Justice Alito's book identifies a flawed interpretive method he calls "Icarian originalism," using originalist defenses of Obergefell as an example

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The Supreme Court in Trump v. United States addressed whether a president could face criminal charges for official presidential conduct

The United States Constitution establishes legislative oversight and judicial review as institutional checks against executive branch misconduct

In McDonnell v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled an official act requires a pending matter and a formal decision or action

Under McDonnell v. United States, an official act does not require a final decision and can include preliminary administrative actions

Applying federal criminal bribery statutes to political negotiations risks creating constitutional vagueness and due process violations

Footnote three in Trump v. United States addressed the admissibility of public record evidence in a bribery prosecution of a former president

Under the United States Constitution, each house of Congress is the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members

The United States Constitution protects members of the United States Congress through the Speech and Debate Clause of Article I

Convicting United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a Senate impeachment trial requires a two-thirds supermajority vote

The United States Supreme Court ruled on congressional redistricting in the case Louisiana v. Callais

The Women's House of Detention housed a substantial population of queer women and transgender men

The first organized public protest conducted by the Gay Liberation Front targeted the Women's House of Detention

During the June 1969 Stonewall riots, incarcerated women inside the Women's House of Detention threw burning cigarette packets and papers out their windows while shouting 'gay rights.'

During the 1950s Lavender Scare, the United States federal government conducted widespread purges of homosexual employees

Staff at the Women's House of Detention stamped the letter D on uniforms of women incarcerated for homosexual acts or perceived butch gender expression

Historian Hugh Ryan authored 'The Women's House of D: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison.'

The Gay Liberation Front formed immediately after the June 1969 Stonewall riots, deriving its name from the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam

The Gay Liberation Front was among the organizing groups responsible for the first Pride March held on the first anniversary of the Stonewall riots

The United States Supreme Court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons from enforcing President Donald Trump's executive order restricting healthcare for transgender inmates

President Donald Trump issued an executive order seeking to prevent transgender inmates in federal prisons from receiving hormone treatments and social accommodations