The takeover of the Texas GOP by retired Lt. Col. Allen West – a Black Republican of unbending principles – mirrors President Donald Trump’s takeover of the party at the national level. The colonel’s popularity with the grassroots is a window on how Trumpism can survive the Trump presidency.
Read moreTexas has filed a lawsuit aimed at invalidating several states’ presidential results. It could be classified as simply hardball politics. But many say that it is flatly anti-democratic.
Read moreWith the Trump campaign filing a flurry of legal challenges in multiple states, the election is “clearly moving from the political to the legal,” says legal commentator Jonathan Turley.
Read moreBreonna Taylor’s killing has heightened public concern across the ideological spectrum that the paramilitary mindset that pervades modern American policing endangers citizens rather than protects them.
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Whether it’s GrandPad tablets for doctor visits, virtual bingo, or city hall advocacy, this octogenarian knows how to help older people. Pandemic demands for senior citizen services brought her out of retirement.
Read moreIs the First Amendment the most important? Adherents of the conservative Christian legal movement believe so – particularly the Free Exercise clause, which they argue has been given short shrift as America has become less religious.
Read moreRare is the Supreme Court justice able to create a distinct legacy. Rarer still is the justice able to create a distinct legacy, shape an entire area of the law, and become a pop culture icon: the fiery, jabot-wearing “Notorious RBG.”
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Activist calls to defund the police are playing out in city budget meetings in Texas, showing the limits of what is possible as well as points of agreement in funding public safety.
Read moreWhat would it look like to repair a long-standing racial injustice? It’s a question roiling the U.S., and Native American tribes in Oklahoma say they got a clear example last week from the Supreme Court.
Read moreAt a time of deep U.S. political polarization, the Supreme Court ended its term with two decisions that emphasized unifying basic principles: the importance of the rule of law, and the fact that it applies to everyone, including presidents.
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