After spending much of the year taping his weekly HBO show from his home due to the coronavirus, Bill Maher returned to his L.A.-based studio in September — though with…
Continue ReadingBy Donna M. Owens ·December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 For many people in the United States, the holidays are a time of celebration centered around food and drink. Yet for…
Continue ReadingThen-Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on October 14, 2020. | Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images Judges are highly political, but they…
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump (L) and Vice President Mike Pence prepare to speak to the press in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on November 24,…
Continue ReadingDuring the past four years, President Donald Trump has challenged the integrity of the Supreme Court and tried to drag the justices into the legal muck with him. His arguments…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden listens as his Secretary of State nominee Tony Blinken speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. | Carolyn Kaster, Associated Press The…
Continue ReadingThis article was published online on December 9, 2020. I. A Crimes Commission? As he prepares to occupy the White House, President-elect Joe Biden faces a decision rare in American…
Continue ReadingNext Monday, 538 Americans will convene in state capitols across the country, swear an oath to uphold the Constitution, and cast the most consequential yet utterly anticlimactic votes of the…
Continue Reading(CBS13) — It’s a question that comes up every four years, and especially after the contentious 2020 election: can we get rid of the Electoral College? “Just like anything, you…
Continue ReadingDemocratic and Republican canvas observers inspect Lehigh County provisional ballots as vote counting in the general election continues on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, in Allentown, Pa. | Mary Altaffer, Associated…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON — Happy Safe Harbor Day, America. Other than Wisconsin, every state appears to have met a deadline in federal law that essentially means Congress has to accept the electoral…
Continue ReadingHappy Safe Harbor Day, America. Other than Wisconsin, every state appears to have met a deadline in federal law that essentially means Congress has to accept the electoral votes that…
Continue ReadingJoe Biden and Kamala Harris. Photo credit: https://joebiden.com/ Biden wants her “to be the first and the last in the room” on major decisions. President-elect Joe Biden and…
Continue ReadingJoe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election by what seems like an overwhelming margin—at least 6 million votes nationwide. Yet thanks to the United States’ peculiar Electoral…
Continue ReadingVice President-elect Kamala Harris has selected Tina Flournoy as her chief of staff joining two other women of color in senior roles. Flournoy will join Symone Sanders, who will serve…
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