Clinton used the address to unveil big new policy proposals, such as his call to use the new budget surplus to “save Social Security first.” George W. Bush launched the run-up to the Iraq War in the ...
In an effort to use whatever shards of power they hold to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Democrats in Congress have refused to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unless ...
You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Receive it in your inbox. President Trump has threatened to send troops to Chicago to “straighten that one out.” New ...
You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. For months, we have warned of a drive by President Trump and his administration to undermine ...
The United States Sentencing Commission voted unanimously yesterday to reduce racial disparities in drug sentencing and bring fairness to the nation’s federal drug laws. The vote will apply the Fair ...
Update: When this article was first published, the SAVE America Act included a provision that would have also required voters to show documents such as a passport or birth certificate at the polls ...
Months of unprecedented actions signal that the Trump administration is pursuing a concerted strategy to undermine the next election. One part of that effort is an ongoing attempt to collect voter ...
A handful of wealthy donors dominate electoral giving and spending in the United States. We need limits on campaign finance, transparency, and effective enforcement of these rules — along with public ...
In late March, the Supreme Court will hear a case where Republican voters argue that Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. Maryland defends the map, ...
The House is still up for grabs, but which party gains control will be determined by races in an increasingly small number of districts. One of the most consequential outcomes of this redistricting ...
Enacted in 1792, the Insurrection Act grants the president the authority to deploy the U.S. military domestically and use it against Americans under certain conditions. While there are rare ...
Diane P. Wood is a law professor and served as a federal appeals court judge. When President Biden announced in April 2021 that he was forming the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the ...
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