Those sounding the loudest alarms about possible shutdowns are largely silent when Congress ignores its own budgetary rules. All that seems to matter is that government is metaphorically funded.
The Manhattan case stinks of partisan politics, but Trump faces more serious legal jeopardy on at least three other fronts.
The case against the former president is both morally dubious and legally shaky.
Trump very much deserves to be prosecuted and punished. But the New York case is far more dubious than the other charges likely to be brought against him.
The continuing ambiguity reflects the legal challenges that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg faces in transforming one hush payment into 34 felonies.
Plus: Debating whether GPT-4 actually understands language, U.S. immigration law stops a college basketball star from scoring, and more...
Plus: the terrible case for pausing A.I. innovation
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is relying on debatable facts and untested legal theories to transform minor misconduct into a felony.
Plus: Evidence that social media causes teen health problems "isn't convincing," more states ban gender transition treatments for minors, and more...
Plus: A listener asks the editors if the nation is indeed unraveling or if she is just one of "The Olds" now.
The case hinges on the claim that the former president tried to cover up a campaign finance violation with which he was never charged.
Plus: Libertarians ask Supreme Court to consider New York ballot access rule change, Wyoming bans abortion pills, and more...
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg reportedly intends to prosecute Trump for falsifying business records.
The massive power of federal government attracts frauds.
And is this a good precedent to be setting?
Fifth post in the symposium on the National Constitution Center "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" project. Walter Olson of Team Libertarian comments on similarities and differences between the three reports.
Fourth post in the symposium on the National Constitution Center "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" project. David French presents the Team Conservative Report.
Republicans take a page from the Democrats’ book by crying “dark money” during Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing.
Two lessons from the Canadian truckers' protest
A California rule and a bill approved by the House seem designed to chill freedom of speech and freedom of association.
With a lot of money spent for little results, the most recent election was a rebuttal to arguments for campaign finance reform.
Democrats and Republicans agree on that point, although they disagree about what it means in practice.
The Texas senator notes the opposing party's blind spots on freedom of speech and the right to arms.
The 5th Circuit judge is a mixed bag from a libertarian perspective.
No amount of money can buy victory for candidates who fail to persuade voters.
No amount of money can buy victory for candidates who fail to persuade voters.
The former New York City mayor has never been good at concealing his conviction that he is smarter and better than the rest of us.
Michael Bloomberg spent at least $500 million in his bid for a Super Tuesday blitz. He came away with...American Samoa.
"I hope our country will never see the time, when either riches or the want of them will be the leading considerations in the choice of public officers," Adams wrote in 1776.
The two Democratic billionaires have spent a combined $200 million on campaign ads already. That doesn't mean much to them, but the opportunity costs are staggering.
In the midst of a housing crisis, L.A. politicians have decided to limit their own incentives to allow more housing construction.
Twitter has made a bad decision when it comes to banning political ads from its site. They should trust users to decide what is right or wrong.
The Ukrainian president's benign interpretation of Trump's conduct is relevant to the impeachment inquiry but not dispositive.
Should participation in an election hinge on a voter's identity being made public? Of course not.
The president's critics have several legal theories, ranging from frivolous to debatable.
The constitutional amendment they support, like the president’s plan to regulate social media, trusts the government to moderate our political debate.
The Democracy for All Amendment aims to mute some voices so that others can be heard.
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Political donations are made public so that citizens can hold politicians accountable, not the other way around.
Episode 5 of Free Speech Rules, from UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh
Nancy Pelosi's overwrought take on Donald Trump's receptiveness to "oppo research" is hard to take seriously.
Plus: humanitarians face felonies for helping migrants, Huawei scientists banned from reviewing prestigious journal, and more...
Although it's not all clear that the Trump Tower meeting was criminal, the president knew it would look bad.
Sobering reminder for all current and future Libertarians: A previously unknown mayor from a midsized Indiana college town will soon shatter the high-water fundraising numbers for America's third party.
Reformers always have a new scheme to take "the money out of politics," but it usually just makes the government larger and campaign spending increase.
Campaign finance legislation is always about inhibiting someone's speech.
Legal experts debate whether payments to kill stories about then-candidate Trump's affairs were undisclosed campaign expenditures.
Even if hush payments to his alleged mistresses amounted to illegal campaign contributions, the president says, he did not know that at the time.