The problem is the Court's ultra-broad interpretation of Congress' power to regulate interstate commerce. But the justices might cut that back.
The senator's avowed devotion to federalism is no match for his political ambitions.
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Because there is no reliable way to identify future mass shooters, it is inevitable that many innocent people will lose their Second Amendment rights.
As expected, Tuesday's hearing was primarily made up of political theater.
Lawmakers have reportedly taken any changes to qualified immunity off the table.
It can be hard to see what's in front of you, especially when you're struggling not to see it.
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It's hard to take seriously complaints that there are no alternatives to Facebook when they're made on Twitter.
A GOP Senate could act as a powerful check on a Biden administration.
"This is probably not about persuading each other unless something really dramatic happens," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.)
Why are LGBT leaders letting the antigay senator frame polyamory as something bad and wrong?
Lindsey Graham just dodged a third-party bullet, but there are a handful of other tossup Senate races where third-party candidates could exceed the major candidates' margin.
If confirmed, she would cement a strong 6-3 conservative majority.
The fight to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals a long-degraded political culture.
The EARN IT is an attack on encryption masquerading as a blow against underage porn.
Government officials keep trying to make us expose our data to them—and the criminals who ride on their coattails.
Online platforms would have to "earn" speech protections by compromising encryption—all in the name of fighting child porn.
The Senate is preparing to vote on a War Powers Resolution that would move to curtail President Trump's military actions abroad.
Trump's offhand insult of the late John Dingell is part of how he reshapes the GOP into his own image, to the applause of supporters fed up with Washington's exaggerated self-regard
Privacy advocates have long warned about potential abuses. Will the mishandling of the Carter Page investigation change some minds?
After complaining about a lack of transparency, the senator declared that he will not read any impeachment transcripts.
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Graham criticism of Trump's Syria policy says a lot more about the senator's appetite for endless war than the failures of an imagined non-interventionist foreign policy.
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"The Second Amendment is not a suicide pact," the senator says, while glossing over the due process issues raised by gun confiscation orders.
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Lindsey Graham, who once called Trump a "race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot," seems to agree.
Serving as an alternative voice to the likes of Lindsey Graham and John Bolton could keep the U.S. out of unnecessary wars.
Graham's "evolution" during the Trump years has been more dramatic than most, but his performance on Wednesday was on par with how many other Republicans have handled the explosive details in the Mueller report.
People are losing their damn fool minds in the midst of Putin paranoia.
Republicans embrace presidential authoritarianism, continuing a foul bipartisan tradition of legislating immigration through the executive branch.
The legislative branch is failing its basic constitutional duties, out of cowardly fear of a blustery president.
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In the space of a year, Graham went from Trump critic, warning about impeachment, to Trump backer, taking the president's side on Jeff Sessions.
Technically he's been yelling it at all of us for years now.
Such binary thinking has gotten the United States into trouble in the past. It should be rejected now.
What kind of cheerleader for war doesn't know how many troops are where?
A new draft of the Graham-Cassidy bill includes big handouts for the home state of a key holdout vote.
Sens. Graham and Cassidy are reportedly considering a brazen legislative handout to win over a single vote.
Stooping to the level of North Korean bluster is both unnecessary and reckless.
But what can the U.S. accomplish in its 16th year in Afghanistan that it couldn't accomplish in the first 15?
While Lindsey Graham, Hillary Clinton, and the Washington Post guffaw at Gary Johnson, voters seem strangely unpersuaded by the language-policing of interventionists.
SC senator calls Trump a "loser," jokes about killing Ted Cruz on floor of the Senate.
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