Matt Ford

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An interview with J. T. Smith, who was there when the Justice Department concluded that a sitting president can't be indicted

Trump is inviting foreign meddling in American democracy (again), and the Democrats aren't doing enough to stop him (again).

Does anyone else believe that Republicans will come to their senses after Trump leaves office?

What can Democrats do to claw back some of the powers that Congress has ceded to the president?

American journalists have strong constitutional protections, but even the U.S. is part of a global trend among autocracies and democracies alike.

Nevada Democrats won full control of the state legislature and governorship last year. Here's what they did with that power.

Pete Buttigieg's plan is constitutionally dubious and would enshrine the very problem it seeks to eradicate. Here's a different solution.

Missouri is poised to lose its last abortion provider, increasing the large swath of the country where the nearest clinic is impossibly far for poor and rural women.

Robert Mueller extinguished any hope of further revelations from the Trump investigation—and put Congress on the spot.

The Supreme Court might buy the president's twisted legal theories, but the lower courts see more clearly.

They're scared that trying to remove him would backfire, but they're taking the wrong lessons from the past—and ignoring voters' wishes in the present.

Democrats could fund their ambitious policies if the agency enforced tax laws fairly, rather than targeting the poor more than the rich.

While Washington debates Trump's legal maneuvers, his administration is committing acts of cruelty that dwarf impeachable offenses.

The far right fears nothing more than public humiliation.

Passing a federal law to enshrine Roe v. Wade would require control of the White House and Congress—and approval from the Supreme Court.

If America is becoming a monarchy, it's not Trump who's king.

The prosecution of the Patriots owner, and his recent legal victories, reveal deep flaws in the U.S. criminal justice system.

Not yet, anyway. And American democracy faces a bigger problem than Trump's abuses of power.

The internet-savvy entrepreneur has some good ideas—and some questionable ones.

Cities are increasingly punishing people who have nowhere to go—and few Americans, including Democrats, seem to care.