From my home state, a court ruled that some absentee voters will get a "do-over" in the coming presidential primary...Given the substantial support for both Edwards and Giuliani, the decision may impact thousands of voters....
For campaign finance junkies two very interesting reports came out today. One shows that Obama raised a stunning $32 million last month. And another shows that, until very recently, anyway, McCain's campaign was virtually broke.
While the country is closely following the presidential primary contests, another contest is being fought that will determine the way many Americans-and even which Americans-will vote in November and in years to come...
Last night's State of the Union address was about legacy-building. But President Bush spent only a moment of his hour-long speech on a subject that could be his most enduring legacy of all...
The Constitution was crafted to demand compromise. Does this make the legislative process frustrating? Absolutely. But by design, accommodation of others' concerns is a necessary element of successful legislation, as long as the proposed compromise is actually a compromise...
In recent months the dramatic presidential race, with its bipartisan promises of a change-filled future, has made it easy to forget someone is currently occupying the oval office. Tonight, though, George W. Bush takes center stage...
The Supreme Court's reversal of the lower court decisions in Lopez Torres v. New York State Board of Elections was a major victory for the defenders of New York's judicial selection status quo. That said...
The Department of Justice was originally created during Reconstruction with the intent of protecting the rights of newly freed slaves. Then in the 1960s, Congress placed the charge of enforcing the Voting Rights Act into the hands of the Department of Justice. Given this history...
Jose Padilla receives 17 years. The sentence may be a personal defeat for Padilla; but it is a resounding blow to the administration’s contention that the...
It is not every day that a U.S. Supreme Court justice writes a separate one-paragraph opinion merely for the purpose of pointing out that, as a matter of policy, a state law is "stupid."
