It explains why many of the reasons GOP senators gave for opposing Jackson were ridiculous, but also that there is nothing inherently wrong in opposing a qualified "mainstream" nominee based on differences over judicial philosophy.
Donald Trump's staying power and the decline of fusionism are on full display in this primary race.
Instead of building on Republican support for federalism, they seem determined to alienate potential allies.
The Supreme Court nominee's critics say she clearly did, but several federal appeals courts disagree.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer worries that approving the SAFE Banking Act would make broader changes less likely.
Lawmakers packed $8 billion of pork into the omnibus bill that passed Congress last night.
In a program separate from the ones disclosed by Edward Snowden, we see more mass secret domestic data collection.
By saying the quiet part loud, the former president should spur Congress into action.
The defeat of Democrats' voting rights legislation could lead to meaningful progress on election integrity.
Plus: CBD could prevent COVID-19, gun owner privacy is at risk in California, and more...
Both parties want to kill the filibuster when they are in the majority, and that's exactly why it needs to stick around.
Senate Democrats should avoid taking the easy, undemocratic way out.
If Democrats' voting rights bills are blocked, Biden says, "we have no choice but to change the Senate rules, including getting rid of the filibuster."
An old strategy that’s worked for Democrats before may work again.
Plus: Yelling "fire" (literally and metaphorically), fundraising with non-fungible tokens, and more...
Politicians attack dollar-backed cryptocurrencies called “stablecoins” and the decentralized finance it enables
Plus: The pragmatic approach to omicron is emerging, lumber prices are skyrocketing again, and more...
Deficit spending and debt are out of control, and dragging down the purchasing power of the dollar.
Enough with the budget gimmicks. It's time for Democrats to admit that Biden's proposal is a long, long way from being fully paid for.
Plus: Getting hitched in the metaverse, unemployment claims fall to their lowest level in decades, and more...
The TV personality's extensive history of promoting dubious nostrums suggests that he isn't.
The proposed vaping tax has caused a third Democrat to join Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema in opposing the bill.
"I'm open to supporting a final bill that helps move our country forward, but I'm equally open to voting against a bill that hurts our country," Manchin says.
If the power to his house went out during a storm, one assumes Hawley would declare electricity to be a mistake and demand that homes be lit with candles.
Plus: RIP to political humorist Mort Sahl, a look at which households pay the largest share of sin taxes, and more....
The Senate's leading progressive seems to misunderstand the basic math of American democracy.
Plus: the unintended consequences of mandating COVID vaccines for students
Among Americans who aren't liberal pundits, the debt and deficit rank as major concerns. It's about time Congress noticed.
It is the equivalent of mandating that all new homes come with at least five bathrooms.
Cryptocurrency advocates fight back against major government overreach.
For now, the side that wants less cryptocurrency regulation and taxation lost.
Inside the dispute over gain-of-function research.
A proposal obtained by Politico would get rid of male-only language in an upcoming military service bill.
Plus: The FBI had at least a dozen informants helping put together the plot to kidnap Michigan's governor, price controls fail again, and more.
Plus: Strip clubs help reduce crime rates, tariffs fail to achieve their primary political purposes, Jeff Bezos goes to space, and more.
Dean Chemerinsky has argued for and against the filibuster on both constitutional and policy grounds.
Some academics are urging VP Harris to declare the filibuster unconstitutional
Her response to questions from the Senate HELP committee were disqualifying.
The Senate majority leader's racial rhetoric and overly prescriptive approach make an already iffy effort even more quixotic.
A heterodox hero and committed antiwar activist, Gravel put the Pentagon Papers in the public record.
By effectively casting aside the filibuster while technically leaving it in place, Democrats can maintain the pretense that they played by the rules.
The "For The People Act" was a flawed package that would have solved some problems while creating new headaches.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is right: Democrats have more to lose by ending the filibuster than by putting up with it.
David Chipman's obfuscation, like the president's vagueness, is aimed at concealing the illogic of targeting firearms based on their "military-style" appearance.
Putting criticisms of the Senate, Electoral College, and Supreme Court in perspective.
If workers were as eager to join unions as President Joe Biden seems to think, they wouldn't need a more powerful NLRB to encourage that outcome.
The little-known but outrageous practice allows federal judges enhance defendants' sentence based on conduct a jury acquitted them of.
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