One of the main objections that many on the right seem to have to proposals to legalize DACA beneficiaries and other illegal immigrants is the idea that they could eventually become citizens. There’s no good reason they shouldn’t be able to do so.
Poland’s President has signed a controversial bill that purports to criminalize any effort to tie Poland to the Holocaust.
Congress seems no closer to a DACA deal than they were in January.
The government is shut down and Washington is playing the usual blame game. In reality, there’s plenty of blame to go around, and one of the guilty parties is the American people.
Fortunately, yesterday’s missile alert in Hawaii was a false alarm. However, it is raising questions about the early warning system that’s in place and the state’s preparedness in case of an actual attack.
The battle for control of the Virginia House of Delegates remains up in the air as both sides continue to dispute the outcome in one district.
Is it time to reexamine Presidential authority to launch a nuclear strike?
Voters in Maine hand their conservative Governor a setback.
Americans as a whole are becoming less religious and some people are panicking about it.
After Sunday’s referendum, the government of Catalonia says it may declare independence from Spain as early as Monday. However, it’s likely to be a completely meaningless act.
The Las Vegas shooting provides a good opportunity to enact a common sense gun control law that even Second Amendment advocates agree is called for.
While Puerto Rico suffers, President Trump is spending the weekend at his New Jersey golf resort attacking people on the ground who are actually doing something.
More evidence of apparent Russian-backed efforts to interfere in the election.
Despite pleas from conservative lawmakers, the Dept. of Justice will not reopen the case against former I.R.S. official Lois Lerner.
Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin’s trip to Kentucky that ‘just happened’ to coincide with last month’s eclipse is being investigated by the Treasury Department’s Inspector General.
Not surprisingly, the District of Columbia is seeking review of last month’s decision on its concealed-carry law by the full Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
President Trump says he’d be willing to testify under oath in response to former F.B.I Director Comey’s accusations. That would be a mistake for several reasons.
If Donald Trump blocks you on Twitter does that constitute a First Amendment violation? Two Twitter users say yes, but their argument is very weak.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court accepted a case that will determine whether the Fourth Amendment allows law enforcement to obtain location data without a search warrant.
An unusual, if not unexpected, mass firing at the Justice Department on Friday afternoon.
Fewer people are watching live television events such as the Super Bowl and Academy Awards.
This year’s White House Correspondents Association Dinner will be missing one high-profile guest.
Budget hawks in the GOP face a showdown with Donald Trump’s spending ambitions this year that will likely decide whether we’ll ever get spending under control.
On the eve of the 115th Congress, House Republicans voted to gut a key office charged with investigating Congressional ethics.
When it comes to the protections of the Fourth Amendment, it doesn’t matter if you’re “guilty” or “innocent,” it protects all of us.
Justice Sotomayor argued last week that we ought to look somewhere other than just the Courts of Appeal, the Ivy League, and the Northeast for Supreme Court Justices. She’s right.
Donald Trump canceled his speech at CPAC, but it’s unlikely to harm his campaign at all.
Conservatives are sending a message to Senate Republicans about the vacancy on the Supreme Court, and it may require them to initiate a suicidal game plan.
For now at least, the Bush Dynasty has seen the end of its involvement in national politics.
The first debate after the Iowa Caucuses will have fewer participants than past debates, and there will be no undercard debate.
The Post Office is saying that it will not accept for mail any publication that includes ad for marijuana, even in states where it has been legalized.
There have been many arguments that polling has over-stated Donald Trump’s actual level of support among likely Republican voters, but there’s also a good argument that they are understating it and that Trump may do better when people start voting than many think.
As we deal with the fall out from the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, we need remember the years after September 11th, 2001 and avoid holding an entire religion responsible for the actions of fanatics.
The nurse who was detained by New Jersey officials in a quarantine despite not displaying any symptoms of Ebola is suing Chris Christie and others for civil liberties violations.
California has become the second state to provide for automatic voter registration for all eligible voters when they obtain or renew a driver’s license.
Carly Fiorina will most likely be excluded from CNN’s prime time debate in September, so of course her campaign is complaining about rules that were established months ago.
Removing the responsibility to investigate police misconduct from the prosecutors who have to work with those police on a daily basis is a good idea.
When you’re being paid $65,000 to speak for less than an hour, you’re pretty much the poster child for privilege.
A 19 year old from Indiana faces a quarter century as a registered sex offender because he met a girl who lied about her age.
So much for freedom of speech.
A new poll shows that Americans have moved to the left on a wide variety of social issues.
Former Hewlett Packard CEO, and failed Senate candidate, Carly Fiorina will be running for President for some reason.
Legislators in Tennessee have taken the “gun rights” argument further than it was ever intended to go.
Carly Fiorina seems to be inching close to a Presidential run for some reason.
