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Executive Lawlessness: Leah Litman on the Supreme Court Enabling Presidential Overreach

From birthright citizenship to reproductive rights, SCOTUS is dismantling the legal limits on executive power.

Journalist Bayan Abusultan walks away, injured, from Israel's attack on the Al-Baqa Cafe in Gaza City, on June 30, 2025.

Israel’s War on Gaza

“I Said Good Morning to the Dead”: Inside the Al-Baqa Cafe Bombing

Huda Skaik, Hamza Salha

Survivors of the Al-Baqa Cafe bombing in Gaza, and the loved ones of the dead, share their stories of the Israeli attack.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 12: US Border Patrol agents talk to migrants who have been stuck between the Tijuana-San Diego border as they hope to reach the United States on May 12, 2023 as seen from San Diego, California. The number of immigrants reaching the border has surged with the end of the U.S. government's Covid-era Title 42 policy, which for the past three years has allowed for the quick expulsion of irregular migrants entering the country. About 25,000 immigrants were in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection yesterday at the sunset of the policy. (Photo by Ethan Swope/Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

CBP Agents Can Have Gang Tattoos — as Long as They Cover Them Up

U.S. immigration officials have sent people to CECOT because of what they deemed gang tattoos. CBP grooming standards allow them.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond speaks during an interview, Feb. 1, 2023, in Oklahoma City.

Murder at the Motel

Emails Reveal Oklahoma Attorney General Agreed to Release Richard Glossip

Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith

Swasi woman walking in her field in Mbabane, Eswatini, on 31 August 2024. Eswatini is a developing country with over 43% unemployment, described as a dictatorship and ruled by Mswati III. (Photo by Xavier Duvot / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP) (Photo by XAVIER DUVOT/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

Trump Administration Deports Five Men to Eswatini, Expanding Global Gulag in Africa

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 12: A protester holds a sign near Marines from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) at Twentynine Palms, California as they guard the Wilshire Federal Building as Vice President JD Vance visits on June 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Daily protests escalated after President Donald Trump authorized military forces to protect federal property against the wishes of city and state officials. A federal appeals court ruling yesterday allows for President Trump's ongoing deployment of around 4,000 National Guard members in Los Angeles which continues to see widespread immigration raids. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Chilling Dissent

The Military Occupied LA for 40 Days and All They Did Was Detain One Guy

Police arrest a protester outside the campus gates of Brooklyn College during a student-led protest against the ongoing war in Gaza on May 8, 2025 in Brooklyn, New York.

Chilling Dissent

Four CUNY Professors Say They Were Fired for Supporting Palestine

Podcasts

The Intercept Briefing

Executive Lawlessness: Leah Litman on the Supreme Court Enabling Presidential Overreach

The Intercept Briefing

The Great American Heist You’re Paying For

Voices

Federal immigration agents toss tear gas at protesters during a raid in the agriculture area of Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, July 10, 2025.

Voices

ICE Campaign of Violence Will Lead to More Deaths

Natasha Lennard

Federal agents near MacArthur Park in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles on July 7, 2025.

Voices

What to Do When You See ICE in Your Neighborhood

Politics

Rep. Delia Ramirez speaks during a demonstration calling for the Supreme Court to uphold the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the right to birthright citizenship, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on May 15, 2025.

House Democrat Calls on Kristi Noem To Resign Over ICE Lies

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 12: The Metropolitan Detention Center, where people arrested by ICE are being held, is seen during the nightly curfew as protests continue in an approximately one-square mile area of downtown Los Angeles in response to a series of immigration raids on June 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Protests escalated after President Donald Trump authorized military forces to protect federal property against the wishes of city and state officials who say that the Los Angeles police have the expertise and decades of experience to handle large protest crowds. National Guard troops have so far played no role in quelling violence in the streets, according to Mayor Bass, but are stationed to guard federal buildings. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

Trans People Have Disappeared From ICE Records, Against Congressional Orders

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 09: New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference at the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) headquarters on July 09, 2025 in New York City. Mamdani spoke during a press conference alongside UTF President Michael Mulgrew, Chapter leader Dr. Terrain Reeves and members of UTF as he received the endorsement of the teachers union. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Voices

Zohran Mamdani Shows Democrats How Not to Take the Bait

Yousef Munayyer

The War on Immigrants

The Private Prison Industry Looks Forward to Soaring Profits Thanks to Trump’s Budget

Justice

ICE agents are seen waiting outside a courtroom in the hallway of federal immigration court in Lower Manhattan, NY on Friday, June 20, 2025.

ICE Lawyers Are Hiding Their Names in Immigration Court

A sentry tower made by Anduril sits on a property near the U.S.-Mexico border in Valentine, Texas on Monday, January 17, 2022.

The War on Immigrants

Trump’s Big Beautiful Gift to Anduril

Mohsen Mahdawi speaks during an interview at the ACLU of Vermont on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Montpelier, Vt.

The War on Immigrants

How The Intercept Fought to Reveal Key Evidence in Student Deportation Cases

Five Georgia sheriff's offices have signed up for a controversial federal program, known as 287(g), which allows local law enforcement officers to perform some of the functions of immigration agents, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Karl Merton Ferron/The Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

Georgia Police Arrest Farmworkers — Then Get Warrants From DHS

Schuyler Mitchell

National Security

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard arrives for a Senate Committee on Intelligence Hearing on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. The hearing to examine worldwide threats comes a day after Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic magazine, was inadvertently included on a high-level Trump administration Signal group chat on bombing plans in Yemen on Houthi targets. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for “Deep-State Criminals.” Is She Even Following the Law?

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 25: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024 in Washington, DC. Netanyahu's visit occurs as the Israel-Hamas war reaches nearly ten months. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Voices

How Biden Is to Blame for Israel and the U.S.’s 12-Day War Against Iran

Senator John Fetterman, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, June 27, 2025. President Donald Trump amped up pressure on Congress to speed the passage of his tax-cut bill as Republicans reached a tentative deal on the state and local tax deduction, one of the key sticking points in the negotiations. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Fetterman Voted With GOP to Make Sure Trump Can Attack Iran Again

Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, arrives for a briefing with members of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, June 27, 2025.

Pete Hegseth Is Mad the Media Won’t Celebrate U.S. War With Iran

World

A U.S. military aircraft takes off from Fort Bliss in El Paso, Tx., Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, carrying migrants being deported to Guatemala. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

ICE Said They Were Being Flown to Louisiana. Their Flight Landed in Africa.

SOUTH SUDAN - 2024/03/21: Juba, South Sudan's capital city, seen from the sky. Around 1,000 South Sudanese returnees and Sudanese refugees are crossing the border from Sudan to South Sudan every day. Sudan's war, which began in April 2023, has resulted in the world's largest displacement crisis. (Photo by Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

Trump Administration Expels Eight Men to War-Torn “Third Country” South Sudan

Civil defense members and Palestinian residents inspect the site and conduct search and rescue operations after the Israeli army carried out an attack on a building in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Gaza City, Gaza on July 06, 2025.

Voices

When Israel Attacks Gaza, These People Run to Save Lives

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers wait to detain a person, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md.

The War on Immigrants

“Are We At Risk?” Wave of ICE Arrests Strikes Fear in Iranian Communities

Technology

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Grok Is the Latest in a Long Line of Chatbots to Go Full Nazi

The War on Immigrants

Want a Student Visa? The U.S. Government Needs Your Vine Account.

OpenAI’s Pitch to Trump: Rank the World on U.S. Tech Interests

Trump’s Big, Beautiful Handout to the AI Industry

Environment

The Dominion Energy headquarters in Richmond, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Dominion Energy Inc. is expected to release earnings figures on February 22. Photographer: Minh Connors/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Virginia AG Hopeful Was Outraising His Rival — Then Dominion Energy Tipped the Scale

An animal rights activist holds a sign while protesting at the Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon, California, Monday, Feb 15, 2021.

Chilling Dissent

How the FBI and Big Ag Started Treating Animal Rights Activists as Bioterrorists

“Intense Culture of Fear”: Behind the Scenes as Trump Destroys the EPA From Within

Trump EPA’s Next Move: Making It Harder to Sue for Getting Cancer from Roundup

Schuyler Mitchell