Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed the DOJ is organizing a conspiracy investigation against an expansive list of Trump’s enemies, including Obama-Biden era officials who scrutinized his 2016 campaign’s alleged ties to Russia.
DOJ organizing vast conspiracy investigation against Trump enemies
Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed the DOJ is organizing a conspiracy investigation against an expansive list of President Donald Trump’s enemies, including Obama-Biden era officials who scrutinized his 2016 campaign’s alleged ties to Russia.
Lawyers for imprisoned election denier Tina Peters asked the Colorado Appeals Court to release her, citing Trump's largely ceremonial and legally meaningless “pardon.” Her attorney stated that if the court denies her release, they may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
We will not sit by and let America fall into authoritarianism. The ACLU has filed over 100 lawsuits and blocked some of the Trump administration’s worst policies and actions.
Mid-decade redistricting was an unexpected, yet defining topic of 2025. With seemingly nonstop updates, it's understandable if you may have missed a key moment or two.
Speaking of 2026 – here’s the top SCOTUS cases we’ll be watching
There’s still time to make your New Year’s resolution. Ours will be tracking all the key Supreme Court cases on the docket next year. Our recommendation for the court’s justices? Exercising some humility about the cases that could make or break democracy.
Since day one of the Trump administration, the ACLU has filed over 100 lawsuits to protect our most fundamental civil rights from attacks. And in more than 70% of our cases, we have successfully defeated, diluted, or delayed some of the Trump administration’s worst policies and actions – but our work is far from over.
The silent threat to democracy, and how we stop it
Sen. Cory Booker and Marc discussed the real and growing threats to American democracy. Booker explained why economic insecurity, extreme inequality, and normalized corruption are not just policy failures but existential dangers to democratic stability. He warned that rising costs, collapsing trust in institutions, authoritarian abuses of power, and the politics of cruelty are driving cynicism and disengagement—and creating fertile ground for democratic backsliding.
Rather than focusing only on stopping Trump, Booker argued that democracy can only be saved by restoring trust, redeeming the American promise, and offering a bold, forward-looking moral vision that gives people something worth fighting for, not just something to fight against.
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