Analysis

Humanitarian protections have been sharply curtailed despite broad public support and available funding.

The depletion of staff and resources at various agencies leaves the government underprepared to respond to attempts to influence elections by China, Russia, and others.

His threats and executive orders may motivate the very voters he’s trying to keep at home.

Kansans will decide in August on an amendment that would change how judges are selected, a vote that could bring a surge of special interest spending and unwanted political pressure on judges.

For the first time, the Court decided more substantive cases on its shadow docket than on its traditional merits docket.

Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” in Latin America distorts a policy that respected constraints on executive power.
 

The government is buying its way around the Fourth Amendment to spy on Americans — with a big assist from artificial intelligence.

Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidency all need to reform.

If Earl Warren could pull off a 9–0 vote in Brown v. Board of Education, why can’t John Roberts?

The decision had the narrowest possible majority, and Justice Kavanaugh’s dissent is an ominous sign.