Note From Elie

Elie Honig is a contributor to CAFE and writes the weekly Note From Elie column featured in the CAFE Brief newsletter. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and co-chief of the organized crime unit at the SDNY.

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The President’s Constitutional Power to Do Stupid Things

It’s perfectly fine – at times, necessary even – to start our legal assessment with an acknowledgment that we just don’t know for sure. That’s especially true in the Trump era, as the President routinely seeks opportunities to push the outer boundaries of executive power. From his characteristically transactional perspective, why not? If he wins, […]

The Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case: Prosecution as Political Cover

The Supreme Court Will Settle Trump’s Tariffs – But When, and How?

Trump vs. Harvard: Asymmetric Warfare

Letitia James Started It, but Trump’s Payback Isn’t the Answer

Note from Elie: Trump’s Government by Hysteria

Note from Elie: How Diddy Just Might Avoid Disaster

Note from Elie: We’ve Got 99 Immigration Problems, but the Judge Arrests Ain’t One

The Trump Administration’s False Flag: Combating Anti-Semitism at Harvard is Really About Thought Control

Note from Elie: How Could the Kilmar Abrego Garcia Standoff End?

Note from Elie: Trump Threatens to Imprison Critics – and Now He’s Got the AG To Do It

Note from Elie: Trump’s Blacklisted Law Firms: Surrender or Fight?

Note from Elie: DOJ’s Selective Do-Nothing Era