Why Would Republicans Want a Credible, Nonpartisan Investigation of the Capitol Riot?
From Mitch McConnell's perspective, an independent commission can only mean trouble.
From Mitch McConnell's perspective, an independent commission can only mean trouble.
Anti-Trump Republicans have yet to win an intra-party fight. And launching third parties are for marathoners, not sprinters.
Participants include Prof. Edward Rubin (Vanderbilt), Prof. Carolyn Shapiro (Chicago-Kent), Ilya Shapiro (Cato Institute), and myself.
It's a working model for non-state governance in cyberspace that is vastly preferable to government control of social media.
Three reasons to be skeptical about Evan McMullin's latest political initiative.
A member of the board (and a Cato Institute vice president) defends the controversial decision to kick the former president off the social media platform.
By stripping her of her leadership position, House Republicans proved her point.
The main qualification of Cheney's likely replacement as chair of the House Republican Conference is her willingness to indulge Donald Trump's election fantasy.
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Facebook can't kill, jail, or tax you. It can only stop you from posting on Facebook.
"At the time of Mr. Trump's posts, there was a clear, immediate risk of harm."
The president reneged on that promise last month. People weren't happy.
When government doesn't deliver, voters look for unpolished candidates from outside government. Go figure.
It now plans to employ just 1,454 people after bulldozing dozens of homes to make room for a factory Donald Trump once touted as the "eighth wonder of the world."
Songs like "Gun Totin' Patriot" and "We Outside" might be ridiculous, Trump-worshiping schlock, but their embrace of controversial themes breathes some rebelliousness back into rap.
His explanation makes little sense.
"We are utterly devastated," said Baudilia Cavazos.
A signature priority of President Donald Trump's administration was paring back federal environmental laws. Republicans are now stretching the definition of those same laws to save the former president's immigration policies.
The pro-union left agrees with the MAGA right: If you can't beat 'em, claim they cheated.
The president's proposed tax hike would fall on workers. This isn't a controversial point.
Technological breakthroughs mean we'll never again have to suffer with disasters like the novel coronavirus—if politicians will get out of the way.
Contributors include a variety of legal scholars, including, Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Dan Farber, and myself, among others.
A federal appeals court rejects a highly implausible redefinition of machine guns.
A unanimous Sixth Circuit decision upheld a lower court ruling holding that the moratorium is illegal.
It seems some are just waking up to the size and scope of the president's federal tax plan.
The new order is similar to the old, but includes an extensive section defending the measure on public health grounds.
Even supporters of Donald Trump think foreign trade and free markets are good for America.
The government has pocketed millions of dollars from immigrants who came to the U.S. legally—and has refused to pay them back.
The former Trump campaign lawyer insists her allegations about systematic voting fraud were not "statements of fact."
In both situations, the grant conditions in question were not clearly and unambiguously authorized by Congress.
People on both the left and right assumed Biden would lift Trump’s draconian immigration restrictions. But for some hopeful immigrants, things have actually gotten worse.
The president's approach to immigration, trade, and industry may sound familiar.
He said plenty of other bad things. But more than one quote sourced to anonymous informants has turned out to be wrong.
The state Senate approved some cynical changes to Georgia's absentee ballot laws under the guise of securing future elections from fraud that no one seems to be able to find.
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The cultural views of elite white liberals are not popular with many minorities.
The strike was probably legal (as were similar small-scale strikes by Trump). But there are serious constitutional problems with the overall US military presence in Syria.
The former president's wild CPAC speech was full of misleading claims, but he made a valid point about schools.
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The previous administration had made some reasonable changes, but also introduced questions based on factual errors and questionable normative assumptions smuggled in under the guise of factual knowledge.
The election systems company is taking its fight to the conspiratorial My Pillow CEO.
The ruling is an unsigned, one-sentence order.
He campaigned against Trump’s restrictionism, but has implemented mostly symbolic initiatives so far.
Leading Republicans continue to find dubious areas of agreement with Democrats.
A 2000 OLC memo suggests the answer is "yes."
Presidents aren't saints. They aren't monarchs. They aren't celebrities. And they aren't your friends.
The Senate minority leader's triangulation does not bode well for the GOP's ability to stand for something other than a personality cult.
An overreliance on identity politics may drive these voters away from the Democratic Party.