Many of the justices seem intent on avoiding the substantive issues at stake in a case challenging the legality of Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment count for congressional representation.
The MORE Act, which would repeal federal prohibition, is scheduled for a vote this week.
Plus: Pennsylvania rejects mail-in vote challenge, Facebook begs for regulation, and more...
The brief filed by Univ. of Texas law professor Sanford Levinson and myself explains why the Trump administration's efforts to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment count for allocating seats in the House of Representatives goes against the text and original meaning of the Constitution.
The legal doctrine is a free pass for rampant government abuse.
Anyone who was rooting for both "teams" to lose on Election Day should be fairly satisfied right now.
Americans are nowhere close to embracing the radical left.
The incoming administration opposes the death penalty, but the Justice Department has three more executions planned this year.
It's been a good night for incumbents.
Why people continue to trust government officials is a mystery.
Plus: Unrest and looting in Philadelphia after the police shoot and kill a black man, Trump supporters stranded in Omaha, Biden faces new corruption allegations, and more...
Advancing laws that further libertarian objectives, no matter who champions them, looks like the surer route to our preferred ends.
Plus: Supreme Court won't stop Pennsylvania from counting late ballots, proposed amendment would limit Court to nine justices, and more...
The House Intelligence Committee is mulling ways to stop an "infodemic." Is this really a task we want the government to tackle?
The filibuster is not inherently a tool of oppression simply because segregationist politicians in the 1950s and '60s found it useful.
There's a fox, a goose, and a bag of grain. And a hippopotamus in the middle of the river.
Plus: DOJ sues over Melania Trump adviser's book, Justice Clarence Thomas wants to limit Section 230, and more....
Enforcement is supposed to be about protecting "consumer welfare." Overturning that goal would be bad for all of us.
After years of federal fiscal recklessness, is Washington's bill finally coming due?
Plus: Tech companies respond, proposed H-1B visa changes, and more...
It is an abrupt reversal for Trump, who as recently as Saturday had voiced his support for another stimulus package.
Plus: Texas attorney general accused of bribery, Homeland Security wants credit reports on immigration sponsors, and more...
As more senators test positive for COVID-19, the ability of the Senate to conduct business is threatened.
Congress' one Libertarian member cited the counterproductive, free speech-threatening nature of the resolution to explain his "no" vote.
House Democrats are working to extend another round of emergency aid to airlines in a stand-alone bill after the passage of a larger coronavirus relief package stalled in the Senate.
Bipartisanship isn't dead, sadly.
The U.S. tax code should be front and center.
The opinion was written by prominent conservative Judge David Sentelle.
Under the broad terms of a 1934 federal law, the president has the authority to seize emergency control of almost any electronic device in the country.
A new DOJ proposal aims to bring the internet communications law in line with Trump's personal interpretation of it.
Plus: House votes to keep funding the government, DHS recalls intelligence reports, Jeff Bezos is starting a preschool, and more...
Skyrocketing debt, higher borrowing costs, and a hobbled economy are predicted in the latest Congressional Budget Office report.
If Congress is too afraid to vote on marijuana reform, how the hell are they ever going to pass policing reform?
Plus: Raleigh cop uses fake evidence in drug cases, caution on CDC study linking restaurants to COVID-19 cases, and more...
Trump even vetoed a bill that would stop him from military action in Iran without congressional approval.
We don’t trust state-controlled companies in China. Would it be different if we did more of the controlling?
The SAFE Banking Act is not a pork-barrel spending bill. Is that why it’s struggling?
Even as Americans rely on tech more than ever, our early-pandemic truce with the industry is officially over.
This isn't a debate about consumer needs. It's all about political control.
Siri, what color is the kettle?
Politicians' opinions about the maneuver depend on which party is in power.
Plus: Trump suggests election delay, and more...
The scary monopoly power on display Wednesday was the federal government's.
Senate Republicans announced Monday that the federal government will pay an additional $200 per week in unemployment benefits. The $600 per week benefits boost will expire on July 31.
Plus: Gun groups for black Americans are growing, a promising new study on opening schools, and more...
American voters know what's up.
Congress is currently debating what should be included in the next trillion-dollar (and counting) stimulus bill, but nothing is likely to pass this week.
Plus: Homeland Security memo worries masks will thwart their surveillance, the feds are snatching people off the streets in Portland, Congress takes up the D.C. shroom debate, and more...
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