GOP filibuster aborts effort to turn Roe v. Wade into federal law
May 12, 2022
Democrats may control the Senate (barely) but that is not enough to abide by the will of the majority of Americans who oppose outlawing abortion
What it will take to keep Trump from seeking another run for office?
January 14, 2021
A strong desire to keep Trump from ever returning to the White House is a primary goal of this impeachment, but doing so will require an additional step.
Pompeo ignores law, tradition, then lies in GOP convention speech
August 26, 2020
In a typical move by a Trump appointee, the Secretary of State claimed the law doesn’t apply to him, even though he warned other staff members to not disregard the Hatch Act.
Pompeo claims he will ‘follow the law’ on impeachment
October 6, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the State Department intends to follow the law in the House impeachment investigation and vigorously defended President Donald Trump,
Partisanship must never trump patriotism
August 1, 2019
“I am not a member of any organized political party,” humorist Will Rogers often said. “I am a Democrat.” Those who have watched or listened
Trump breaks the law by targeting political opponents
November 4, 2017
Donald Trump routinely ignores and violates the law as President and he is now openly telling the Justice Department and the FBI to go after
Flynn hiding behind Fifth Amendment?
May 23, 2017
The Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination being invoked by President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, is a bedrock legal principle. It’s enshrined
Congress must change law for Mattis pick
December 2, 2016
Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, will need more than the usual Senate confirmation before being able to take
Trump’s wall: Another doomed scheme?
April 6, 2016
Donald Trump would try to force Mexico to pay for a border wall by targeting billions of dollars in remittances sent by immigrants living in
Supremes make gay marriage universal in America
June 26, 2015
The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States, a historic culmination of decades of litigation