“Senate approves Patricia Millett for D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals”
Politico: “The Senate GOP plans to huddle on strategy in a post-nuclear option world on Tuesday at lunchtime.”
Category Archives: political parties
“Reid, Alexander Spar as ‘Nuclear’ Fallout Begins to Take Shape”
“Fix to Voting Rights Act stalled in Congress”
“Why I was wrong about the nuclear option”
Congress: Setting Records for Smallest Number of Laws and for Unpopularity
“Our Broken Constitution”
Looking forward to reading this @JeffreyToobin New Yorker piece (currently behind the paywall–meaning I will have to read on my tiny iPhone screen).
“Long Division: Measuring the polarization of American politics.”
Jill Lepore in the New Yorker:
The study of government, like the government itself, is in a tight spot. In 2009, during a vote on a House appropriations bill, Tom Coburn, a Republican senator from Oklahoma, tried to abolish the… Continue reading
“Rethinking Congress: A revolutionary plan to make it more responsive”
Rob Richie and Devin McCarthy oped.
“Private Association and Public Brand: The Dualistic Conception of Political Parties in the Common Law World”
Graeme Orr has posted this draft on SSRN ((2014) Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy ‘Political Parties, Partisanship and Political Theory,’ Special Issue, Forthcoming). Here is the abstract:
This paper examines the legal conception of political parties. It… Continue reading
“Sore Loser Laws and Congressional Polarization”
Barry Burden, Bradley Jones, and Michael Kang have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Legislative Studies Quarterly). here is the abstract:
To enhance explanations for party polarization in the U.S. Congress, we focus on an unappreciated legal structure known as… Continue reading
“What the Filibuster Rule Changes, and What It Doesn’t”
NYT Room for Debate:
Maybe Now We’ll See Some Action
Gregory Koger, author, “Filibustering: A Political History of Obstruction in the House and Senate”
These ‘Reforms’ Are a Huge Mistake
Richard A. Arenberg, co-author, “Defending the Filibuster”
The Way … Continue reading