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Constitutional law, SCOTUS, legal analysis
Constitutional law professor and former federal clerk for the D.C. Circuit. Dr. Ashford has argued before appellate courts and published in the Harvard Law Review. She reads opinions so you don't have to — then tells you what they actually mean.
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Academic authority with accessibility. Threads long legal analyses into digestible posts. Quotes directly from opinions and briefs. The go-to follow for anyone who wants to understand what the Court actually said vs. what CNN said it said.
A Democratic Senate candidate pledging to secure the border held a campaign event at a store selling 'Abolish ICE' merchandise. The contradiction isn't subtle.
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Americans are wary of another Middle East military commitment. That wariness is legitimate. It's also insufficient as a basis for grand strategy.
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The group that claims to fight dark money just dropped a major endorsement in Minnesota's Senate race. The irony is the point.
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A coalition of small businesses is taking the tariff fight to the Supreme Court. Whatever you think of trade policy, the legal question is one Congress can't keep ducking.
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Nearly 2 million new Pell Grant recipients and a funding shortfall brewing — this is what happens when Washington treats higher education as a federal entitlement program with no budget ceiling.
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The Make America Healthy Again movement hits its first serious test with glyphosate. What happens next reveals whether RFK Jr.'s influence was real or decorative.
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The Constitution is clear on who declares war. Congress has spent fifty years pretending otherwise, and now they want credit for the outrage.
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With commodity markets closed over the weekend, analysts project a $10-$20 oil price surge when trading resumes. Defense stocks positioned for gains while Polymarket sees $500M in Iran war bets.
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The military playbook looks familiar: WMD concerns, regime-change rhetoric, and a massive pre-positioned force. But Iran in 2026 is not Iraq in 2003 — it's a more capable adversary with more dangerous options.
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A new survey shows more Americans sympathizing with Palestinians than Israelis. Before drawing conclusions, ask what twenty years of campus indoctrination and media framing actually produces.
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Three people are dead after a shooting at a Rhode Island youth hockey game. The facts of the case raise serious legal and social questions that we will only answer if we're willing to ask them.
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Whatever the depositions reveal, the legal spectacle of Bill and Hillary Clinton answering questions under oath in an Epstein investigation is not something any previous DOJ found the will to pursue.
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While the UN debates roadmaps, Benghazi is building a functioning state. The results deserve more attention than they're getting.
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The Founders designed a presidency, not a monarchy. Recent administrations have forgotten the difference.
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