George Thomas is the Wohlford Professor of American Political Institutions at Claremont McKenna College and the author, most recently, of The (Un)Written Constitution.
James Wilson, later a Supreme Court justice, signed the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. He presaged Lincoln by insisting the former owed much to the latter.
A dearth of high-quality publicly available polling means campaigns and their allies can release lesser surveys to shape their raves.
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The president’s insisting that his Arc de Trump fulfills a Congressional vision for the space. Not really.
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The White House report attacking the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History seeks to enforce Napoleon’s maxim: History is written by the winners.
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Platner’s Conspiracy-Laden, Bitter Farewell. He could have gone out on notes of grace, optimism, and Democratic unity.
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This bloc won’t be wooed by cosplay and pandering.
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Irked by liberals from Princeton to Yale and the Justice Department to the Supreme Court, the conservative jurist finishes another term unbowed.
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The party cannot credibly defend women’s rights and the rule of law while standing behind a Senate nominee accused of rape.
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