Outside the Beltway

The problem is real.

Multiple reports have the Notre Dame graduate replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The iconic Supreme Court justice has died at the age of 87.

Is Trump really an outlier?

A new poll shows meaningful shifts in public attitudes.

Media bias is real, but it isn’t what many claim it to be.

The one-time wunderkind, blogging pioneer, and same-sex marriage champion is now on the outs.

The convergence of design flaws in the constitution and a flawed leader have brought us to brink of an electoral crisis.

A quick overview and some examples to start a longer conversation.

We were much slower and have higher non-conformity than countries that have it under control.

Ongoing ambiguity is not helpful.

Leadership matters (as does culture).

It creates a veto gate that they are almost guaranteed to control when they need it.

Joementum.

Mostly stability.

Biden’s polling lead over Trump is historically stable.

“Will some people be affected badly? Yes.”

The policy choices before us are not a dichotomy between off and on.

The President seems to be enjoying a mild rally effect.

We may be in a national crisis but it’s still politics as usual in Washington.

The similarities are rather obvious. But the differences matter.

On presidents

Lack of control of label is lack of control, ultimately, of a party.

Not surprisingly, we remain as polarized as ever.

(At least the removal part)

To defang impeachment is an invitation for presidents to ignore the rule of law.

The Republicans are playing a different game.

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

Money has increasingly dominated American politics but the court case had little to do with it.

Rules for covering the Senate trial highlight changes in how we get the news.

The 45th President polls worse than other prominent Republicans.

Incentives matter.

One weird trick for knowing if a given action will affect public opinion on Trump.

For the third time in history, an American President has been impeached.

After months of silence, Maine Senator Susan Collins has announced that she is running for a fifth term in office.

The men who gathered in Philadelphia to write the Constitution were geniuses. But they couldn’t predict the future.

Alliance to party trumps alliance to branch.

Boris Johnson and the British Conservative Party scored a huge win in yesterday’s General Election, while Labour walked away with its biggest defeat in a generation.

Especially Senate inaction.

In what many are seeing as a rebuke of the President, Louisiana voters re-elected Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards over his Republican opponent.

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.

The proof of a quid pro quo is coming from inside the President’s own Administration.

A custody case out of Texas raises issues about how to react to and treat a child who identifies as a gender different from their biological sex.

Elizabeth Warren took most of the fire during last night’s fourth Democratic debate, which will likely go a long way toward winnowing down a crowded field.

Beto O’Rourke wants to use government policy to punish religious institutions that don’t recognize same-sex marriages.

The Supreme Court returns to work today with a significant number of high-profile cases on its docket.

A startling statistic that hides a more comforting reality.

With election results showing his Likud Party falling short of a majority, Benjamin Netanyahu is joining his chief rival in vallsfor a unity government. Getting there would be complicated, though,

It’s still early in the election cycle but there’s plenty for the President to worry about.

We’re unlikely to see anyone like her again.