Firing the Inspectors General
President Trump has fired more inspectors general than any President. Several of the fired inspectors general have led investigations that were way too close to the President. These include most...
View ArticleThe Issue Is Pluralism
As the Republican majority in the Senate plows forward with President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, conservative media commentators talk nonstop about Democrats and...
View ArticleWinning Without the Courts
For two decades, the principle of political equality and the conservative Supreme Court majority have been locked in a struggle over the foundational rules of American democracy. And the principle of...
View ArticleLife After (?) Roe
With Mississippi’s abortion ban being heard in front of the Supreme Court this term, something many expect to end in a tragic outcome for Roe v. Wade, Democracy decided to bring together some of the...
View ArticleReforming the Electoral Count Act
To protect America’s democracy, members of Congress should dust off their copies of Homer’s Odyssey and re-read the part about the song of the sirens. On Circe’s advice, Odysseus ordered his sailors to...
View ArticleSaving Democracy—Realistically
For more than a decade, American democracy has been in a steep decline. We have known for a long time that our democracy has become more polarized and dysfunctional since the slash and burn politics of...
View ArticleA Woman’s Place Is in the Courtroom
Lady Justice by Dahlia Lithwick • Penguin • 2022 • 368 pages • $29 The law is the quintessential masculine field, made by men and wielded by them down through the centuries to serve and preserve their...
View ArticleThe Post-Dobbs Abortion Fight
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that explicitly stated that no constitutional right to abortion exists in...
View ArticleHow the Supreme Court Is Attacking Democracy
The Supreme Court is leading the conservative assault on federal administrative agencies—an important, if often hidden, aspect of the American government—in plain sight. Within the last 12 months...
View ArticleRemember the Whole Constitution
The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America by Michael Waldman • 2023 • Simon & Schuster • 400 pages • $30 “Every day the [Supreme] Court’s power grab pushes us closer to a crisis, a...
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