Charles "Cully" Stimson is Acting Director, Institute for Constitutional Government, Manager, National Security Law Program, and Senior Legal Fellow. Read his research.
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Last week’s hearing in the Charlie Kirk murder case was a legal harbinger of things to come. As we await Utah State trial Judge Tony… Read More
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Setting aside all the conspiracy theories about who shot Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson stands accused by the state of Utah of committing that heinous crime…. Read More
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Victims of crime, especially violent crime, are not mere witnesses. They have a special status under state and federal law and are entitled to certain… Read More
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Six Democrat congressmen recently released a video directed at members of the U.S. military and intelligence communities imploring them to “refuse illegal orders” from President… Read More
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It’s no secret that billionaire George Soros has helped install rogue prosecutors in the Old Dominion, sending more than $1.1 million to elect Parisa Dehghani-Tafti… Read More
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Anyone paying attention to Washington’s criminal justice system knows that some judges on the Washington Superior Court are now so anesthetized to persistent and chronic… Read More
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In July, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. penned a piece titled “The good news about murder,” purporting to explain how and why violent crime… Read More
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Ed Feulner was a giant. The quintessential man in the arena, he lived his life to the fullest and gave this country something permanent: hope… Read More
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Washington, D.C., is out of step with the rest of the nation on criminal justice—especially when it comes to holding violent juveniles accountable. But that’s… Read More
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President Donald Trump’s focus on crime across America is timely and necessary. It’s epidemic in many blue cities in our country, and something must, and can, be done about it. His crackdown in Washington, D.C.,… Read More
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There is an old saying that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Typically, when we hear or use that expression, it is meant as… Read More
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If no one supports crime, why do activists fund candidates for office who, once elected, implement policies that enable it? If anyone would know the… Read More
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For years, I’ve (Cully Stimson) been writing, speaking, and even testifying before Congress on D.C.’s problems and how to fix them. Now, national leaders are… Read More
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President Donald Trump is right to be angry about violent crime in D.C. As one of us (Cully Stimson) wrote in these pages in January,… Read More
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Brevity is the soul of wit, as Polonius said in Shakespeare’s classic drama “Hamlet.” And while we would never, ever, compare any legislation to the Bard’s creations,… Read More
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Attention, all parents and college students worried about the ever-rising cost of college tuition. The Department of Justice has finally—after three decades—started enforcing the federal… Read More
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Imagine judging a trial, ruling for one party, and writing a 179-page opinion, only to find the same parties asking you to vacate your opinion… Read More
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President Donald Trump was on solid legal ground in the military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities. Not only did he not need congressional approval to… Read More
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For nearly three decades, it has been an uphill battle to give immigration judges their fair share of judicial tools to do their ever-increasingly difficult… Read More
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This April, the acting director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review issued a memo clarifying the requirement of immigration judges to effectively manage their… Read More
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Sanctuary cities’ runaround of the law may have finally come to an end, thanks to a creative program called Operation Guardian Angel. Launched by Bill Essayli,… Read More
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On May 9, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sent a memorandum to the entire Department of Defense prohibiting the military service academies from using… Read More
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On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Justice Department finally did what every prior administration (including Trump 1.0) for the past three decades refused to do—enforced… Read More
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The legacy of Matt Graves, the former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, is now coming into focus, and it’s not pretty. In April, I… Read More
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Last year, 147 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in the United States, an increase of 25% from 2023. Their names will… Read More
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As the old saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. How else can you make sense of or explain how two unrelated state court… Read More
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Once in a blue moon, you run across a statistic or record that is mind-boggling. Some are amazing, like Alex Ovechkin’s 895 goals or Serena… Read More
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In an attempt to get a lower mortgage rate on a vacation home in Longboat Key, Florida, one controversial elected prosecutor in a major U.S…. Read More
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This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros and the threat… Read More
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Judge Ana Reyes, a federal district court judge in Washington, D.C., issued a preliminary injunction last week barring the Trump administration from expelling certain transgender… Read More
