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Police Stops, ICE Encounters, and Selective Enforcement in Vermont
Vermont treats routine police stops as lawful authority requiring compliance, yet frames similar immigration enforcement as coercive and illegitimate. The mechanics are the same: show…
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“Unconstitutional” Without a Ruling, and Public Safety Without a Number
Despite public claims that recent federal immigration enforcement is “unconstitutional,” no court has issued a final ruling to that effect. What exists instead are unresolved…
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Death by Categorical Error
People are dying not because the law is unclear, but because they were told it no longer applies. When moral outrage is mistaken for legal…
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The First Amendment Doesn’t Let You Storm a Church
Don Lemon told his livestream audience that protesters had a First Amendment right to enter a St. Paul church and disrupt services. They didn’t. The…
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What Authority Do ICE Agents Actually Have? A Fact-Based Primer on the Law
Contrary to popular belief, ICE agents are not categorically barred from interacting with U.S. citizens. While citizens cannot be subjected to civil immigration enforcement, federal…
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How the Choking Out of Christmas Changed American Culture
For much of the 20th century, Christmas in the United States functioned as a shared cultural event rather than a narrowly religious observance. As institutions…
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Phil Scott Calls Trump’s Guard Move Unconstitutional — History Suggests Otherwise
President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago and Portland drew criticism from Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, who called it unconstitutional. But legal…
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When the Facts Get Lost in the Feed: What a Viral Video on Chicago Raids Missed
A viral Instagram rant claimed mainstream media ignored DHS raids in Chicago and that Secretary Kristi Noem secretly funded armed guards for ICE agents. In…
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The Debt Spiral: America’s Coming Reckoning
America’s federal debt has blown past $37 trillion, over 133% of GDP, with interest costs soon to outpace defense and discretionary spending. The spiral is…
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Government Shutdowns: A Cautionary Tale
The first shutdown in 1976 under President Ford came from his veto of a spending bill, citing inflation and fiscal restraint. Later shutdowns shifted into…
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