Yglesias supports an alliance and has key points of agreement with libertarians, but also criticisms of libertarianism. I welcome former and respond to the latter.
Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff discuss the global decline of free speech, why democracies are embracing censorship, and what can be done to protect open debate.
Videos of my presentation and interview on this topic at a major Italian university.
It limits executive power grabs in this field, as well as others.
Andy Serkis discusses the corrupting nature of power, what Animal Farm says about modern authoritarianism, and whether technology expands or diminishes human creativity.
Republicans picked this fight, and Democrats responded by drawing some egregiously gerrymandered districts. In the end, voters lose.
There is no voting crisis that demands federal intervention.
The Trump administration keeps trying to find legal loopholes, but the will of the people is the final judge of any major policy.
It is part of their series of essays addressing issues facing American democracy.
Steve Twist and I propose increasing involvement by crime victims as a way to reduce politicization of criminal justice processes.
Trump's call to "nationalize elections" leads prominent election law scholar Rick Hasen to reverse his longstanding support for such a policy.
Those who blame Buckley for our current problems are wrong to do so. A contrary decision would have made things worse.
Venezuelan opposition leader Freddy Guevara explains support for U.S. intervention, how socialism destroyed Venezuela, and what a democratic transition would require.
Politically-motivated firings and increased executive branch scrutiny set “a dangerous precedent,” warns a former archivist of the United States.
Past societies tried to regulate their way to stability. But it came at a great cost.
The self-made tycoon was convicted this week of violating Hong Kong's "national security" law. But he could have escaped it.
Does that mean they want more housing generally?
Michael McFaul's new book feels like it was written in 2015, not 2025.
Don't believe the GOP's 'principled' opposition to Prop. 50
The award goes to a classical liberal and free market advocate who has risked her life to challenge Venezuela’s socialist dictatorship.
Thin-skinned MAGA can dish it out, but can't take mockery.
The Constitution requires apportionment to be based on a count of all "persons," excluding only "Indians not taxed."
Trump's ability to shift acceptable policy debates poses dangers, given that many of the shifts obliterate political norms.
It is part of the Yale Journal on Regulation Symposium on the 20th Anniversary of Kelo v. City of New London.
The coalition’s national press coordinator says, “We’re all dedicated to championing the cause of nonviolence—not just because it’s moral, but because it’s more effective.”
"Anarchism and democracy are—or should be—largely identical," wrote the anthropologist David Graeber.
"Impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision," Roberts noted after Trump said federal judges who impede his agenda should be fired.
Threats to impeach federal judges who rule against the government are a naked attack on their constitutionally crucial function.
Written by Georgetown Prof. Jason Brennan.
The Munich Security Conference was supposed to be a foreign policy forum. Instead, the vice president lectured Europeans about democracy.
Vice President J.D. Vance believes presidents can ignore the courts in some situations. Are we heading for a constitutional crisis?
Voter ignorance and bias in evaluating political information were major factors in both.
Rule by incompetent, power-hungry fools is a bipartisan problem.
The 81-year-old congresswoman has not voted since July, at which point she apparently moved into an eldercare facility.
President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to go down a path trodden by past South Korean military dictators. The Korean people wouldn’t let him.
Trump's victory was narrow and largely caused by public anger at inflation and price increases.
Author and GOP strategist Patrick Ruffini discusses Trump's re-election and the ways in which the party is changing.
Podcaster Michael Liebowitz interviewed me on why Kamala Harris is a lesser evil than Trump, and the more general issue of the logic of voting for a lesser evil.
I've long warned about the dangers of voter ignorance. But the Trump era and the current election reveal that, on one crucial point, I was actually too optimistic.
The symposium includes contributions by many prominent legal scholars. I am among the contributors.
Only one in four Republican voters are very confident their ballots will be counted correctly, and Trump voters are far less likely to believe the election will be decided fairly.
The Republican presidential candidate’s views do not reflect any unifying principle other than self-interest.
When your opponents are accusing you of trying to subvert democracy, maybe don't suggest that it "makes a lot of sense" to ignore the will of the voters.
Why I'm voting for Harris in the 2024 election.
It's fundamentally different from what Republicans have tried to do, but similar enough to be worrisome.
I will be on a panel with Prof. Neil Siegel (Duke) and Prof. Derek Muller (Notre Dame) in a webinar sponsored by the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Documentarian Ford Fischer discusses his experience covering the "Stop the Steal" movement, January 6, and what it all means for the future of journalism and democracy.
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