For the last half-century, the Heritage Foundation has presented itself as the right’s premier think tank, but that only tells part of the story. The organization has also been a key piece of the right’s broader political infrastructure, providing countless staffers for Republican administrations, and helping craft policy proposals adopted by GOP officials at multiple […]
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. U.S., which effectively put the American presidency above the law, a great many observers started imagining the practical implications of a lawless presidency. In fact, one of the dissenters in the case explored some of those possibilities. “The President of the United States is […]
With just a few days remaining before Election Day 2016, The Washington Post’s Kathleen Parker wrote a notorious column. “Calm down,” the headline read. “We’ll be fine no matter who wins.” Parker’s argument at the time was that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump offered competing visions, but Americans who were concerned about the nation’s future […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * The hearing will be delayed until at least September 18: The judge in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial on Tuesday approved a delay of the former president’s sentencing after his lawyers asked for more time to review the potential impact of the Supreme Court’s immunity decision.” * Disbarred: […]
In the days following last week’s debate, President Joe Biden heard from a great many media figures calling him to abandon his re-election plans, but those weren’t the voices the Democratic incumbent was concerned about. There are also prominent party donors looking for alternatives, but they’re not Biden’s principal concern, either. Of far greater interest […]
After the Biden administration took steps to raise the cost estimate of carbon emissions, Republican attorneys general filed suit and took their case to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. There, they found Judge James Cain, tapped for the federal bench by Donald Trump, who predictably ruled in 2022 against the […]
Over the last half-century, first-term presidents seeking re-election nearly always flub their first debate. Ronald Reagan looked and sounded awful against Walter Mondale in 1984; George W. Bush was easily defeated by John Kerry in 2004; and Barack Obama struggled badly against Mitt Romney in 2012. When Democrats respond to last week’s developments by pointing […]
For as long as there have been Supreme Court rulings, there have been members of Congress dissatisfied with the justices’ opinions. Historically, this tends to lead to complaints and concerns, but little in the way of actual legislative actions. That said, for determined lawmakers, it would be an overstatement to argue that members have literally […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * In Paris: “The political earthquake that France woke up to Monday was no less seismic because it may have been predictable. The far-right swept to victory in the first round of legislative elections after President Emmanuel Macron’s almighty gamble backfired. Now the centrist leader and the country’s left, reeling […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * At least for now, President Joe Biden’s debate performance last week hasn’t hurt his campaign’s fundraising efforts. * Speaking of last week’s debate, the Biden campaign unveiled a new 60-second ad this morning, which featured footage from the event, followed by an excerpt from […]
If it were up to many of the nation’s leading political pundits, President Joe Biden would be spending the day working on the details of his retirement plan. I started putting together a list over the weekend of the prominent media voices calling on the incumbent Democrat to pass the torch, but I eventually gave […]
It would be an overstatement to argue that no prominent voices have urged Donald Trump to end his 2024 campaign. The editorial board of The Philadelphia Inquirer, for example, made a compelling case over the weekend that the former president should drop out of the race. After the Republican’s criminal conviction in May, The Washington […]