Presidents must follow court orders. Ever since the Civil War, they have, often unhappily. Whatever debates there might be ...

This is adapted from a piece that first appeared on Election Law Blog.

The president moved to fire the Democratic chair of the Federal Election Commission, opening the door to weaponizing the ...

The Dangerous Sweep of Trump’s Plan to Designate Cartels as Terrorist Organizations ...

Over and over, their actions violate the law — either the Constitution, or statutes, or both. Some moves may be designed to ...

The matching program’s inaugural run expanded legislative candidates’ reliance on small donors from within their districts.

In President Trump’s first week, the new administration revoked Biden-era Department of Justice policies designed to mitigate ...

Although the new president undid many of the previous administration’s policing reforms, Trump should still build on the beneficial policies of his first term. Hours into his return to the Oval Office ...

You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter — receive it in your inbox. Amid the drama and bombast consuming the executive branch, Congress is preparing to act on ...