Manipulation
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration defying approximately one-third of major court rulings against its policies
Category
Judicial Order Defiance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Administration stonewalling court orders on anti-voting executive order
Category
Court Order Obstruction
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Executive order to ban 'Woke AI' in federal government, politicizing technology standards
Category
AI Ideological Restriction
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Massive purge of State Department workforce
Category
Mass Political Purge of Diplomatic Personnel
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Supreme Court green-lights firing of independent agency commissioners
Category
Independent Agency Commissioner Removal
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
DOJ forms 'strike force' to investigate Obama amid Epstein scandal
Category
Political Persecution via DOJ Investigation
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Military buildup at the border with tripled troop deployments
Category
Military Border Militarization
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump claims unilateral control over foreign investment fund from Japan trade deal
Category
Unilateral Foreign Investment Control
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Plans to use military base to detain immigrants
Category
Military Base Immigrant Detention Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer hours after a weak jobs report, claiming without evidence that the data was 'rigged' to make him look bad. This mirrors authoritarian playbooks of suppressing unfavorable data and punishing messengers.
Category
Political Retaliation Against Data Professionals
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Two independent inspectors general (at the Department of Education and Department of Commerce) were quietly replaced by Trump, including one who had accused administration officials of stonewalling an investigation.
Category
Inspector General Removal
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration blocked members of Congress from conducting lawful oversight of federal immigration detention facilities, prompting a lawsuit from twelve House members.
Category
Congressional Access Obstruction
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
The Trump administration is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways, constituting a campaign to undermine the next election through executive branch actions.
Category
Election Integrity Manipulation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump appealed a court ruling that blocked core provisions of his anti-voting executive order, which could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
Category
Voter Suppression Legal Challenge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump deployed National Guard troops to ICE detention facilities to assist in the deportation process, militarizing domestic immigration enforcement.
Category
Military-Assisted Mass Deportation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Massive expansion of immigration enforcement apparatus: $45 billion allocated to ICE detention, $170 billion total for immigration/border in spending bill, $50K signing bonuses to hire 10,000 new ICE agents, with the goal of deporting one million people per year.
Category
Mass Deportation Infrastructure Expansion
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump issued executive orders imposing sweeping new tariffs on dozens of countries by declaring 'national emergencies' — including a 40% tariff on Brazil and 35% on Canada — bypassing Congress's constitutional authority over trade and taxation.
Category
Unilateral Tariff Imposition via National Emergency
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after unfavorable jobs data, then called the data 'rigged' and ordered criminal probes of past political opponents
Category
Politicization of Statistical Agencies
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump signed directive authorizing Pentagon military force against drug cartels designated as terrorist organizations, potentially including operations on foreign soil and within Mexico
Category
Unauthorized Military Intervention
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Administration systematically evading and defying court orders, with CNN reporting the administration is 'at war with the federal judiciary'
Category
Judicial Authority Defiance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump attempting to take over the Library of Congress; parts of the Constitution temporarily removed from government website
Category
Institutional Capture and Information Suppression
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump asked Supreme Court to lift restrictions on ICE racial profiling operations in Los Angeles
Category
Racial Profiling Judicial Authorization
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump threatened federal control of Washington D.C. following an assault on a former administration staffer
Category
Federal Intervention in Local Governance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Pro-Trump group wages campaign to identify and purge 'subversive' federal workers, with some fleeing abroad
Category
Political Loyalty Purge and Workforce Intimidation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump threatened fleeing Texas Democrats with FBI intervention as governor sought to remove elected representative from office
Category
Legislative Obstruction Suppression
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump declares a 'crime emergency' in Washington, D.C., deploys National Guard, and seizes control of the Metropolitan Police Department under Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act, despite crime statistics showing violent crime has declined
Category
Local Law Enforcement Takeover
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump signals intent to expand the D.C. model to other American cities, threatening a 'long-term' police takeover and suggesting other cities could see federal policing
Category
Federal Law Enforcement Overreach
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration violated a court order on UCLA grant terminations, with NSF suspending grants in defiance of a judicial ruling
Category
Judicial Order Defiance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump invokes IEEPA (emergency economic powers) to impose tariffs without congressional authorization, then warns of 'economic disaster' if courts strike them down
Category
Unilateral Trade Tariff Imposition
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Attorney General Bondi issued a directive ordering D.C. police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement 'notwithstanding' local law
Category
Local Law Enforcement Federal Cooperation Mandate
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration pushes the bounds of the Posse Comitatus Act through domestic military deployments in both L.A. and D.C.
Category
Domestic Military Deployment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Revocation of Executive Order on Competition, eliminating pro-competition federal policies
Category
Anti-Competition Policy Reversal
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump announces movement to eliminate mail-in ballots and voting machines before 2026 midterms
Category
Voting Method Restriction
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Military deployment to Washington D.C. and planned expansion to Chicago, Baltimore, and other Democratic-led cities
Category
Domestic Military Deployment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Peters report documents systematic pattern of constitutional violations and executive overreach
Category
Comprehensive Constitutional Violation Report
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump bypasses Senate to install loyal U.S. attorneys without oversight
Category
Unilateral U.S. Attorney Appointments
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Revocation of security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials
Category
Security Clearance Revocation
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Pentagon purge of intelligence leadership after Iran nuclear report leak
Category
Intelligence Leadership Purge
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Pentagon recruiting civilian employees to volunteer for ICE deportation operations
Category
Military-Assisted Mass Deportation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Mail-in ballot assault originated from Putin's advice during Anchorage meeting
Category
Mail-in Ballot Suppression
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump fires Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook — first time in the Fed's 111-year history a president has attempted to remove a Fed governor
Category
Federal Reserve Independence Violation
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump signs executive order directing prosecution of flag burning despite Supreme Court ruling protecting it as First Amendment expression
Category
Flag Burning Criminalization Attempt
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump orders creation of National Guard 'quick reaction force' units for domestic deployment and threatens to send troops to Chicago
Category
Domestic Military Deployment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration evaded court order to correct wrongfully fired federal workers' records
Category
Court Order Evasion
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump revokes Kamala Harris's Secret Service protection
Category
Secret Service Protection Revocation
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump threatens to investigate Chris Christie over 'Bridgegate' after Christie criticized his use of the Justice Department
Category
Political Retaliation via Investigations
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Executive order excludes additional agencies from federal collective bargaining under 'national security' pretext
Category
Collective Bargaining Restriction
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Historic 'pocket rescission' package to unilaterally eliminate congressionally appropriated spending
Category
Unilateral Budget Rescission
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow freeze on foreign aid payments despite court orders to continue them
Category
Unilateral Foreign Aid Blocking
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump intervenes to protect political allies in Congress ahead of midterm elections
Category
Electoral Interference by Executive Branch
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Illegal deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles for immigration enforcement, ruled unlawful by federal judge
Category
Unauthorized Military Deployment for Border/Immigration Enforcement
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Threatening to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, with Trump posting that Chicago was 'about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR'
Category
Domestic Military Deployment Threat
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
National Guard deployment to Washington D.C. described as 'involuntary military occupation' by D.C. attorney general, prompting federal lawsuit
Category
Military Deployment to Civilian Area
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
PARTIALLY_JUSTIFIED
Signing secret presidential directive instructing Pentagon to use military force against Latin American drug cartels, followed by a military strike killing 11 people on a Venezuelan drug boat
Category
Unauthorized Military Intervention
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Systematic weaponization of federal government for personal revenge against perceived enemies
Category
Political Purge of Federal Agencies
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
White House exploring ways to maintain tariffs even if Supreme Court strikes them down, signaling willingness to circumvent judicial rulings
Category
Executive Defiance of Judicial Tariff Rulings
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Invoking emergency powers under IEEPA to impose tariffs, usurping Congress's constitutional power to levy taxes and duties
Category
Unilateral Tariff Imposition via Executive Emergency Powers
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
ICE obtaining Israeli-made Paragon spyware capable of hacking phones and encrypted apps for immigration enforcement
Category
Surveillance Technology for Immigrant Tracking
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Deploying nearly 33,000 federal employees from various agencies to assist ICE, with only 15% being actual immigration enforcement staff
Category
Mass Civilian Agency Deployment to Border Enforcement
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
DHS offering to pay local police salaries in exchange for cooperation with immigration enforcement, effectively buying local law enforcement compliance
Category
Local Law Enforcement Cooperation Incentivization
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Cleta Mitchell suggests Trump could use emergency powers to take control of elections and potentially deploy National Guard to obstruct voting in Democratic strongholds
Category
Voter Suppression via Emergency Powers
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on ICE 'roving' raids in Los Angeles, allowing agents to stop and question people based on race, ethnicity, accent, and location
Category
Racial Profiling in Immigration Enforcement
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration building a national voter roll using state data, seeking detailed voter information from over 30 states
Category
Voter Roll Manipulation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration requests access to voting machines, alarming election officials
Category
Voting Machine Access Interference
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump renews push to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook ahead of key Fed meeting, defying judicial protection
Category
Independent Agency Leadership Interference
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Supreme Court temporarily allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid, overriding lower court
Category
Executive Unilateral Foreign Aid Control
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump teases expanding military deployments to additional American cities, including Memphis and Chicago
Category
Domestic Military Deployment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
ICE scraps paperwork requirements that existed for 15+ years, eliminating supervisory approval before immigration arrests
Category
ICE Arrest Protocol Elimination
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration deploys F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico amid threats of further military strikes in Latin America
Category
Military Deployment to U.S. Territory
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Supreme Court allows Trump to remove Democrat from FTC, undermining independence of regulatory agencies
Category
Regulatory Agency Partisan Removal
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
BIA strips immigration judges of bond authority, guaranteeing mandatory detention for undocumented immigrants
Category
Mandatory Detention Policy
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Expansion of 287(g) program to 1,000 local agencies, turning local police into deportation agents
Category
Expanded Local Law Enforcement Immigration Enforcement
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump threatens to revoke broadcast licenses of networks that air criticism of him
Category
Broadcast License Intimidation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump pressures federal prosecutors to bring politically motivated charges against NY AG Letitia James
Category
Politically Motivated Prosecution
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Continued domestic military deployments reach 35,000 troops despite judicial ruling of unconstitutionality
Category
Domestic Military Deployment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump sues The New York Times for $15 billion in apparent effort to chill press freedom
Category
Defamation Lawsuit Against Media Outlet
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump seeks Supreme Court permission to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook
Category
Attempted Independent Agency Leadership Removal
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump calls for punishment of protesters and renewal of threats against broadcasters
Category
Protest Suppression and Media Intimidation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump deploys active-duty military troops to Portland, Oregon under Title 10, authorizing 'full force if necessary' against protesters he labels 'domestic terrorists'
Category
Military Deployment Against Civilian Protesters
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
James Comey indicted by federal grand jury after Trump publicly demanded prosecution, with a newly appointed U.S. attorney overriding career prosecutors who found no probable cause
Category
Political Prosecution of Government Official
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump signs National Security Presidential Memorandum designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and ordering a broad crackdown on 'organized political violence'
Category
Political Movement Suppression
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration pushes DOJ to investigate George Soros after Comey indictment, expanding the list of political enemies targeted for prosecution
Category
Politically Motivated Prosecutorial Targeting
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
White House directs federal agencies to prepare mass Reduction-in-Force (RIF) firing plans to be triggered by a government shutdown, using shutdown as leverage
Category
Mass Layoff Preparation via Government Shutdown
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Supreme Court allows Trump to freeze $4.9 billion in congressionally appropriated foreign aid
Category
Congressional Appropriations Blockade
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump expands tariffs using national security authorities specifically to evade judicial review from existing lawsuits
Category
Tariff Expansion via National Security Pretext
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump signs executive memo directing enforcement of death penalty in the District of Columbia
Category
Unilateral Death Penalty Enforcement
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump uses government shutdown to pursue Project 2025 agenda of dismantling federal agencies
Category
Agency Dismantling via Government Shutdown
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump threatens mass firings of federal workers during government shutdown
Category
Mass Dismissal During Government Shutdown
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump tells military to 'handle' the 'enemy from within' and proposes using US cities as military 'training grounds'
Category
Domestic Military Deployment Against Civilians
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
National Guard deployments to Portland and Chicago without state consent or active crisis
Category
Unauthorized Military Deployment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump cuts funding to 16 blue states as political punishment
Category
Politically Motivated Federal Funding Restriction
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump declares 'armed conflict' against drug cartels, classifying suspects as 'unlawful combatants'
Category
Unilateral Military Authorization Against Non-State Actors
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump seeks prosecution of political enemies through DOJ
Category
Politically Motivated Prosecutions
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Russ Vought wields federal budget as weapon for ideological restructuring
Category
Budget Weaponization for Political Purges
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump openly considers invoking the Insurrection Act to bypass court orders blocking National Guard deployments to Democratic cities
Category
Executive Power Overreach via Insurrection Act
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Administration deploys National Guard troops to Democratic cities (Chicago, Portland) over objections of governors and mayors, with courts finding deployments unconstitutional
Category
Unauthorized Military Deployment in Civilian Jurisdictions
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Administration attempts to deploy California National Guard to Oregon in 'direct contravention' of existing court order
Category
Unauthorized Military Deployment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump uses government shutdown as pretext to conduct mass layoffs of 4,200+ federal workers, which legal experts and unions say is illegal
Category
Mass Politically Motivated Layoffs During Government Shutdown
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump says Illinois governor and Chicago mayor should be 'in jail' for resisting his National Guard deployment
Category
Intimidation of State Executives
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Stephen Miller calls federal judge's ruling blocking Portland troop deployment 'legal insurrection,' signaling intent to defy judiciary
Category
Judicial Defiance and Executive Overreach
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump attempts to fire FLRA member Grundmann in violation of governing statute's for-cause removal protections, asserting unconstitutional unitary executive theory
Category
Independent Agency Board Member Removal
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Administration exploits government shutdown to selectively furlough workers while keeping ICE enforcement fully operational, weaponizing the shutdown for policy goals
Category
Selective Furlough and Targeted Agency Disruption
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump addresses active duty military leaders at Quantico in what analysts describe as outlining a 'domestic war'
Category
Military Political Interference
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow National Guard deployment in Illinois/Chicago without state consent
Category
Unilateral Military Deployment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Vice President Vance confirms White House seriously considering invoking the Insurrection Act
Category
Executive Power Expansion - Potential Military Deployment Domestically
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration flouted court order on FEMA grant funding
Category
Judicial Order Defiance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Mass layoffs of federal workers during government shutdown deemed likely illegal
Category
Mass Politically-Motivated Terminations
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump authorized CIA covert operations in Venezuela
Category
Covert CIA Intervention
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
PARTIALLY_JUSTIFIED
Continued military strikes in the Caribbean killing foreign nationals without Congressional authorization
Category
Unauthorized Military Intervention
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
ICE transformed into an unaccountable national police force
Category
ICE Enforcement Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump prioritizes paying ICE and border agents during shutdown while other federal workers go unpaid
Category
Selective Federal Workforce Funding
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Administration narrows court order to continue mass layoffs
Category
Mass Political Purge via Schedule F
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Social media surveillance of immigrants and visa holders expanded
Category
Immigrant Social Media Monitoring
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump deploys National Guard to Democratic-led cities over objections of state and local officials
Category
Unauthorized Military Deployment in Civilian Zones
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump refuses to seek congressional authorization for military strikes against cartels
Category
Unilateral Military Action Without Congressional Approval
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump demands $230 million from his own Justice Department as personal compensation
Category
Personal Financial Extraction from Government
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump reprograms federal funds during shutdown to selectively pay troops and law enforcement
Category
Selective Government Funding During Shutdown
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump suggests U.S. courts should be more like China's
Category
Judicial System Ideological Interference
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Bannon reveals 'there is a plan' for Trump to run for a third term
Category
Constitutional Term Limit Challenge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump places election deniers in government positions and dismantles election security systems
Category
Election Integrity Undermining
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Wide-ranging group of federal officials pursues Trump's 'Deep State' retribution campaign
Category
Politically Motivated Personnel Purge
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump fires prosecutors who opposed politically motivated charges
Category
Prosecutor Politically Motivated Dismissal
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump uses government shutdown to conduct mass firings and restructure the federal government
Category
Mass Politically-Motivated Dismissals
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump demolishes White House East Wing without legally required approvals
Category
Historical Preservation Violation
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump repeatedly refuses to rule out a third term, testing constitutional norms around presidential term limits
Category
Presidential Term Limit Challenge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump claims authority to deploy military domestically without court interference, threatens to send 'more than the National Guard' into U.S. cities
Category
Domestic Military Deployment Overreach
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump uses government shutdown to seize control of federal spending from Congress, attempt mass layoffs of federal workers, and reshape agencies
Category
Mass Agency Restructuring via Government Shutdown
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump calls on Senate to eliminate the filibuster to bypass Democratic opposition and end the shutdown unilaterally
Category
Procedural Power Grab
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump seeks to fire officials in legislative branch agencies (Copyright Office head, Library of Congress official), asserting executive control over independent offices
Category
Independent Agency Leadership Removal
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump attempted to suspend SNAP benefits for ~42 million Americans during government shutdown, defying court orders to continue funding
Category
SNAP Benefits Suspension
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
National Guard deployment in D.C. extended into 2026; troops used for trash collection and patrolling in an unprecedented domestic military presence
Category
Domestic Military Deployment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
States ordered to create rapid-response National Guard units specifically for 'civil disturbance' missions
Category
Militarized Domestic Suppression
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Military officials required to sign NDAs related to Latin America operations, shrouding military buildup in secrecy
Category
Military Information Suppression
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump has amassed unprecedented executive power, described as 'the powers of a king'
Category
Executive Power Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration defied federal court orders to fully fund SNAP benefits, denying 42 million people access to food assistance during the government shutdown
Category
Food Assistance Denial
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump threatened to abolish the Senate filibuster to bypass Democratic opposition and consolidate legislative power, undermining a key check on majority rule
Category
Legislative Procedure Manipulation
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump threatening to run for a third term in violation of the 22nd Amendment, testing constitutional limits on presidential power
Category
Presidential Term Limits Violation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump refused to negotiate to end the longest government shutdown in history (40+ days), using it as leverage while millions of federal workers went unpaid and services were disrupted
Category
Government Shutdown Tactics
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Unlawful federalization and deployment of National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, which a Trump-appointed judge permanently blocked as exceeding presidential authority
Category
Domestic Military Intervention
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
National Guard deployment in Washington D.C. extended through February 2026, normalizing military presence in the capital
Category
Military Occupation of Civilian Space
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration actively planning to subvert the 2026 midterm elections, with an assault on voting rights including attempts to end mail-in balloting and require election night vote counting
Category
Vote Suppression and Election Manipulation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump unilaterally imposed the highest tariffs since the Great Depression using emergency powers, bypassing Congress's constitutional taxing authority; Supreme Court justices expressed sharp skepticism
Category
Trade Tariff Executive Overreach
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump threatened military intervention and potential airstrikes against Nigeria, a sovereign nation, based on a Fox News segment he watched, with military drawing up plans
Category
Unilateral Military Intervention
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Covert military operations ('Title 50 shadow war') being conducted south of the border against drug cartels without public accountability
Category
Unauthorized Military Intervention
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
DOJ argues Trump has 'unreviewable power' to send troops to U.S. cities
Category
Executive Power Expansion - Troop Deployment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Sweeping pardons for allies who tried to overturn the 2020 election
Category
Politically Motivated Mass Pardons
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Second pardons issued to Jan. 6 defendants for separate crimes
Category
Selective Presidential Pardons for Politically Aligned Defendants
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration appeals injunction restricting use of force in immigration raids
Category
Immigration Enforcement Expansion
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Military escalation without clear congressional authorization
Category
Unilateral Military Deployment
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Russell Vought's strategy to seize congressional power of the purse
Category
Budget Power Usurpation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump's sweeping pardon language raises alarms for future elections
Category
Preemptive Mass Pardons for Political Allies
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Administration moves to dismantle Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Category
Regulatory Agency Dismantling
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
DOJ caught lying to a federal judge — again
Category
DOJ Accountability Breach
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump accused Democratic lawmakers (veterans and intelligence community members) of 'seditious behavior, punishable by DEATH' for urging military to refuse illegal orders — a direct threat of execution against political opponents for exercising free speech
Category
Political Intimidation and Death Threats
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Continued deployment of National Guard troops to American cities (DC, Chicago, Portland, Oregon) over objections of local leaders, found unlawful by federal judge
Category
Unauthorized Domestic Military Deployment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump teased firing Treasury Secretary Bessent if the Federal Reserve doesn't cut interest rates, attempting to use political leverage over monetary policy
Category
Federal Reserve Independence Interference
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration preparing to classify civil service protections as 'unconstitutional overcorrections' via Schedule F regulations, claiming Article II authority to fire tens of thousands of career federal employees
Category
Schedule F Mass Bureaucratic Purge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump is attempting to expand pardon power to cover state offenses, pushing beyond constitutional boundaries
Category
Presidential Pardon Power Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump signals willingness to expand military strikes to Colombia and Mexico in addition to Venezuela, without congressional authorization
Category
Unauthorized Military Intervention
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr amplified Trump's call for NBC to fire Seth Meyers, launched investigations into BBC, PBS, and NPR — using regulatory power to punish critical media
Category
Regulatory Intimidation of Media Critics
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
After a judge ruled that prosecutor Lindsey Halligan was unconstitutionally appointed, the Trump administration signaled it would not comply with the court's ruling, directly defying judicial authority.
Category
Judicial Authority Defiance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
The Pentagon opened an investigation into sitting U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (a retired Navy captain) for urging troops to refuse illegal orders, with Trump having accused Democrats of 'seditious behavior, punishable by death' — using the military justice system to intimidate a political opponent.
Category
Military Intimidation of Political Dissent
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
The FBI expanded its investigation beyond Kelly to other Democratic lawmakers who made similar statements about refusing illegal orders, weaponizing federal law enforcement against political opposition.
Category
Political Targeting of Opposition Lawmakers
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Reuters documented at least 470 acts of retribution under Trump's leadership — targeting federal employees, prosecutors, universities, and media outlets in a sweeping effort to punish dissent and reshape government.
Category
Mass Politically Motivated Personnel Removals
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump publicly pressured the Supreme Court via social media to rule in his favor on tariffs, attempting to intimidate an independent branch of government.
Category
Judicial Intimidation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump blocked the release of three economic data reports, suppressing government transparency and hiding unfavorable economic information from the public.
Category
Data Suppression
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump moved to dismantle civil service protections that have existed since 1883, attempting to make federal employees subject to political loyalty rather than merit-based protections.
Category
Schedule F Executive Order Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
The White House launched an official government website to target and label specific media outlets and journalists, categorizing coverage as 'Bias,' 'Lie,' and 'Left-wing Lunacy' — using official government infrastructure for propaganda against the press.
Category
Media Targeting and Government Propaganda
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
The administration used a shooting incident to announce sweeping immigration restrictions including halting all asylum decisions and pausing visa issuance for Afghan passport holders — exploiting a crisis to expand executive power.
Category
Asylum Suspension and Visa Restrictions
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump's violent rhetoric endangers democracy: Trump accused six Democratic members of Congress of 'seditious behavior punishable by death,' using the power of the presidency to threaten political opponents with execution.
Category
Political Intimidation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump Blasts Henry Cuellar, Democrat Lawmaker, for Not Switching Parties After Pardon: Trump publicly attacked a congressman he pardoned for not switching to the Republican Party, treating presidential pardons as transactional tools to demand party loyalty.
Category
Pardon Manipulation
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Executive (Dis)Order: Trump's Unprecedented Use of Executive Orders and How States Are Fighting Back - States United Democracy Center: Twenty-two states are fighting back against Trump's executive orders, including one that attempts to unilaterally redefine the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause, which has been blocked by multiple federal courts.
Category
Citizenship Clause Reinterpretation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Can President Trump Do That? | Campaign Legal Center: Trump's second term characterized by 'relentlessly testing (and often overriding) the legal and constitutional limits of presidential authority.'
Category
Constitutional Boundary Testing
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump Hosts Kennedy Center Honors After Seizing Control of Venue: Trump installed himself as chairman of the Kennedy Center and personally controlled the event, representing a cultural takeover of an independent institution.
Category
Institutional Capture
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump Plasters His Own Name on U.S. Institute of Peace Headquarters: Trump placed his personal name on a federal government building that does not belong to him, treating public property as personal branding.
Category
Misappropriation of Public Property
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump national security strategy calls for 'cultivating resistance' in Europe and changing US' role in Western Hemisphere: The National Security Strategy elevates a 'Trump Corollary' resembling the Monroe Doctrine, asserting unilateral U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere, which Russia welcomed as aligning with their vision.
Category
Hemispheric Dominance Policy
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
PARTIALLY_JUSTIFIED
US lawmakers to force vote on war powers if Trump attacks Venezuela: Trump's aggression toward Venezuela has become so pronounced that lawmakers are preparing war powers resolutions to prevent unilateral military strikes without Congressional authorization.
Category
Military Intervention Constraint
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
December 1, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson: Trump threatened to strip citizenship from naturalized immigrants in a midnight social media rant, raising concerns about mental acuity and authoritarian impulses.
Category
Citizenship Revocation Threat
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes: Military strikes on alleged drug boats, including a 'double-tap' strike that killed survivors, represent extrajudicial use of military force with questionable legality, fitting a larger pattern of changing America through unilateral executive action.
Category
Extrajudicial Military Action
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Supreme Court poised to overturn 90-year-old Humphrey's Executor precedent, granting Trump power to fire independent agency heads at will, effectively ending agency independence from presidential control
Category
Independent Agency Independence Erosion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration using DOJ to pursue politically motivated prosecutions against perceived enemies including former FBI Director James Comey and NY AG Letitia James, despite grand juries repeatedly refusing to indict
Category
Politically Motivated Prosecutorial Harassment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump's executive order on AI attempts to preempt all state AI regulation, centralizing regulatory authority in the federal executive branch and undermining federalism
Category
AI Regulatory Centralization
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump deploying federalized National Guard troops to American cities over objections of state governors, with federal judges repeatedly ordering deployments to end
Category
Unauthorized Military Deployment Against State Authority
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration pressuring states to gerrymander congressional maps mid-decade to rig the 2026 midterm elections in Republicans' favor
Category
Mid-Decade Partisan Gerrymandering
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
TSA sharing domestic air passenger data with ICE for deportation targeting, turning airport security into an immigration surveillance tool
Category
Airport Surveillance & Deportation Targeting
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration threatens new sanctions against the International Criminal Court unless it pledges never to prosecute Trump or his officials
Category
International Court Interference
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
DOJ functioning as instrument of presidential retribution rather than independent law enforcement, with Trump commanding the department to pursue personal enemies
Category
DOJ Political Weaponization
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump's FBI purge: firing dozens of agents perceived as disloyal, reshaping federal law enforcement into a politically loyal force
Category
Political Loyalty Purge of FBI Leadership
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Administration racing to finalize tariff payments to hamstring potential Supreme Court ruling against IEEPA tariffs, attempting to make presidential overreach irreversible
Category
Preemptive Tariff Entrenchment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump has signed more executive orders in 2025 than in his entire first term: One-third of Trump's executive orders have been explicitly challenged in court. Experts say the volume reflects ambition to 'remake the federal government entirely,' bypassing legislative processes.
Category
Executive Order Overreach
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Lawyer tells Trump the Constitution is unclear on third term, WSJ reports | Reuters: Trump discussed a draft book by Alan Dershowitz examining whether he could constitutionally serve a third term, signaling interest in circumventing the 22nd Amendment's term limits.
Category
Constitutional Term Limits Challenge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
December 20, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson: Trump administration officials deliberately flout the 1974 Impoundment Act prohibiting presidents from unilaterally deciding not to spend congressionally appropriated funds, treating Congress with contempt.
Category
Congressional Budget Authority Violation
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Nicolais: Trump seeks to undermine democracy by suing Colorado for voter data: Administration sued 22 states and jurisdictions to force turnover of voter data, described as a clear Constitutional violation.
Category
Voter Data Intimidation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
How the Roberts Court Indulges Trump's Constitutional Workarounds | Washington Monthly: Analysis documents how the Roberts Court has been 'an accomplice in the president's blatant attempts to bypass the Constitution's limits on his power.'
Category
Judicial Complicity
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
DESIGNATING FENTANYL AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION – The White House: Executive order designates fentanyl as a WMD, potentially unlocking extraordinary executive powers under national security frameworks for domestic enforcement.
Category
Executive Power Expansion
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
PARTIALLY_JUSTIFIED
The year Trump broke the federal government: DOGE and the White House carried out a 'once-unthinkable transformation' of the federal bureaucracy, with 317,000 workers forced out by year's end.
Category
Mass Political Purge
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump admin fights in court to keep White House East Wing demolition, $300M ballroom build on track: Trump is demolishing and rebuilding parts of the White House without legally required reviews, with costs ballooning from $200M to $400M. The project represents an unprecedented personal appropriation of public property.
Category
Presidential Property Misuse
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
U.S. Military Willing to Attack 'Designated Terrorist Organizations' Within America, General Says: A U.S. general stated willingness to execute military operations against designated groups on American soil, a chilling expansion of domestic military authority.
Category
Domestic Military Intervention
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Federal appeals court rules in favor of Trump administration on DC National Guard deployment: National Guard troops remain deployed on Washington DC streets through February, normalizing military presence in the capital.
Category
Domestic Military Deployment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States – The White House: Travel ban expanded to over 35 countries including Syria, South Sudan, and Palestinian Authority document holders, representing a massive unilateral restriction on movement.
Category
Travel Ban Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump orders 'blockade' of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela | Reuters: Trump ordered a naval blockade of Venezuela and seized oil tankers, with top aides refusing to rule out war — all without congressional authorization.
Category
Unilateral Military Action
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump attempted to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago/Illinois over the objection of state officials to support ICE immigration enforcement. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the administration lacked authority, finding no legal basis for using military to execute laws in Illinois without state consent. This represents an attempted use of military force for domestic law enforcement against a state's wishes.
Category
Unauthorized Military Intervention in State Immigration Enforcement
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
The Supreme Court's decision noted that Trump might have authority under the Insurrection Act, effectively suggesting a more extreme legal pathway for domestic military deployment. The White House refused to rule out invoking the Insurrection Act.
Category
Potential Domestic Military Deployment
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
The Justice Department released an extraordinary statement unequivocally defending President Trump against claims in Epstein documents, departing from DOJ norms of independence from presidential interests and acting as Trump's personal legal defender.
Category
DOJ Partisan Intervention in Legal Matters
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
ICE is deporting immigrants so quickly that their attorneys cannot intervene, effectively circumventing due process and the right to contest detention in court. Some were removed in less than 24 hours.
Category
Expedited Deportation without Due Process
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump ordered the military to focus on a naval quarantine of Venezuelan oil, a militarized confrontation with a sovereign nation driven by overlapping agendas of aides, representing unilateral executive military action without congressional authorization.
Category
Unilateral Military Intervention
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump ordered military strikes in Nigeria, a sovereign nation, ostensibly to protect Christians from ISIS, without clear congressional authorization. The strikes occurred in areas different from where attacks on Christians had taken place.
Category
Unilateral Military Intervention
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump threatened to revoke broadcast licenses of networks that provide negative coverage, a direct use of government power to punish critical press.
Category
Broadcast License Intimidation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump's policies have systematically blurred lines between business and government, picking winners and losers based on political loyalty rather than market forces.
Category
Crony Capitalism and Selective Economic Intervention
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
The Interior Department halted five offshore wind projects citing national security risks but providing no details, imperiling billions in investments and appearing to be ideologically driven.
Category
Renewable Energy Project Obstruction
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump launched a large-scale military operation against Venezuela to capture President Maduro without congressional authorization
Category
Unauthorized Military Intervention
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump declared the U.S. would 'run' Venezuela after capturing its president
Category
Unilateral Military Intervention Threat
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration attempted to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Category
Financial Regulatory Agency Defunding
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump preparing to ignore Supreme Court if it rules against his tariff authority
Category
Executive Defiance of Judicial Review
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump attacked Supreme Court justices on social media after unfavorable ruling, threatened non-compliance
Category
Judicial Intimidation and Executive Non-Compliance
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump federalized state National Guard units for domestic law enforcement in Democratic cities
Category
Unauthorized Military Deployment for Domestic Policing
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Executive order attempting to eliminate birthright citizenship guaranteed by the 14th Amendment
Category
Birthright Citizenship Revocation Attempt
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
DOJ apparently retaliated against Abrego Garcia for winning his court case
Category
Judicial Retaliation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Powell
Category
Federal Reserve Independence Threat
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
White House publishes official website rewriting the history of January 6, recasting violent rioters as 'peaceful protesters' and 'innocent Americans' while blaming Capitol Police and Democrats
Category
Historical Disinformation Campaign
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump threatened and berated the five Republican senators who voted for the Venezuela War Powers Resolution, calling for them to 'never be elected to office again' and making profanity-laced calls to intimidate them
Category
Congressional Intimidation
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
2,000 federal agents deployed to Minneapolis in 'largest immigration operation ever' following ICE shooting of American citizen Renee Good, representing massive escalation and militarization of domestic enforcement
Category
Mass Domestic Enforcement Operation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Executive order attempting to withhold federal election funding from states that refuse to change their voting procedures to match Trump's demands, including efforts to ban vote-by-mail
Category
Federal Election Funding Coercion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration froze $10 billion in child-care and social services funds to five Democratic-led states as apparent political retaliation
Category
Federal Funding Manipulation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Project 2026: Comprehensive plan to rig midterm elections through nationalizing voter suppression, deploying federal agents, weaponizing DOJ for voter fraud investigations, and targeting Democratic election officials
Category
Systematic Voter Suppression and Electoral Interference
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration restricted congressional access to ICE facilities, requiring 7 days advance notice and personal approval from DHS Secretary Noem, and denied entry to Democratic representatives
Category
Congressional Oversight Restriction of Detention Facilities
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
DOJ served Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas threatening criminal indictment of Fed Chair Jerome Powell
Category
Judicial Intimidation of Independent Agency Leadership
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump ordered special forces to draw up invasion plans for Greenland, with White House confirming military force is 'always an option'
Category
Territorial Expansion Threat
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
White House appeared to disclose sensitive jobs data ahead of official publication, violating protocols around economic data releases
Category
Economic Data Manipulation
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump withdrew the United States from the UNFCCC climate treaty and 66 international organizations
Category
International Treaty Withdrawal
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military troops to Minneapolis to suppress anti-ICE protests
Category
Military Suppression of Civilian Protests
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump says 2026 midterm elections should be canceled because he expects his party to lose
Category
Election Cancellation Proposal
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
DOJ opens criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over building renovations, widely seen as intimidation to force rate cuts
Category
Politically Motivated Criminal Investigation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
DOJ investigating Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for criticizing ICE operations - targeting political opponents with investigations
Category
Political Intimidation via DOJ Investigations
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump administration claims 'absolute immunity' for ICE agents, defending use of deadly force against civilians
Category
Law Enforcement Immunity Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Justice Department memo asserted Trump could send troops into Venezuela unilaterally without Congressional authorization
Category
Unilateral Military Intervention Authorization
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump publicly stated he regrets not seizing voting machines after 2020 election
Category
Election Interference Admission
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Using tariffs as coercive weapon against NATO allies to force acquisition of Greenland, a sovereign territory
Category
Coercive Trade Diplomacy
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump has systematically circumvented the legislative branch through mass firings, unilateral tariffs, and bypassing congressional authority in his second term.
Category
Executive Branch Overreach
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump has presided over a sweeping expansion of executive power while eroding democratic norms in his first year back in office.
Category
Executive Power Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump is pushing the limits of executive power and straining checks and balances, creating one of the most consequential stress tests for the judicial system.
Category
Executive Power Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
The Pentagon prepared Arctic specialist troops for potential deployment to Minneapolis in response to immigration protests, raising the specter of the Insurrection Act being invoked against domestic protesters.
Category
Military Intervention in Domestic Protest
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Army military police units were placed on prepare-to-deploy orders in the event Trump invokes the Insurrection Act against Minneapolis protesters.
Category
Domestic Military Deployment Against Civilians
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
An internal ICE memo authorizing agents to enter homes without judicial warrants represents a fundamental erosion of Fourth Amendment protections.
Category
Warrantless Home Searches
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
The administration opposed body camera expansion for ICE officers and sharply cut oversight staffing while surging agents into cities, deliberately reducing accountability.
Category
Accountability Reduction for Immigration Enforcement
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
The Department of Justice has become the president's personal law firm, weaponized against political opponents.
Category
DOJ Politicization
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
The DOJ is investigating an expanding list of Trump critics, including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, suggesting politically motivated prosecution.
Category
Political Persecution through DOJ Investigations
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Federal prosecutors served grand jury subpoenas to six Democratic officials in Minnesota, weaponizing federal law enforcement against political opponents who resist immigration crackdowns.
Category
Politically Motivated Prosecution
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
The president publicly attacked Supreme Court justices for their questioning during oral arguments, attempting to intimidate the judiciary.
Category
Judicial Intimidation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump has issued 230 executive orders to unilaterally reshape American policy, governing by decree rather than through the legislative process.
Category
Executive Order Overreach
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump claimed to have fired 'hundreds of thousands of federal employees' to shift the economy, representing a massive unilateral restructuring of the civil service.
Category
Mass Politically Motivated Dismissals
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump presided over the destruction of America's civil service, purging roughly 300,000 workers in his first year back in office.
Category
Mass Political Purge of Civil Service
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump pushed ahead with a $400 million White House ballroom construction despite legal challenges and after stacking the Fine Arts advisory panel with allies.
Category
Executive Branch Patronage & Resource Misuse
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump is trying to eliminate the blue slip tradition that gives home-state senators power to block judicial nominees, seeking to consolidate control over judicial appointments.
Category
Judicial Nomination Process Manipulation
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
PARTIALLY_JUSTIFIED
Five Constitutional Amendments Trump Is Ignoring in Minnesota | Constitutional Accountability Center: The Trump administration deployed thousands of ICE and CBP officers in Minneapolis/St. Paul in an operation of 'increasing cruelty and violence,' with agents dragging citizens and violating multiple constitutional amendments in the process.
Category
Unlawful Detention and Enforcement
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants - The New York Times: ICE expanded the authority of lower-level agents to arrest people without warrants amid the Minnesota crackdown, a significant expansion of unchecked federal police power.
Category
Warrantless Arrests
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Minnesota Judge Says ICE Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders - The New York Times: ICE violated more than 100 court orders in Minnesota in January alone, representing systematic defiance of judicial authority by a federal law enforcement agency.
Category
Judicial Order Defiance
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Appeals court indefinitely halts judge's limits on ICE tactics in Minnesota: The 8th Circuit indefinitely blocked a lower court's order preventing ICE from arresting, detaining, or pepper-spraying peaceful protesters, removing judicial constraints on federal agents.
Category
Protest Suppression
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration detains more children in immigration dragnet - The Washington Post: Family detentions spiked as the administration increasingly detained children, the most vulnerable population, in its immigration enforcement operations.
Category
Child Detention Expansion
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump's troop deployment in US cities cost almost $500m in 2025 | Al Jazeera: The administration deployed federal troops to at least 10 U.S. cities at a cost of nearly $500 million, with ongoing costs of $93 million per month — a domestic military operation unprecedented in modern American history.
Category
Domestic Military Deployment
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration orders arrest of ex-CNN anchor covering Minneapolis protests: The DOJ arrested journalist Don Lemon on federal charges related to covering anti-ICE protests, representing a direct use of federal law enforcement power against a journalist critical of the administration.
Category
Journalist Arrest
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
FBI raid in Georgia highlights Trump's preoccupation with the 2020 election | PBS News: The FBI served a search warrant at Fulton County election headquarters seeking 2020 election ballots, using federal law enforcement to pursue Trump's debunked fraud claims six years after the election.
Category
Election Interference Investigation
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump administration defends killing American in Minneapolis, contradicts videos | Reuters: Federal authorities refused to allow local officials to participate in the investigation of the killing of American citizen Alex Pretti by federal agents, blocking local oversight of a federal killing on their soil.
Category
Federal Investigation Obstruction
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
5 concerning things Trump has said about the 2026 elections - Roll Call: Trump made a pattern of concerning comments about the 2026 midterm elections that, taken together, raise alarm about his willingness to accept democratic outcomes.
Category
Election Integrity Undermining
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump regrets not calling up troops after the 2020 election. What stops him in 2026? - Salon.com: Trump expressed regret about not deploying military troops after the 2020 election, raising concerns about whether he would attempt such action around the 2026 midterms.
Category
Potential Military Intervention in Domestic Politics
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Equal Time, Unequal Enforcement: The Latest Move to Weaponize the FCC Against Trump Critics - Public Knowledge: FCC Chair Brendan Carr appears to be seeking new ways to weaponize FCC authority against Trump critics as the 2026 election approaches.
Category
Regulatory Media Suppression
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
INDEFENSIBLE
Trump repeatedly called for federal takeover of state-run elections, a direct assault on the constitutional framework that has governed American elections for nearly 250 years. This represents an attempt to centralize control over the democratic process itself.
Category
Federal Election Centralization Attempt
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump insisted the federal government should wrest control of elections from states, despite bipartisan opposition from state election officials and constitutional scholars calling this blatantly unconstitutional.
Category
Federal Election Control Attempt
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
The administration finalized the Schedule Policy/Career rule stripping civil service protections from up to 50,000 career federal employees, enabling the president to fire nonpolitical public servants for not implementing his agenda—a direct implementation of Project 2025's vision to politicize the civil service.
Category
Schedule F Mass Civil Service Reclassification
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
The rule gives Trump 'essentially unlimited discretion' to choose how many government employees lose job security, threatening the nonpartisan professional nature of the federal workforce that has existed since the 1880s Pendleton Act.
Category
Schedule F Mass Reclassification
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Trump's incursion into state election proceedings was on stark display at a meeting of secretaries of state, with state officials warning the federal government has become hostile to them and their work.
Category
State Election Interference
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
The administration targeted college student voting programs, suppressing a fast-growing Democratic-leaning voting bloc through executive action.
Category
Student Voter Suppression
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
The Director of National Intelligence was personally present at an FBI raid of a Georgia elections facility, representing an extraordinary intersection of intelligence apparatus and election infrastructure.
Category
Federal Intelligence Interference in Election Infrastructure
Legal Status
ILLEGAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
Election administrators and legal experts warned that recent Trump administration actions suggest a broader effort to interfere in the midterm elections.
Category
Election Interference Preparation
Legal Status
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED
The Justice Department hired 33 immigration judges, 27 temporary, most with military backgrounds, dubbing them 'deportation judges'—stacking the immigration court system with ideologically aligned appointees.
Category
Ideological Judicial Appointments
Legal Status
QUESTIONABLE
Counter-Arg Verdict
UNJUSTIFIED