Constitution

A July 4th Reflection on the Current Crisis in the Supreme Court

Watching debates about the Supreme Court here and elsewhere is the latest study in GOP efforts to normalize the unconscionable,…

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The Bill of Rights and the Continued Fight for Freedom – Full Member Version

We’re relaunching the show with new hosts Norm Ornstein and Kavita Patel. Each week we will talk about the issues…

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The Bill of Rights and the Continued Fight for Freedom

We’re relaunching the show with new hosts Norm Ornstein and Kavita Patel. Each week we will talk about the issues…

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Why I Will Never Be A Politician

I’ve worked in DC and in and around politics most of my adult life. Here are a bunch of reasons…

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How Does a Nation Go Morally Bankrupt?: Gradually and then Suddenly.

The president of the United States, always searching for lower lows, has done profound damage to the military, our system…

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There Will Now Be an Impeachment Process–Let It Be the Full, Fair and Thorough One the Country Needs

I\’ve always been an outlier on the issue of impeachment. I continue to think that the way the Democratic majority…

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King Me: How Trump and the DOJ Are Not Just Ignoring the Constitution But Trying to Undo the American Revolution

This was the week the cracks began to show in Republican defenses of the indefensible.  Oh sure, there were more…

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Trump is a One Man Crime Wave…and What Do the Dems Do Now?

From describing Trump’s violations of the Constitution’s foreign and domestic emoluments clauses as the Trump Administration’s “original sin” to grappling…

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One on One with Prof. Lawrence Tribe: A Different Path Toward Impeachment

Impeachment has become a charged word in our national political debate.  But the framers of our Constitution saw it as…

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