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The White House cut 284 clean-energy grants using an electoral-vote filter

Verdicts: 1 True

A DOE lawyer admitted that 284 clean energy grants ($7.5B) were canceled by electoral-vote filter. A judge ruled it illegal. Full verdict: unlawful under three frameworks, without historical…

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The Guardrails: How America’s Checks on Executive Power Compare to Every Previous Test

America’s checks and balances survived Andrew Jackson, FDR, and Nixon — but the current stress test is dismantling oversight mechanisms faster than any predecessor attempted, and several of the…

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