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Columbia Law School

Law school of Columbia University

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Dec 5, 2025
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What do public opinion polls say about viewing gun ownership as a constitutional right in 2025?

Polling in 2025 shows Americans divided: many still treat gun ownership as a protected constitutional right while majorities support specific limits such as stricter laws and universal background chec...

Nov 24, 2025
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Were there any congressional challenges or lawsuits arguing that Obama exceeded his war powers with drone strikes?

Lawsuits and congressional pushback did arise over the Obama administration’s drone program, especially after the 2011 killing of U.S. citizen Anwar al‑Awlaki; civil-rights groups sued and Congress pr...

Dec 11, 2025
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Which Supreme Court decisions ruled against Donald Trump personally versus his administration or policies?

The Supreme Court has issued decisions that both directly affect Donald J. Trump personally (notably the 2024 immunity ruling, discussed in reporting about Trump v. United States) and dozens of ruling...

Nov 28, 2025

Which major Supreme Court rulings involved the Trump administration and what were their outcomes?

The Supreme Court has decided and acted on multiple high‑profile disputes involving the Trump administration in 2025–2025, including rulings that (a) allowed parts of the administration’s immigration ...

Feb 1, 2026

US separation of church and state

The phrase "" in public life is a constitutional principle derived from the First Amendment’s Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses and a longer history of colonial disestablishmentism, but it is ne...

Nov 25, 2025

Are there landmark international cases where sedition charges nearly resulted in execution and prompted legal reform?

Yes. Historical and more recent sedition prosecutions have at times carried extreme penalties or the threat of them, and several high-profile cases prompted legal or political pushback that changed la...

Jan 31, 2026

Are Trump's tariffs implemented unilaterally and are they considered "trade remedies" according to WTO rules?

rolled out by were implemented by through domestic statutes and executive action rather than through prior multilateral renegotiation at , meaning they are unilateral in method . Under prevailing WTO ...

Jan 22, 2026

Which 2023–2025 Supreme Court rulings most significantly changed 14th Amendment equal protection for Black Americans?

The single most consequential ruling on Fourteenth Amendment equal protection for Black Americans from 2023–2025 was v. , which largely eliminated race‑conscious affirmative action in higher education...

Dec 14, 2025

Which infrastructure or regulatory rollbacks under Trump produced demonstrable benefits and for whom?

Several Trump administration rollbacks — from broad “10-for-1” deregulation orders to targeted rollbacks of environmental and vehicle-emissions rules — were framed by the White House and allied advoca...

Dec 6, 2025

Does the supreme court recognize the weight of natural law ?

The provided reporting and court materials do not state that the U.S. Supreme Court formally recognizes a doctrine called “natural law” as an independent source of legal authority; contemporary covera...

Dec 6, 2025

Have any of the judges on the supreme court made specific refence about the necCesity of following NATURAL LAW

There is no clear record in the provided sources of any current Supreme Court justice publicly insisting that American judges must follow “natural law” as a binding legal requirement; available report...

Dec 2, 2025

Have any controversies or ethics investigations arisen over private funding of White House upgrades?

Private funding of the White House ballroom and related East Wing work has prompted ethics concerns, proposed congressional restrictions, and scrutiny from news outlets and watchdogs; reporting says r...

Nov 25, 2025

How have court decisions guided evaluation of symptom statements with limited medical support?

Courts have repeatedly treated symptom statements with limited medical support as a credibility issue to be evaluated in context, not automatically dispositive; judges weigh consistency, corroborating...

Nov 24, 2025

What were the key civil liberties concerns during Trump's presidency?

Major civil‑liberties concerns tied to Donald Trump’s presidencies, and the reporting cited here, center on expanded immigration enforcement and deportations; aggressive executive actions and rollback...