After Trump Took Office, Judicial Nominee Obstruction Skyrocketed From 3 To 75 Percent
Nothing rationally related to the judicial appointment process explains such a wholesale repudiation of norms that had prevailed for more than two centuries.
Donald Trump Doesn’t Understand Why We Don’t Have One-Man Executive Rule
In two recent interviews, Donald Trump doesn’t really seem to grasp the difference between our system of government and authoritarian one-man rule.
The Court In The Balance
We should “Learn to love the gridlock.” It has been our salvation, time and again.
There’s Ample Precedent For Rejecting Lame Duck Supreme Court Nominees
Historically, many Supreme Court nominations made in a President’s final year in office are rejected by the Senate. That started with John Quincy Adams and last occurred to Lyndon B. Johnson.
How The Iran Bill Weakens Senate Oversight While Trying To Preserve It
If the Corker-Menendez bill passes as is, the president could execute the same weak Iran agreement that he was going to enter unilaterally—while now claiming legitimacy.
Panetta’s “Disloyalty” to the President Is How It’s Supposed to Work
Leon Panetta’s memoir is reminder that it’s good for the president to be afraid that his cabinet officers will eventually rat him out.
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