Posts by Tom

The fight over U.S. troops in Germany is not just about troop counts. It is about leverage, deterrence, and whether alliance policy is being made as strategy or spectacle.

The ActBlue-Paxton lawsuit tests whether campaign-finance enforcement can be separated from partisan state power.

The FCC’s expedited review of ABC station licenses shows how administrative power can pressure media without winning a courtroom fight.

Congress extended a contested FISA surveillance authority through June 12, proving again how easily emergency patches preserve state power while reform gets deferred.

The House advanced a three-year FISA 702 extension without a warrant requirement, leaving Americans with process checks instead of real privacy protection.

The new Comey indictment is less about one Instagram post than whether federal threat law can stay credible in a revenge-cycle political system.

The removal of the entire National Science Board is not just an agency personnel move. It is a warning about what happens when independent institutions become loyalty tests.

The Trump administration’s application pause shows how administrative delay can turn legal immigration compliance into punishment by uncertainty.

The Supreme Court geofence case is really about whether a digital dragnet can become routine policing.

The Justice Department’s ballroom letter shows how quickly a real security scare can become leverage in an unrelated legal fight.