Dana White built a $12 billion combat sports empire alongside Donald Trump. Larry Ellison paid to host his fundraisers and stood beside him at the White House. His son David traded a Democratic donor history for ringside seats at UFC fights and a $16 million settlement that cleared the path to a media merger. Each… Continue reading WHAT LOYALTY BUYS IN TRUMP’S WASHINGTON
Tag: History
CAN ANYONE CHECK THE PRESIDENT ON IMMIGRATION
The Supreme Court heard nearly two hours of argument on April 29 over whether courts can review the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for 330,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians. The administration’s answer was no. If the Court agrees, the same logic applies to 1.3 million TPS holders from 17 countries, including thousands in… Continue reading CAN ANYONE CHECK THE PRESIDENT ON IMMIGRATION
THE COURT FINISHES THE JOB
In 2013, the Supreme Court disabled the Voting Rights Act’s preclearance requirement and promised Section 2 would remain as a backstop. On April 29, 2026, a 6-3 majority finished the demolition. Louisiana v. Callais rewrites the rules for challenging racially discriminatory maps, adds burdens Congress never wrote into the law, and arrives four days before… Continue reading THE COURT FINISHES THE JOB
THE ABORTION CASE THAT IS NOT ABOUT ABORTION
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled April 29 that a New Jersey anti-abortion nonprofit can challenge a state subpoena for its donor list in federal court without waiting for state enforcement. The decision lands squarely in the abortion debate, but the legal principle it establishes reaches far beyond it, and the coalition that won the case… Continue reading THE ABORTION CASE THAT IS NOT ABOUT ABORTION
COURT SENDS LINE 5 CASE BACK TO MICHIGAN
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled April 22 that Enbridge waited nearly 900 days too long to move a pipeline lawsuit from state to federal court. For Anishinaabe nations who depend on the waters at the Straits of Mackinac, the ruling returns to state court a case that has been in legal limbo for seven years.… Continue reading COURT SENDS LINE 5 CASE BACK TO MICHIGAN
Brithright On Trial
Oral arguments began at 10:04 a.m. in Case No. 25-365, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Barbara, et al. The case tests whether the Trump administration can use executive order to deny citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who are undocumented immigrants or temporary visa holders.… Continue reading Brithright On Trial
Wallstreet Bets On Nevada Water Rights
In 2022, D.R. Horton — one of the nation’s largest homebuilders — paid $291 million to acquire a 12-employee company operating out of a faux-Mediterranean office park in Carson City. The purchase was not for the staff or the real estate. It was for the water. Vidler Water Company spent two decades buying up remote… Continue reading Wallstreet Bets On Nevada Water Rights
Valley Divided
Assembly Bill No. 4 arrived in Nevada’s Legislature framed as a sweeping public-safety measure, one meant to respond to concerns about rising disorder in the state’s most heavily trafficked corridors. It stretches sixty-eight pages and touches nearly every corner of the criminal code, creating new felonies, elevating penalties for old ones, and authorizing a series… Continue reading Valley Divided
The Forgotten Roots
Las Vegas owes its very name to Latino history. In 1830, Mexican scout Rafael Rivera stumbled upon a fertile valley of meadows and springs while seeking water along the Old Spanish Trail. He called it Las Vegas — “the meadows.” Nearly two centuries later, the city built on that discovery still bears the imprint of… Continue reading The Forgotten Roots
La Remoción Es el Fundamento
Desde los primeros encuentros entre colonos y naciones indígenas hasta la moderna aplicación de la ley de inmigración, Estados Unidos ha recurrido al desplazamiento forzado, la deportación y la exclusión como herramientas de control. Naciones indígenas, africanos esclavizados, comunidades negras libres, minorías religiosas, inmigrantes asiáticos, familias mexicanas y mexicoamericanas, estadounidenses de origen japonés y grupos… Continue reading La Remoción Es el Fundamento
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