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by David French The New York Times, December 4, 2025 In their military campaign in South America, Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth aren’t just defying the Constitution and breaking the law. They are attacking the very character and identity of the American military. To make this case, I have to begin in the most boring…

The president said lawmakers who appeared in a video committed “seditious behavior” and should be arrested and put on trial for treason. Excerpts , reprinted from the Washington Post, November 20. 2025 By Maegan Vazquez, Dan Lamothe and Jeremy Roebuc President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who publicly exhorted…

President Trump was reacting to a video that reminded members of the military that they are not supposed to obey illegal orders. Reprinted from the New York Times, November 20, 2025 By Shawn McCreesh President Trump accused a group of Democratic lawmakers of sedition in an outburst on social media Thursday morning and said their…

March 30, 2025 Guest Essay  New York Times By John W. KekerRobert A. Van Nest and Elliot R. Peters The writers are the senior partners at the law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters. President Trump this month issued an executive order clearly intended to destroy the venerable law firm Perkins Coie, a firm that…