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Professor Alan Dershowitz (right) listens to US President Donald Trump speak during a Hanukkah Reception in the East Room of the White House, December 11, 2019. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images North America/AFP)
December 18, 2025, 5:39 am
Dershowitz says he told Trump US Constitution not clear on whether he could serve 3rd term
US president has toyed with idea of seeking 4 more years in office, but lawyer predicts he won’t, after GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson said Dershowitz told her it would be legal for Trump to run
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This photo illustration, taken on April 24, 2025, in Washington, DC, shows an image of US President Donald Trump alongside a smartphone displaying a red 'Trump 2028' cap on the Trump Store website (Oliver Contreras / AFP)
April 25, 2025, 6:30 pm
‘Trump 2028’ merchandise for sale on US president’s store
78-year-old will not rule out seeking 3rd term, even though it would require amending the US Constitution
By AFP
A reenactment of the American Revolution's Battle of Great Bridge takes place in Chesapeake, Virginia, December 8, 2024. (iStock photos/ Bill Chizek)
April 18, 2025, 5:11 pm
How Jewish patriots in the US Revolutionary War helped shape the First Amendment
In new book ‘A Promised Land,’ history professor Adam Jortner looks at the role of Jews – then just 0.1% of the population – in fighting for independence and forging America
By Rich Tenorio
US student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil on the Columbia University campus in New York at an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protest encampment on April 29, 2024. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)
April 12, 2025, 1:03 am
Immigration judge rules Columbia anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
Court rules in favor of Rubio, who said Khalil’s presence in US poses ‘potentially serious foreign policy consequences’; appeal expected and different court has temporarily barred his removal
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
July 15, 2024, 8:39 pm
Judge dismisses Trump classified documents case, rejects special counsel’s authority
Justice Department’s appointment of Jack Smith was illegal, judge says, citing Appointments Clause of US Constitution; decision comes on first day of Republican National Convention
By Agencies
Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, March 9, 2023. (Oded Balilty/AP)
July 10, 2023, 2:53 am
Why the deepening judicial crisis could be Israel’s constitutional moment
The country’s founders chose not to create a framework document. The effects of that decision are at the heart of the fight over judicial reform
By Lazar Berman
Light illuminates part of the Supreme Court building at dusk on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
February 21, 2023, 8:53 pm
US Supreme Court keeps Arkansas anti-BDS law in place, declining to intervene
Justices reject appeal on behalf of an Arkansas newspaper that objected to a state law that reduces fees paid to contractors who refuse to sign pledge not to boycott Israel
By AP and ToI Staff
Former US president Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, November 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
December 4, 2022, 11:55 pm
‘Out of control’: Trump’s call to scrap US Constitution slammed across party lines
Democrats, Republicans tear into former president after he doubles down on false election fraud claims, some GOP representatives question his 2024 run for office
By Agencies
Former US president Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
December 4, 2022, 5:56 pm
Trump calls for scrapping US Constitution, peddling false election fraud claims
Former president rails against big tech and Democratic party after emails released by US journalist show Twitter staff debating whether to allow posts on Hunter Biden laptop story
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative photo of signs calling for the boycott of Israel at an anti-Israel protest in San Francisco, April 2011. (CC BY-dignidadrebelde, Flickr)
June 23, 2022, 9:46 am
US appeals court rules that laws against Israel boycotts don’t violate Constitution
Ruling by St. Louis-based Eighth Circuit court is a major victory for pro-Israel activists who have pushed some 30 states to adopt anti-BDS laws
By Andrew Lapin
'The Fight for Free Speech' (NYU Press) by author and free speech legal expert Ian Rosenberg. (Portrait photo by Larry Bercow)
June 6, 2021, 4:56 pm
US free-speech lawyer: Government legislation a threat to First Amendment rights
In his new book ‘The Fight for Free Speech,’ author, professor, and ABC News legal counsel Ian Rosenberg cites 10 contemporary cases that highlight how fragile that freedom is
By Cathryn J. Prince
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi administers the oath of office to members of the 117th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, January 3, 2021. (Bill Clark/Pool Photo via AP, File)
January 11, 2021, 9:49 am
GOP lawmakers fighting Trump election loss are accused of violating oaths
Democrats charge that Republicans who sought to invalidate results broke their vows to uphold the US Constitution
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
Constitutional law expert Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman steps out of a hearing room during recess while testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on the constitutional grounds for the impeachment of US President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
January 16, 2020, 4:29 am
As impeachment moves ahead, prof who helped make case sees ‘archetype of abuse’
Harvard’s Noah Feldman, who explained ‘impeachability’ to House Judiciary Committee, says Founders backed mechanism out of fear leaders would do exactly what Trump is accused of
By Rich Tenorio
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, January 10, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
January 10, 2020, 9:18 pm
Pelosi: House moving to send impeachment to Senate next week
‘Every Senator now faces a choice: to be loyal to the President or the Constitution,’ speaker writes in a letter to her Democratic colleagues
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
In this photo from October 27, 2018, US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing for a rally in Murphysboro, Illinois. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)
October 30, 2018, 5:00 pm
Trump says he plans to scrap birthright citizenship for some children
US president claims he can override, with an executive order, Constitution’s granting of automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country
By AFP
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