United States Congress

July 11, 2020

Ideas

Congress Is Going to Have to Repeal Qualified Immunity

Eric Schnurer

June 17, 2020

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Ideas

There’s No Historical Justification for One of the Most Dangerous Ideas in American Law

Julian Davis Mortenson and Nicholas Bagley

May 26, 2020

Ideas

Trump Is Attacking the Final Safeguard Against Executive Abuses

David A. Graham

May 18, 2020

Ideas

How Congress Can Help the States

Yuval Levin

May 6, 2020

Ideas

The Second Phase of Unemployment Will Be Harsher

Victor Tan Chen and Ofer Sharone

April 19, 2020

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Ideas

Zoom Congress Is Perfectly Constitutional

Deborah Pearlstein

April 16, 2020

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Ideas

We Need to Start Tossing Money Out of Helicopters

Annie Lowrey

March 31, 2020

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Politics

The Ticket: Risking Exposure in Congress

Kevin Townsend

March 28, 2020

Ideas

Vote-by-Mail Can Save the 2020 Election

Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr.

March 27, 2020

Ideas

An Invitation to Corruption

Annie Lowrey

March 20, 2020

Ideas

Why the Supreme Court Should Protect the CFPB’s Independence

Richard Cordray

March 20, 2020

An illustration of Lady Liberty holding up the sign of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Ideas

Congress Desperately Needs a Contingency Plan

Norm Ornstein

March 13, 2020

Ideas

The Costs of Spying

Conor Friedersdorf

February 28, 2020

Ideas

Transparency Is Killing Congress

Yuval Levin

February 9, 2020

Ideas

Congress Has Lost Its Power Over Trump

Kimberly Wehle

February 4, 2020

Politics

2020 Democrats Are Already Giving Up on Congress

Russell Berman

January 30, 2020

The Necessity of the Indian Child Welfare Act

Leah Litman and Matthew L.M. Fletcher

January 22, 2020

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Ideas

The Person Who Changes the Constitution

Robinson Woodward-Burns

January 17, 2020

David S. Ferriero, archivist of the United States, in the reading room at the National Archives.

Bill Barr Doesn’t Get to Decide What’s in the Constitution

Garrett Epps

January 16, 2020

Equal Rights Amendment supporters holding up "VA 38 ratify ERA" signs

Politics

Did Virginia Just Amend the Constitution?

Russell Berman

January 15, 2020

Ideas

How to Stop a War

Rebecca Ingber

January 9, 2020

The dome of the U.S. Capitol building with the sun shining through it.

The Soleimani Strike Defied the U.S. Constitution

Oona A. Hathaway

January 4, 2020

Politics

The Last Unifying Force in Congress

Russell Berman

December 30, 2019

Ideas

Worshipping the Law While Denying Its Spirit

Garrett Epps

November 26, 2019

How to Rein In an All-Too-Powerful Supreme Court

Ganesh Sitaraman

November 16, 2019

There’s Never Going to Be a Clear Standard for Impeachable Offenses

Jane Chong

November 14, 2019

The Capitol is framed by the columns at the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington, D.C.

Trump’s Defiance Is Destroying Congress’s Power

Keith E. Whittington

October 14, 2019

Ideas

What to Do If Congress Can’t Get More Information

Garrett Epps

October 3, 2019

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff speaks to reporters at the Capitol.

The Need for Congressional Oversight Goes Far Beyond Impeachment

Brianne Gorod

September 30, 2019

Adam Schiff, center, speaks on Capitol Hill.

The Not-So-Supreme Court

Greg Weiner

September 25, 2019

An allegorical scene with figures standing and sitting, one of whom is writing in an open book, while another holds the Constitution in front of a temple labeled "Sacred to Liberty Justice and Peace," with 13 columns.

Ideas

Americans Can Handle the Truth. Mueller Needs to Give It to Them.

Stuart Gerson

July 23, 2019

Ideas

Rise of the Know-Nothing Judge

Nicholas Bagley

July 15, 2019

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Science

Why Men Thought Women Weren’t Made to Vote

Marina Koren

July 11, 2019

A black-and-white photograph of a woman with her head in a machine with exposed wires

Ideas

Roberts Thwarted Trump, but the Census Ruling Has a Second Purpose

John Yoo and James Phillips

July 11, 2019

John Roberts, Stephen Breyer, and Elena Kagan

Ideas

An Executive Order Can’t Fix Trump’s Census Problem

Peter M. Shane

July 8, 2019

President Donald Trump announces a policy as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross looks on

Sections

The Print Edition

Mazars Is a Victory for Rule of Law

Congress Is Going to Have to Repeal Qualified Immunity

There’s No Historical Justification for One of the Most Dangerous Ideas in American Law

Trump Is Attacking the Final Safeguard Against Executive Abuses

How Congress Can Help the States

The Second Phase of Unemployment Will Be Harsher

Zoom Congress Is Perfectly Constitutional

We Need to Start Tossing Money Out of Helicopters

The Ticket: Risking Exposure in Congress

Vote-by-Mail Can Save the 2020 Election

An Invitation to Corruption

Why the Supreme Court Should Protect the CFPB’s Independence

Congress Desperately Needs a Contingency Plan

The Costs of Spying

Transparency Is Killing Congress

Congress Has Lost Its Power Over Trump

2020 Democrats Are Already Giving Up on Congress

The Necessity of the Indian Child Welfare Act

The Person Who Changes the Constitution

Bill Barr Doesn’t Get to Decide What’s in the Constitution

Did Virginia Just Amend the Constitution?

How to Stop a War

The Soleimani Strike Defied the U.S. Constitution

The Last Unifying Force in Congress

Worshipping the Law While Denying Its Spirit

How to Rein In an All-Too-Powerful Supreme Court

There’s Never Going to Be a Clear Standard for Impeachable Offenses

Trump’s Defiance Is Destroying Congress’s Power

What to Do If Congress Can’t Get More Information

The Need for Congressional Oversight Goes Far Beyond Impeachment

The Not-So-Supreme Court

Americans Can Handle the Truth. Mueller Needs to Give It to Them.

Rise of the Know-Nothing Judge

Why Men Thought Women Weren’t Made to Vote

Roberts Thwarted Trump, but the Census Ruling Has a Second Purpose

An Executive Order Can’t Fix Trump’s Census Problem