The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in a case that could have big implications for redistricting, and the make-up of state legislatures and the House of Representatives.
The United States and Europe are giving everything the perpetrators of the Paris attacks hoped for.
After thirty years in Federal Prison, Jonathan Pollard is a free man. Make no mistake, though. Pollard is not, and never has been, a hero and he deserves to be remembered as nothing but the criminal that he is.
John Kasich wants the United States Government to create an agency to spread ‘so-called ‘Judeo-Christian values.’
Ben Carson displays incoherence and ignorance on foreign policy issues that disqualify him from being considered a serious candidate for President of the United States.
Why Republicans nominate moderates for president and not other offices.
Forget about Congress, the real story going forward is likely to be Republican dominance of state legislatures nationwide.
Today, many states and municipalities are having elections that will mostly attract Democrats.
So close, and yet so very, very, far.
To the surprise of nobody who was actually paying attention to political reality, Vice-President Biden announced today that he will not be a candidate for President.
If pre-election polling is to be believed, Stephan Harper and Canada’s Conservative Party seem likely to lose power after Monday’s elections, but there are several reasons why this may not end up being the case.
In addition to doing everything she needed to do last night, Hillary Clinton also destroyed whatever logic remained for a Joe Biden candidacy.
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.
The seeds of the current peace deal date back to 2007-2008 (plus some longer-term background notes).
Joe Biden may want to run for President, but does anyone else? It doesn’t really seem like it.
Like many Republicans, Jeb Bush continues to be willfully blind to the truth about the Iraq War.
A Federal Appeals Court has dealt a setback to Texas in the battle over its Voter ID Law.
Public opinion on the Supreme Court has declined significantly, largely because Republicans don’t like the Supreme Court very much right now.
We are still a ways from actual voting–this needs to be remembered.
While “fundamentals” will have more impact on choosing our next president than what happens on the campaign trail, the race itself is important.
Greek voters rejected the latest bailout package, but that only seems likely to make things even worse for them.
He definitely wouldn’t appreciate it, but in some sense you can thank Robert Bork for the Supreme Court’s opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges.
SCOTUS has upheld the use of election commissions to draw Congressional district lines.
Wherein I take the view that as our understanding of language changes, so too does our application of the Constiution.
The US Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that the U.S. Constitution contains a right to same-sex marriage.
The era of legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act is over.
The Supreme Court ruled that states don’t have to grant license plates that display the Confederate flag. Their decision has the potential to seriously harm the First Amendment.
Surely it’s time to put a woman on American currency again, but why go after Alexander Hamilton?
Turkey’s governing party suffered big setbacks at the ballot box yesterday.
The “Draft Warren” movement is basically dead.
The Supreme Court accepted a case that will require the Justices to decide just what it meant when it established the “one person, one vote” rule for drawing legislative districts.
President Obama is taking steps to reduce police militarization, but there’s much more that needs to be done.
Fresh off an election victory, British Prime Minister David Cameron is set to propose a series of new measures to crackdown on extremism that raise serious civil liberties concerns.
Hillary Clinton told supporters she’d require Supreme Court nominees to pledge to overturn Citizens United, a decision she completely misrepresented.
49 “experts in governance and democracy” to call for nonsensical reforms to the presidential debates.
An attack on al Qaeda outposts in January resulted in the death of two hostages, but also resulted in the death of two high value al Qaeda targets.
Some thoughts on a column by Roger Noriega on the Obama administration and Latin America,
Harry Reid made outlandish claims about Mitt Romney during the 2012 election. He probably knew they were lies when he made them. And he doesn’t care.
President Obama thinks that it would be a good idea if everyone were forced to vote. He’s wrong, and his idea is most likely unconstitutional.
Elton John is leading a boycott against Dolce & Gabbana.
Don’t say “climate change” or “global warming” if you work for Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection.
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