Outside the Beltway

The policy was undeniably harmful and unconstitutional. Is it forgivable?

The Democratic nominee will be white.

The Vermont Senator is a better politician than most give him credit for.

The State of the Union is petulant.

(At least the removal part)

The paper of record endorsed both Warren and Klobuchar

Some reports are indicating that Joe Biden’s campaign is considering making a pledge that he would only serve a single term if elected. This would be a mistake.

Kamala Harris didn’t fail because of her race, she failed because she was a bad candidate.

Especially Senate inaction.

After arguing for a month about an “unfair” impeachment process, the WHite House is saying ‘no thanks’ to an invitation to participate in the next round of impeachment hearings.

And another one gone, another one gone, another one bites the dust.

The California Supreme Court has struck down a state law purporting to require a candidate for President to release their tax returns,

A new article puts Joe Biden’s gaffes and malapropisms in a new light.

The fight over the President’s tax returns has reached the Supreme Court.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals handed President Trump a loss in his effort to prevent prosecutors in New York from getting copies of his tax returns.

And now we have evidence of a clear effort at a coverup by high-level White House employees. The question would be, what did the President know and when did he know it?

While the economy is likely to remain at its current levels for the next year, that probably won’t help Trump and the GOP much.

John Kelly, President Trump’s former Chief of Staff, is speaking out nearly a year after leaving office

No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

What started out as a joke on the campaign trail has turned into a serious legal argument being made to a Federal Judge by an attorney for the President.

New polling is showing increased public support for President Trump’s impeachment and removal

As the vultures continue to circle above the White House, the President continues to lash out.

His letter to Erdogan.

Concluding thoughts (for the moment).

When the facts make for a poor defense, attack the process.

President Trump loses another lawsuit against his ongoing efforts to stonewall Congress.

Expanding on yesterday afternoon’s post.

It looks like we’ll have Cory Booker to kick around for a little while longer.

Greg Sargent usefully lays out the basics.

A wrongheaded solution for a legitimate problem.

Eighteen years after it started, the American public seems to be mostly ignoring the war in Afghanistan. But that isn’t an excuse for not bringing it to an end.

A Harvard law professor makes my case better than I did.

Let’s not kid ourselves about what’s possible in the next election.

In the US, the candidate defines the party, not the other way around.

The map shows the flaws of the Electoral College

A new poll shows that most Americans want President Trump out of office, but don’t want to see the House impeach him.

In this case, Rich Lowry’s.

Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, who dropped out of the race for President just last week, is running for Senate in his home state.

Donald Trump has found a new far-right lunatic to retweet.

On a day that called for national unity and empathy, President Trump couldn’t help but revert to form.

Kamala Harris’s post-debate rise in the polls appears to be losing momentum as we head into the second debate.

Anchorage had record high temperatures yesterday.

Change isn’t likely.

Can the commander-in-chief’s tweets be unlawful command influence?

The job laid out by the Framers in Article II of the Constitution has expanded a mite.

The Kaine-Udall amendment has met its predictable end.

Polls are starting to show that the number of Republicans embarrassed by the President’s rhetoric and behavior is rising. Sorry guys, it’s too late now. You broke it, you bought it.

Democrats are trying to rein in President Trump. It won’t work.

A new report in The New York Times raises both national security and Constitutional concerns.

While the scope of Federal power has expanded beyond the ken of the Framers, this is not an example.