Constitutional-Violation

Trump Suggests Running as VP to Circumvent Constitutional Term Limits

| Importance: 9/10

President Trump stated he would ’love’ a third presidential term and suggested running as vice president in 2028 as a workaround to the 22nd Amendment’s two-term limit. Trump refused to clearly disavow the unconstitutional idea when pressed by reporters. The comments follow Steve …

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Billionaire Timothy Mellon Donates $130 Million to Pay Troops During Shutdown

| Importance: 9/10

Reclusive billionaire Timothy Mellon donated $130 million to the Pentagon to help pay military salaries during the Trump administration’s government shutdown. The donation, accepted under the Pentagon’s gift authority, raises serious legal concerns about violating the Antideficiency Act, …

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Trump Creates Specialized National Guard Units for Domestic Deployment

| Importance: 9/10

Trump signs executive order establishing specialized National Guard units trained for “public order issues,” expanding military role in domestic la…

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Administration deliberately evades court order on Venezuelan gang deportations

| Importance: 6/10

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg found probable cause that the Trump administration showed “willful disregard” for his order to halt deportation flights of Venezuelan migrants. The administration flew planes with hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador despite the judge’s order to …

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Federal judge orders stop to "indiscriminate" ICE raids in Los Angeles

| Importance: 8/10

Federal Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong issued a landmark ruling ordering the Trump administration to stop indiscriminate immigration sweeps in Southern California. The ruling came after the ACLU brought a case alleging unconstitutional arrests and denial of attorney access. The judge found …

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Federal judge says Los Angeles Guard/Marine deployment likely unlawful

| Importance: 6/10

A federal district judge in Northern California ruled on June 12, 2025, that the Trump administration’s federalization of California National Guard and deployment of 700 active-duty Marines to Los Angeles likely violated the Posse Comitatus Act and principles of federalism. The judge found the …

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Communist Party Adviser Purchases Trump Memecoin for VIP Dinner Access

| Importance: 9/10

He Tianying, a Chinese tech executive and delegate to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, purchased $3.7 million of Trump’s memecoin to secure a private dinner with the president, revealing deep constitutional concerns about foreign influence and presidential access …

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Paul Weiss becomes first law firm to capitulate with $40M settlement

| Importance: 6/10

Paul Weiss, facing what its chair called an “existential threat” that could “destroy our firm,” became the first prestigious law firm to settle for $40 million after losing business “within hours” of being targeted by Trump’s intimidation campaign.

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Nine law firms capitulate to $940M extortion campaign

| Importance: 6/10

Nine prestigious law firms capitulated to Trump’s intimidation campaign, agreeing to provide $940 million in pro bono legal services for Trump-approved causes through what legal experts call “legalized extortion.”

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House Oversight Documents $7.8 Million in Foreign Payments to Trump During Presidency

| Importance: 6/10

House Oversight Committee analysis of Mazars USA documents reveals at least $7.8 million from 20 foreign governments flowed to Trump properties between 2017-2019, representing only four properties out of 500+ Trump entities. China led with $5,572,548 primarily through $5.4 million Trump Tower lease. …

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During Title 42, unaccompanied children were held in hotels by contractors (e.g., Hampton Inn) before expulsion attempts

| Importance: 5/10

Associated Press reporting in July and August 2020, along with litigation by the Texas Civil Rights Project, revealed DHS contractors held migrant children, some as young as 1, in hotels (including Hampton Inns) without standard child‑welfare protections under the Title 42 expulsion policy. …

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Trump Proposes Hosting G-7 Summit at His Doral Golf Resort

| Importance: 8/10

President Trump proposed hosting the 2020 G-7 summit at his Trump National Doral golf resort in Miami, which would have directed millions in government spending to his struggling property. Trump claimed Doral was “by far the best physical facility” and offered to host “at …

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Trump Organization Receives 3.6M from Foreign Governments

| Importance: 9/10

The Trump Organization received at least 3.6 million from foreign governments including China, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, and Qatar during Trump’s presidency, violating the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause. Saudi officials alone paid at least 15,000 to Trump properties. T-Mobile …

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Saudi Lobbyists Book 500 Rooms at Trump Hotel After Election

| Importance: 8/10

Within weeks of the 2016 election, Saudi-funded lobbyists booked about 500 nights at Trump’s Washington, D.C., hotel as part of a campaign flying U.S. veterans to lobby against JASTA (the 9/11 victims’ law). This booking was part of a broader pattern of foreign government spending at the …

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Washington Post and Guardian Reveal NSA PRISM Program for Direct Server Access

| Importance: 10/10

The Washington Post and The Guardian simultaneously published explosive revelations about PRISM, a classified program allowing the National Security Agency and FBI to tap directly into the central servers of nine major U.S. internet companies to extract audio, video, photographs, emails, documents, …

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Snowden Reveals NSA Mass Surveillance and PRISM Program

| Importance: 10/10

Edward Snowden leaked classified NSA documents to The Guardian and Washington Post, exposing the massive PRISM surveillance program that collected electronic communications from major internet companies without warrants. The revelations showed the NSA was systematically collecting phone and internet …

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FISA Court Finds NSA Surveillance Programs Systematically Unconstitutional

| Importance: 9/10

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court issues classified ruling finding NSA’s warrantless surveillance programs violated the Fourth Amendment and FISA statute on a systematic basis. The court documented that intelligence agencies had misled judges about the scope and nature of surveillance …

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FISA Amendments Act of 2008 Passes, Granting Telecom Immunity

| Importance: 9/10

Congress passed the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, fundamentally expanding the president’s warrantless surveillance authority while granting retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in the NSA’s illegal domestic wiretapping program since 2001. The Senate voted …

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Thomas Drake Reports NSA Trailblazer Program Waste and Constitutional Violations

| Importance: 8/10

NSA senior executive Thomas Drake reports to DOD Inspector General massive waste in the $1.2 billion Trailblazer surveillance program and systematic constitutional violations. Drake documented how NSA chose expensive, ineffective contractor solutions over proven internal alternatives while expanding …

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DOJ Inspector General Documents Systematic FBI Surveillance Abuse

| Importance: 8/10

Department of Justice Inspector General Glenn Fine releases comprehensive report documenting widespread FBI abuse of National Security Letters (NSLs) and surveillance authorities. The investigation found FBI systematically circumvented legal requirements, collected intelligence on Americans without …

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Michael Hayden Nominated as CIA Director Despite NSA Surveillance Controversy

| Importance: 8/10

President Bush nominates Air Force General Michael Hayden as CIA Director despite his role in implementing illegal NSA warrantless surveillance programs. Hayden’s appointment represented unprecedented militarization of CIA leadership and sparked Senate concerns about further politicization of …

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New York Times Exposes NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program

| Importance: 10/10

James Risen and Eric Lichtblau published a groundbreaking front-page New York Times article revealing the NSA had been conducting warrantless surveillance of Americans since 2001 under President Bush’s secret authorization. The story exposed that the NSA, traditionally focused on foreign …

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NSA Whistleblower Russell Tice Reports Illegal Domestic Surveillance

| Importance: 9/10

NSA intelligence analyst Russell Tice contacts the Senate Intelligence Committee and journalists to report illegal domestic surveillance programs targeting American citizens without warrants. Tice revealed that NSA was conducting mass surveillance of Americans’ communications under programs …

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WHIG-Enabled Torture Authorization Establishes Executive Immunity Precedent for Constitutional Crisis Governance

| Importance: 9/10

The Justice Department’s torture authorization memo represents the institutional culmination of WHIG’s constitutional crisis precedent establishment, demonstrating how systematic executive deception creates legal frameworks enabling executive immunity from constitutional constraints and …

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NSA Officer Kwiatkowski Documents OSP-WHIG Intelligence Corruption as Whistleblower

| Importance: 8/10

Air Force Lt. Colonel and NSA intelligence officer Karen Kwiatkowski, assigned to the Pentagon’s Office of Special Plans, documents systematic intelligence corruption coordinated between OSP and the White House Iraq Group before retiring to become a whistleblower. Kwiatkowski testified to …

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OSP Systematically Bypasses CIA Vetting to Feed Fabricated Intelligence to WHIG

| Importance: 9/10

Pentagon’s Office of Special Plans under Douglas Feith institutionalizes the systematic bypassing of CIA intelligence vetting processes to provide fabricated intelligence directly to the White House Iraq Group for propaganda dissemination. The Pentagon Inspector General documented that OSP …

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WHIG Achieves Systematic Bypass of Constitutional Separation of Powers Through Congressional Deception

| Importance: 9/10

President Bush signs the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution, marking the successful culmination of WHIG’s systematic campaign to bypass constitutional separation of powers through coordinated congressional deception. The signed authorization represents not …

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WHIG Systematically Withholds Contradictory Intelligence from Congress

| Importance: 9/10

In the critical lead-up to the Iraq authorization vote, the White House Iraq Group (WHIG) systematically withholds intelligence reports that contradict administration claims about Iraqi WMD programs and terrorist connections. Congressional intelligence committees receive only carefully cherry-picked …

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WHIG Systematically Withholds Contradictory Intelligence from Congress

| Importance: 9/10

The White House Iraq Group implements a systematic campaign to withhold contradictory intelligence assessments from congressional committees, ensuring legislators vote for war based on incomplete and misleading information. WHIG coordinates with intelligence agencies to suppress dissenting analysis, …

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WHIG Provides Fabricated Intelligence Briefings to Congressional Committees

| Importance: 9/10

The White House Iraq Group coordinates the delivery of systematically fabricated intelligence briefings to congressional intelligence committees, setting the foundation for legislative manipulation. Working through CIA Director George Tenet and National Security Council staff, WHIG ensures that key …

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Cheney Establishes Legal Framework and Authorization for CIA Torture Program

| Importance: 9/10

Vice President Dick Cheney systematically orchestrated the creation and authorization of the CIA’s ’enhanced interrogation’ torture program through National Security Council Principals Committee meetings and legal manipulation. Working closely with legal counsel David Addington and …

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Church Committee begins exposing illegal intelligence activities

| Importance: 6/10

The U.S. Senate voted 82-to-4 on January 27, 1975 to form the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, chaired by Senator Frank Church of Idaho. Created after Seymour Hersh’s December 1974 NYT revelations about CIA assassination attempts, the …

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