House Democrats are contemplating a strategy that will only bolster Republican claims that their impeachment inquiry is an election-year stunt.

*Impeached on Wednesday, December 18, 2019

In a year featuring no end of Trumpian rogues, we honor the man who laid the groundwork for a constitutional crisis.

Matt Gaetz has all the cocksure swagger of a reality television contestant.

Trump's allies are trying to reset the standard for "election meddling" so low that it would be hard not to meddle in an election.

Liberal legal scholars are at risk of falling into a right-wing trap.

House Democrats' report on Tuesday makes the case for protecting American democracy from further blows from the president.

A recent study suggests that online disinformation campaigns have had only a limited impact on voters.

Democrats need to face up to their constitutional duty without fear.

The star of the impeachment hearings so far wasn't a sober public servant. And that made a difference.

The president sends a message to his lawbreaking loyalists: Maintain silence and you'll earn your "get out of jail free" card.

The House's impeachment hearings were dismissed by many as boring—until the president showed up.

The Democrats put on a spectacle that may have ended up underscoring the waning power of the meritocracy.

The in-depth case for Trump's impeachment

The Founders envisioned impeachment as a potent and necessary means of defeating corruption in the nation’s highest office.

As it turns out, it can be quite difficult to defend the indefensible.

We're about to find out if the American public can process the complications of the ever-widening Ukraine scandal.

Lacking any defense on the merits, the president wants his allies to delegitimize the impeachment inquiry—and be seen doing it.

It's still unlikely he'll be removed from office but the president has not provided allies with anything resembling a cogent defense.

The one constant thread in this week's chaos storm of news is that every effort to defend the president only makes things worse for him.