David French: MAGA Is Making America Less Free

A federal judge struck down the statutes Rubio used to deport a student for an op-ed, declaring them unconstitutional as applied to protected speech.

Rubio has been acting like a tin-pot dictator, creating a class of political prisoners in the U.S. through brutal authoritarian use of discretionary deportation powers.

The Founders, including Jefferson and Madison, intended American liberty and Constitutional protections like the First and Fifth Amendments to extend to non-citizens, not just citizens.

The Trumpist right is trying to unwind parts of the founding to make America less free, more chauvinistic, and more white.

Iranian green card holders have been detained for 150 days based on a family relationship to a 1979 translator, with the government presenting zero evidence.

The administration repeatedly makes sweeping condemnatory statements about detainees but fails to put up evidence when challenged in court.

The administration is treating non-criminal immigrants worse than actual criminals by shackling and dehumanizing them, which is barbaric. The long-term damage to the evangelical church will be significant because it has led people down a path of celebrating cruelty and spreading lies.

The current administration has resettled zero persecuted Christian refugees in 2026, compared to nearly 30,000 in 2024, and is sometimes deporting them back to persecution.

The physical reality of ICE detention involves being chained hand and foot like an MS-13 gang member, which hurts more than it looks on television.

Milo Yiannopoulos is an evil clown and architect of Trumpism, but his detention proves the administration's brutality and shows why empathy is necessary.

Normy Republicans have completely turned against Trump due to his appointments, clownery, and the bullying of Ken Paxton supporters, and will likely drive double-digit Democratic wins in swing states.

Lifelong Texas Republicans and Trump voters are switching to Talarico because Paxton is corrupt, lazy, and defended by toxic online trolls.

If character is destiny, there is no contest in the Texas Senate election.

It is plainly illegal for the president to create a slush fund to build things and put himself on coins without going through Congress.

The court system requires concrete injury for standing, but the founders underestimated partisanship, which now prevents Congress from asserting its authority against presidential overreach.

The U.S. needs constitutional reforms including pardon reform, age caps, and rewriting Article II to limit the president to executing laws passed by Congress. Congress should impeach, convict, and ban from office any Trump official who accepts a preemptive pardon.

If Senate control hinges on a razor-thin margin in a state like Texas, there will be massive post-vote shenanigans exploiting ambiguous election laws.

The Constitution gives Congress the final say on who sits, creating enormous room for corruption if one side is driven by a pure will to power.

Maria Bartiromo was fired from Fox News for trying to air 2020 election conspiracies and sending a screenshot of executives blocking the story to the White House.

Fox has strong financial incentives to behave better this election cycle due to their massive 2020 election settlement.

Boycotts can violate national origin discrimination laws, and non-discrimination provisions must apply equally; you cannot claim some discrimination is good and some is bad.

Bringing mercenary NFL players back to college football is like bringing Hessians to put down the American Revolution, and the SEC is right to threaten LSU.

LSU's reinstatement of fifth-year seniors is a noble pursuit and the judge's ruling was correct.

Nancy is two years cancer-free, a vital milestone, thanks to excellent care from a Palestinian West Bank doctor.

The cherry-picked hatred of Muslims online is anathema, and Muslim Americans like their doctor contribute immensely to the country.