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."
This past Friday was the last day to register to vote in New York's presidential primary. But if you're already registered as an independent and wanted to vote, your "secret" deadline was three months ago.
On January 9, the Supreme Court will hear argument in two consolidated cases testing the constitutional limits on a state's ability to set procedural rules that restrict the franchise. The cases, collectively known as Crawford, challenge an Indiana law...
