There is an old and respected approach to judicial review of controversial and essentially political issues that holds that judges should...

If Mitt Romney wins the Florida primary Tuesday, as now seems likely, the media scrum following his every move will no doubt credit his...

Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert eased, sort of, into the South Carolina primary on his show last night, but not before first handing off...

It is rare – very rare – that a state Supreme Court rises up on its hind legs and says to the United States Supreme Court we think you...

With two wins in a row in the hip pocket of his blue jeans, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney heads to South Carolina today to...

Elections and the Court When the Obama Justice Department announced last week that it had asked the United States Supreme Court for an...

As the first anniversary of the controversial national health care reform legislation – or more correctly health insurance reform...

Dallek’s op-ed piece this week in the Wall Street Journal is a fitting wrap-up of this year in presidential politics and a must read....

Been wondering if there is any good news in the world? Wonder no more. Just in time for the Thanksgiving dinner comes new evidence – from...

Here is the opening graph of a Washington Post piece that ran on November 1st: “The debate over whether to let states opt out of any...

Max Baucus (right), the current chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, is on the verge of making history by writing (and...

Max Baucus (right), the current chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, is on the verge of making history by writing (and...