ABC News settled with Donald Trump over George Stephanopoulos’s on-air use of the R-word. But it likely would have won in court, and its concession to the president-elect set back press freedom.
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Rebuilding America the Washington Monthly Way
Reporting policy and politics and offering solutions. It’s what we do. But we need you.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Musk and Ramaswamy’s DOGE Project to Eviscerate the Federal Government is a Legal Train Wreck
The half-truths and lies in their “Department of Government Efficiency” blueprint for kneecapping the administrative state begin to expose the plan’s vulnerabilities.
Posted inLaw and Justice
As GOP Senators Choose Their Leader, Trump Demands They Bend the Knee
The president-elect wants the Senate to abdicate its role in reviewing presidential appointments. It shouldn’t give in.
Posted inPolitics
Lessons and Hope After the Defeat
It was a grim Election Day, but there are ways back from the abyss.
Posted inPolitics
I Asked Trump if Women Should Be Punished for Having an Abortion. He Said, “Yes.”
My 2016 interview revealed that he was willing to go further than the Catholic Church or right-to-life groups, and this was a mainstay in ads this year. But it wasn’t enough
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Blue Wall Turns to Rubble; Democrats Despondent; Harris Speaks at 4:00 p.m.
Despite felony convictions, the Republican Nominee will carry the Electoral College; GOP recaptures the U.S. Senate; Legal Abortion prevails in Arizona, Nebraska, and Colorado, but not Florida.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
On Voting Rights, Trump and Harris Couldn’t Be Farther Apart
Harris would expand early voting and vote-by-mail, discourage partisan gerrymandering, and adopt policies leading to higher turnout. Trump’s obsession with election “integrity” is narrow, used most often to challenge results he does not like.
Posted inNovember/December 2024
Why They Reign Supreme
A fresh and readable one-volume history of the Court explains how we got from Marbury to Dobbs.
Posted inPolitics
What Trump and Vance Could Do to What’s Left of Reproductive Freedom
Dobbs was a disaster. A national abortion ban would make it worse, but a MAGA White House could install judges ready to take down the abortion pill to laws in legal abortion states.
