Confronting the Supreme Court’s Confusing Confrontation Clause Cases
Justices Alito and Gorsuch urge a major reevaluation of the Supreme Court’s Confrontation Clause doctrine, calling the current framework—established in Crawford v. Washington—confusing and unworkable.
The Crumbling of Bedrock Environmental Policy: We Need to Protect NEPA
The Trump Administration plan to destroy NEPA is dangerously wrong. Federal agencies need better funding, staffing, and training to engage in NEPA work more effectively; new short-cuts, time-limits, exemptions, or statutes of limitations are not in the public interest.
Trump’s Executive Order Puts Science Under the Thumb of Politics
Trump’s “Gold Standard Science” executive order undermines scientific integrity by politicizing federal research, rolling back anti-interference protections, and enabling industry-friendly policies at the expense of public health and environmental studies.
Fool’s Gold: The Trump Administration’s New Executive Order Is a Bad-Faith Attack on Science
Trump’s new “gold standard” executive order claims to improve scientific transparency but actually politicizes federal science, enabling political appointees to dismiss studies that contradict their agenda—mirroring tactics used by tobacco and fossil fuel industries.