Judges who publicly accuse the Department of Homeland Security of lawlessness should recuse from cases involving the agency

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Academic freedom often shields department conduct from civil rights oversight

Central banks should be independent of elected governments

Congress should expand the Supreme Court beyond nine justices

The Supreme Court operates as a political institution rather than an independent judiciary

Universities should stay officially neutral on political and social controversies

Federal judges should stay out of public political fights

The Justice Department should not be able to seek discipline against judges it is fighting in court

Federal judges should face discipline for repeatedly exceeding their jurisdiction

The Justice Department's misconduct complaint against Minnesota judges undermines judicial independence

The FBI deputy director position should be reserved for career officials

Justice Alito's indirect fossil fuel investments created a disqualifying conflict of interest in the Suncor case

Kash Patel's leadership of the FBI is politicizing the bureau

The FBI Washington Field Office reassigned the agents independently of political pressure

Kash Patel's personnel changes at the FBI are politically motivated

Supreme Court justices appointed by Donald Trump are backing his policy positions

The Secretary of State office should be strictly nonpartisan

Trump’s second term is making America more authoritarian

The FBI's closure of the Susan Collins corruption investigation was politically motivated

The Trump administration should establish an external board to approve NIH grants

Kash Patel's termination of career FBI agents was a politically motivated purge