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Optimism About Trump in 2018 Jan. 03, 2018
President Trump took office at the beginning of 2017 swimming in a sea of negativity. Some predicted... Read More
Can the GOP's Shotgun Marriage Be Saved? Aug. 29, 2017
Wednesday morning, Nov. 9, 2016, Republicans awoke to learn they had won the lottery. Donald Trump h... Read More
Want More Civility? Try Less Power. Apr. 13, 2017
Earlier this week, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and now-deceased Justice Antonin Scalia... Read More
Mistrust of Trump Threatens Political Corrosion and Rule of Law Apr. 07, 2017
Donald Trump's unorthodox campaign and unexpected victory have produced a culture of mistrust permea... Read More
The Senate Changes Its Ways for Gorsuch Apr. 07, 2017
On the gloomy gray morning the Senate changed its ways and character forever, John Glenn, the legend... Read More
Nixon, LBJ & the First Shots in the Judges' War Apr. 07, 2017
The Democrats' drive to defeat Neil Gorsuch is the latest battle in a 50-year war for control of the... Read More
End of Filibuster Not Good for Either Party Apr. 07, 2017
Back when I was a young staffer in the House of Representatives, we viewed the Senate with some disd... Read More
Retreat, Hell! Trump Just Got Here! Apr. 05, 2017
After less then 75 days in office, the mainstream media is already writing obituaries for the Trump ... Read More
Jeremiah Denton and the Point of No Return Apr. 05, 2017
The chairman told the witness to stand. "Do you swear that the testimony you are about to give will ... Read More
Justice Gorsuch? Apr. 05, 2017
Judge Neil Gorsuch would never have been appointed to the Supreme Court by Hillary Clinton. He's way... Read More
What? You Expected Democratic Senators to Act Like Adults? Apr. 04, 2017
An uncomplimentary picture takes shape in the mind: the Senate's Democratic minority (save for a hig... Read More
Neil Gorsuch Must Be a Bad Man Apr. 02, 2017
WASHINGTON — A favorite truism in Washington these days is: "Be careful what you wish for; you... Read More
Doesn't Anybody Know How to Play This Game? Mar. 31, 2017
"Dare I suggest," writes the economist and blogger Tyler Cowen, "that the quality of governance in t... Read More
Questions for Judge Gorsuch Mar. 23, 2017
I have spent this past week watching the Senate Judiciary Committee interrogating U.S. Circuit Judge... Read More
Gorsuch v. Death, Inc. Mar. 22, 2017
St. Augustine, who has not been nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, made a straightforward argument... Read More
We're Against Emotionalism, Except When We're Not Mar. 22, 2017
Conservatives have rightly taken pride in Neil Gorsuch's calm and cerebral performance at his Senate... Read More
Judging Judge Gorsuch Mar. 21, 2017
A guide to the Neil Gorsuch nomination uproar: If you want the federal government to exercise greate... Read More
Trump Must Break Judicial Power Feb. 10, 2017
"Disheartening and demoralizing," wailed Judge Neil Gorsuch of President Trump's comments about the ... Read More
Put Aside Petty Grievances, Mr. President Feb. 10, 2017
At no point in my life have I ever felt as alienated from politics as I do now. Three weeks into the... Read More
Of Judges and Other Lawmakers Feb. 07, 2017
The structure of American government has not received such a visible going-over since, oh, perhaps 1... Read More
