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The Supreme Court Takes on Homelessness. What Could Go Wrong?
Grants Pass, a town of 40,000 souls on Oregon’s scenic Rogue River, may be the only place in the world where “Neanderthal” is a compliment. During the 1920s, the town’s locals decided to boost tourism...
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Trump Vows to Crush the Civil Service, but He’s Not the First President to Try
Donald Trump vows to root out the uncooperative public servants who constrained his first term and replace them with loyalists. “Either the deep state destroys America, or we destroy the deep state,”...
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The 48 Hours When Joe Biden Saved Us From World War III
The 48 Hours When Joe Biden Saved Us From World War III We at the Washington Monthly may have published our Presidential Accomplishment Index issue a couple of weeks too early. In the index, comparing...
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Poland Shows That Democracy Can Triumph. Here’s How.
In the United States, Europe, and beyond, there is a lot of unease about the future of democracy. Will Trump regain the White House? Will the Republican Congressional minority, enthralled by Trump,...
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Day Five: A Guide to Opening Arguments in the Trump Hush Money Trial
Could Donald Trump face jail for contempt? You’ll have to wait until tomorrow’s post for my eyewitness report. (I’m a day behind. Sorry!) First, here’s a recap of Monday’s developments: With the 12...
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Day Six of the Trump Trial: A Bench Slap and Pecker on the Stand
Even lawyers familiar with sharp language from the bench were stunned by it—a calm, reasonable judge giving the lawyer for a former president of the United States a thorough tongue-lashing. Day Six of...
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The Divestment Encampments Don’t Make Any Sense
In an attempt to pressure universities into divesting from companies tied to the Israeli military—and, in some cases, severing all financial and academic relationships with anything Israeli —student...
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A Disturbing Day at the Supreme Court
A Disturbing Day at the Supreme Court Nothing shakes the confidence of an old-fashioned institutionalist like me more than listening to this Supreme Court conduct oral arguments. While the questions...
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Why Biden and Most Americans Should Welcome the Latest GDP Report
The latest economic news may seem sobering, but it has the proverbial silver lining. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, announced Thursday that real Gross...
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Day Seven of the Trump Trial: David Pecker, Trash Collector
This will be an unusually long post because my old friend and co-author, Cliff Sloan, a Georgetown Law professor who has argued many cases in the Supreme Court, agreed to assume the grim duty of...
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