Andrew C. McCarthy

If there were a criminal offense that fit, Gabbard and Trump would cite it, rather than chanting ‘treason.

Prepare for more ousters of interim appointees.

There’s probably no prosecutable federal case, since the statute of limitations has expired.

It is baffling that Trump officials could think it helpful to the president to revisit this ancient history.

The president is in this mess because he has turned his Justice Department into a component of his political operation.

It’s well established that the Trump-Russia hoax was concocted to harm Trump, but Ratcliffe’s move is a prosecutorial dead end.

That’s not a license for Trump to violate the law. It’s a call to judicial restraint unless and until he does.

The president’s AEA invocation is surely headed to the Supreme Court yet again.

The deal with Bukele comes with significant strings attached, it turns out.

The illegal aliens should bear the burden of a problem of their own making.

High-minded international commitments are easy to make; enforcement is a different story.

It appears that the administration should be able to deport Jordin Melgar-Salmeron, but it’s shooting itself in the foot.

The facility is a major complication.

Regardless of whether he orders a strike, we can be confident there will be no new congressional vote on the use of military force.

The narrow mission would be to destroy Iran’s nuclear program and leave the rest of the fighting in Israel’s very capable hands.

His weekend posts about Iran and Israel avoid reality.

The Federal Circuit should have suspended the tariffs while the litigation goes forward.

And even if he is convicted, the Trump administration’s core problem remains: He cannot lawfully be deported to El Salvador unless a 2019 order is reversed.

The explicit purpose of the rioting and mayhem is to thwart the enforcement of federal immigration laws.

The president may not be insulated from any judicial review of his motivations.

The Humphrey’s decision is not dead yet.

There was no plan.

Trump must honor due process in his deportation push, but judges don’t get to make up their own requirements either.

The conflicts of interest can’t be ignored.

What does this have to do with the Constitution? A lot, I’m afraid.

Championing illegal alien criminals by storming an ICE facility in New Jersey is not the way to win hearts and minds.

A new political storm is brewing.

By its unnecessary detention-and-transfer practice, which will likely result in more rulings against it, the Trump administration is not helping its cause.

Videos show that ‘protesters’ have used violence in their open support of an enemy — Hamas.

The president doubles down.