Twelve departing members of Congress offer their thoughts in a N.Y. Times opinion video. The responses focused on attempting to fix the culture of Congress–how members from opposite parties used to get along but now don’t. To the extent,… Continue reading
Very interesting report from Paul Kane of the Washington Post of a day-long meeting of 7 former Republican and six former Democratic members of Congress:
“Their ideas ranged from a major rethinking of how the body works to symbolic changes… Continue reading
USA Today reports. The article begins: “The Republican National Committee and its lawyers are going state to state seeking to influence what laws and procedures will govern the November election.” I think it’s only fair to point out, which the… Continue reading
POLITICO:
“On Tuesday, the Trump campaign sent a letter to pro-Trump, external organizations asking them to attend an “entirely off-the-record, private,” and “invite-only” meeting with senior campaign officials, according to a copy of the letter obtained by POLITICO. The… Continue reading
A new Common Ground Democracy essay, drawing upon Rick Pildes’s work, to discuss why it’s wrong to rely solely on a hope for increased civic virtue, among either politicians or voters, to protect democracy from authoritarianism. Instead, institutional reforms… Continue reading
The journal PS: Political Science and Politics has published a special issue on the topic of Democracy Backsliding. Papers include The Resilience of Democracy’s Third Wave by Stephen Levitsky and Lucan Way. Other papers concern how to measure democratic backsliding… Continue reading
N.Y. Times. Adam quotes Pam Karlan, Mellisa Murray, and Michael Dorf, as well as excerpts from the oral argument. For example:
‘In the real world, Professor Karlan said, “it’s really hard to imagine a ‘stable democratic society,’ to use… Continue reading
N.Y. Times analysis of the various state-level prosecutions, discussing the extent to which they will deter similar efforts this year:
“Republican leaders, however, have been defiant in the face of the prosecutions. “We will not be deterred by this overreach,”… Continue reading
The Washington Post editorial following yesterday’s argument takes essentially the same position as I advocated in my comment last night. First, the Court could adopt a “reasonableness” test to determine whether or not a president’s official acts are immune from… Continue reading