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Journalist & author. My latest book is EMANCIPATION WAR: THE FALL OF SLAVERY AND THE COMING OF THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT (2026).
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A Limited Supreme Court Win for Trump on Mail-In Ballots Original

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In its recent decision in Watson v. Republican National Committee (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the legality of a state mail-in voting system that allows the counting of ballots that are mailed before election day but not received until shortly after election day.
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Texas Requires the Ten Commandments Be Posted in Every Classroom. SCOTUS May Decide If That's Constitutional.

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By Damon Root Verified
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The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from passing any law "respecting the establishment of religion." Yet Texas has passed a law requiring every public school classroom in the state to prominently display the text of the Ten Commandments, as it appears in the King James version of the Bible. Does that state law violate the Establishment Clause?
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Trump Courts Another Legal Defeat on Birthright Citizenship Original

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By Damon Root Verified
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Less than two months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled his executive order on birthright citizenship to be unconstitutional, President Donald Trump has issued not one but two new executive orders on birthright citizenship that largely retread the same illegal grounds that the Supreme Court already rejected in Trump v. Barbara. Is this just a futile outburst from a consummate sore loser? Or does Trump actually stand a chance of faring any better in court this time around?
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