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4 May 2022, 9:01 pm
What will America become if, as reported, the five most conservative members of the US Supreme Court angrily and emphatically overrule Roe v. [read post]
4 Nov 2018, 9:01 pm
In these final weeks and days before the midterm elections, a sub-genre of interesting commentary has arisen that focuses on how many young people will vote in 2018. [read post]
7 Sep 2016, 9:01 pm
With so many unusual things happening in the 2016 presidential election campaign, it is easy to forget about the issues that might have been part of the debate but instead have been left at the side of the road.Social Security is one obvious example. [read post]
18 Jan 2021, 9:00 pm
“Trump Prepares to Offer Clemency to More Than 100 People in His Final Hours in Office,” reported yesterday’s Washington Post. [read post]
19 Jan 2022, 9:01 pm
As the political situation in the United States becomes uglier and more threatening, many people are wondering what to do if (or, I have argued, when) things here go from very bad to horrible. [read post]
21 Aug 2019, 9:01 pm
Writing in a public forum—as I do here at Verdict and on Dorf on Law—is a privilege that I never take for granted. [read post]
10 Feb 2016, 9:01 pm
The political commentariat is now busily pondering the results of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. [read post]
21 May 2023, 9:00 pm
As the country and the world await news of whether Republicans’ decision to use the debt ceiling as a political weapon will lead to utter catastrophe, pundits and reporters alike are asking whether there is an out that would allow the Democrats to sidestep the Republicans’ attempted extortion.The question is: “out” from what, exactly? [read post]
11 Apr 2017, 9:01 pm
With the perhaps-temporary death of the Republicans’ efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the question now is where they and the Trump White House will turn their fickle attentions.In the very short term, that question has been pushed aside by Trump’s order last week to fire missiles on Syria. [read post]
5 Sep 2019, 9:12 pm
One of the puzzling contradictions about higher education in America is that it continues to be a great individual investment even as it has become more and more difficult for individuals to afford. [read post]
6 Nov 2019, 9:01 pm
It turns out that the attacks on Senator Elizabeth Warren for not yet having explained in detail the financial underpinnings of Medicare-for-All were pretextual and dishonest. [read post]
23 Aug 2017, 9:01 pm
There is no “First Lady of the Treasury Department,” but if there were, Louise Linton would currently occupy that role. [read post]
17 May 2020, 9:01 pm
Will Republicans continue to block federal disaster relief to America’s states and cities? [read post]
1 Sep 2021, 9:01 pm
When Republicans have retaken both houses of Congress and have installed either Donald Trump or his anointed successor in the White House in January 2025, what will they do next? [read post]
31 Mar 2021, 9:01 pm
[Note to readers: The publication date for this column is April 1. [read post]
7 Oct 2020, 9:01 pm
One of the magazines to which I subscribe sends out weekly emails summarizing the blur of recent events. [read post]
27 Oct 2021, 9:01 pm
It sometimes seems that every policy disagreement is immediately turned into a constitutional question. [read post]
4 Oct 2021, 9:01 pm
Senate Republicans’ cynical decision to provide zero votes to increase the debt ceiling is an affront to common sense, decency, and the rule of law. [read post]
9 Jul 2017, 9:01 pm
No matter whether the Republicans succeed in their current efforts to take health care away from non-rich people—partly to pay for tax cuts for rich people, and partly simply to allow everyone else to make “voluntary choices” to get sick and die—they will soon turn their attention squarely back to the tax system. [read post]
29 Aug 2021, 9:01 pm
I have been predicting for the last several years that the United States is on the precipice of ending its experiment in representative democracy, through which we have enjoyed the benefits of living under the rule of law. [read post]