Compared to other democracies, the United States is an outlier in granting life tenure to justices, producing diminishing ...

The President’s Power to Call Out the National Guard Is Not a Blank Check The use of unfederalized troops for domestic ...

On Sunday, conservative activist Tom Fitton proclaimed on Truth Social that Trump “will declare a national emergency and will ...

In many states, such as Alaska, Arizona, Michigan, and Montana, Native voters are a significant voter bloc large enough to ...

Lawmakers asked voters to surrender some of their power to place issues directly on state ballots. Voters refused.

Changing the experience of incarceration to one that is more constructive and humane is part of a new, dignity-first approach ...

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False claims of fraud are driving attempts to interfere with the independent, nonpartisan counting of votes and certification of election results. 2020 provided Americans with an extraordinary lesson ...