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June 18, 2019
Matt Ford
Ex-President Trump on Trial
The Justice Department has never prosecuted a president after he leaves office. Kamala Harris wants to change that. What could go wrong?
June 17, 2019
Matt Ford
“It’s High Time This Whole Matter Get Revisited”
An interview with J. T. Smith, who was there when the Justice Department concluded that a sitting president can't be indicted
June 13, 2019
Matt Ford
Enemy of the State
Trump is inviting foreign meddling in American democracy (again), and the Democrats aren't doing enough to stop him (again).
June 12, 2019
Matt Ford
Someone Please Tell Joe Biden That Bipartisanship Is Dead
Does anyone else believe that Republicans will come to their senses after Trump leaves office?
June 11, 2019
Matt Ford
A Farewell to Arms Deals
What can Democrats do to claw back some of the powers that Congress has ceded to the president?
June 6, 2019
Matt Ford
Australia’s Media Raids and the Decline of Press Freedom Worldwide
American journalists have strong constitutional protections, but even the U.S. is part of a global trend among autocracies and democracies alike.
June 5, 2019
Matt Ford
The State That Liberal Dreams Are Made Of
Nevada Democrats won full control of the state legislature and governorship last year. Here's what they did with that power.
June 4, 2019
Matt Ford
A Better Way to Fix the Supreme Court
Pete Buttigieg's plan is constitutionally dubious and would enshrine the very problem it seeks to eradicate. Here's a different solution.
May 31, 2019
Matt Ford
The Burden Is Already “Undue” for Millions of Women in America
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.
May 29, 2019
Matt Ford
Democrats Just Ran Out of Excuses on Impeachment
Robert Mueller extinguished any hope of further revelations from the Trump investigation—and put Congress on the spot.
May 29, 2019
Matt Ford
The Judges Who See Through Trump’s B.S.
The Supreme Court might buy the president's twisted legal theories, but the lower courts see more clearly.
May 24, 2019
Matt Ford
The Democrats Are Overthinking Trump’s Impeachment. Naturally.
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.
May 23, 2019
Matt Ford
Make the IRS Great Again
Democrats could fund their ambitious policies if the agency enforced tax laws fairly, rather than targeting the poor more than the rich.
May 22, 2019
Matt Ford
A Presidency That Will Live in Infamy
While Washington debates Trump's legal maneuvers, his administration is committing acts of cruelty that dwarf impeachable offenses.
May 21, 2019
Matt Ford
Why Milkshaking Works
The far right fears nothing more than public humiliation.
May 20, 2019
Matt Ford
The Democrats’ Plan to Save Abortion Rights Is Full of Asterisks
Passing a federal law to enshrine Roe v. Wade would require control of the White House and Congress—and approval from the Supreme Court.
May 17, 2019
Matt Ford
The House of Roberts
If America is becoming a monarchy, it's not Trump who's king.
May 15, 2019
Matt Ford
The Very American Case of Robert Kraft and a Florida Prostitution Sting
The prosecution of the Patriots owner, and his recent legal victories, reveal deep flaws in the U.S. criminal justice system.
May 14, 2019
Matt Ford
This Is Not a “Constitutional Crisis”
Not yet, anyway. And American democracy faces a bigger problem than Trump's abuses of power.
May 13, 2019
Matt Ford
Andrew Yang’s Disjointed Plan to Reform American Democracy
The internet-savvy entrepreneur has some good ideas—and some questionable ones.
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