Initial polling on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court find the public more divided than they have been for other recent SCOTUS picks, but that’s unlikely to impact the fate of his nomination.
A selection that is likely to keep the Senate GOP united and red-state Democrats up for re-election under pressure to vote to confirm.
Democrats are making largely meaningless appeals to the so-called ‘Merrick Garland Precedent” to argue for a delay in confirming the President’s next Supreme Court nominee. The American people feel differently.
With the President set to announce his Supreme Court pick Monday evening, another name has entered the game.
Recent polling finds that Americans aren’t feeling quite so patriotic right now. It’s understandable, but we shouldn’t give up hope.
The calls to “Abolish ICE” are spreading to potential candidates for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.
The White House is hoping for a relatively quick turnaround time to pick a replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy.
The unconscionable violation of norms in 2016 won’t apply in 2018; it’s a matter of power, not principle.
After thirty years on the bench, during which he played a central role in some of the Supreme Court’s most significant rulings, Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring.
House Republicans are supposed to vote on one or more immigration bills this week, but can’t even agree what their policy should be.
Tom Nichols draws a contrast between Republican criticisms of the last president and their defense of this one.
After a period where Republicans seemed to be closing the gap, Democrats may be widening their lead heading into November.
Senators hoping for a long summer recess have had their hopes dashed.
Donald Trump may or may not be racist himself, but he has most certainly exploited and helped widen racial divisions ever since bursting on the political scene in 2015.
President Trump is setting off another trade war, this time with some of America’s closest and most important allies.
Although he came in third place in the GOP primary, Don Blankenship is now running as a third-party candidate and could potentially be a problem for Republicans in November.
With the end of the Supreme Court term approaching, speculation about a Kennedy retirement is ramping up again.
Republican chances to hold the Senate were boosted in West Virginia last night thanks to the fact that a fringe candidate was soundly defeated.
Whether Don Blankenship wins or loses in West Virginia, his success is yet another example of how Donald Trump has changed the GOP for the worse.
National Republicans are increasingly concerned that an upstart, racist candidate who has unleashed personal attacks on Mitch McConnell’s family will sneak through and win tomorrow’s primary to decide who will face Joe Manchin in November.
While the Trump Administration slowly tries to remake the Federal Judiciary, states are moving to pass radical new challenges to Roe v. Wade.
It’s been 441 days since Donald Trump held a full-fledged Presidential press conference. Does anyone care?
Republicans are worried about 2018, and they’re even more worried that they have a President who is refusing to acknowledge political reality.
Failed Senate candidate Roy Moore is suing several of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct during last year’s campaign.
Republicans joined with Democrats to advance a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but it’s unlikely to go anywhere beyond that.
For better or worse, Mike Pompeo will be confirmed as the 70th Secretary of State by the end of this week.
Republicans are planning on pushing judicial nominees through the Senate in case they lose control in November. Meanwhile, the possibility of a Supreme Court vacancy raises the stakes.
An essay from earlier in the year by Jacob T. Levy underscores some of the points I recently tried to make about democratic norms in the current era.
The highest ranking Democrat in the Senate has introduced a bill that would effectively decriminalize marijuana nationwide and leave it up to each state to decide how far they wish to go with regard to cannabis regulation. It’s a huge step in the right direction.
Despite facing headwinds in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mike Pompeo will probably be confirmed as the next Secretary of State. That’s unfortunate.
Republicans on Capitol Hill and in positions of power are slavishly backing their President over their country. They should be ashamed.
Congress passed a funding bill to avert a shutdown with time to spare early this morning, but now the President is threatening a veto.
Profiles in courage? With Republicans in the Trump Era, it’s more like profiles in cowardice.
President Trump continues to obsequiously praise Russian President Vladimir Putin
The nominations of Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel could be in trouble in the Senate.
Once again, there’s speculation in Washington that Justice Anthony Kennedy could retire this year.
The 80-year-old Mississippi Republican, who was first elected to the Senate in 1978 after serving six years in the House, has been in poor health.
A group of twenty states have revived an old argument to mount a new legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act.
President Trump appeared to change positions on several gun control ideas, but he probably doesn’t mean it.
The prospects for extending legal protections for DACA beneficiaries are getting grimmer by the day.
The prospect for a fix to help DACA beneficiaries is looking gloomier than ever.
With time seemingly running out, the Senate debate over extending DACA is moving slowly.
If Trump is able to insist upon a package deal or no deal at all, he may muck up his chance of policy success, but it may be the Democrats who lose politically.
The Tea Party is dead, but it was never really alive to begin with.
Congress seems likely to pass a budget deal today that will massively increase spending, putting to rest once and for all the rank hypocrisy of Republicans when it comes to claims that they are “fiscally conservative.”
Congress appears to be moving closer to a budget deal even as the President tries to throw a monkey wrench into the whole thing.
After an extended break for the Republican retreat, Congress heads back to work today with just three days before a possible government shutdown.
