Opinion Columns

Blame, Restructure, Repeat: A Sinking Presidency
The Raffel Ticket, Apr. 15, 2026
Perhaps it's time for Donald Trump to prepare three envelopes and stick them in the top drawer of the Resolute Desk. What am I talking about? There's an old business joke about a company's new president inheriting a mess. His pr

ACLU Leads Fight To Limit Overbroad Digital Search Warrants
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU, Apr. 14, 2026
As a surveillance and cybersecurity counsel for the ACLU, I spearheaded an ACLU project beginning in 2020 to strengthen warrants in the digital age, so that law enforcement does not conduct overbroad searches of our cellphones, computers and other devices.

States Have the Power To Hold Federal Agents Accountable by Allowing People To Sue Them for Rights Violations
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU, Apr. 07, 2026
Over the past year, federal agents have arrested U.S. citizens, dragged children from their beds in the middle of the night, smashed car windows and shot, sometimes fatally, those they encounter.