You’re not imagining it: the Supreme Court has gotten more polarized politically than in years past, thanks to fewer moderates in the Senate.
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What public opinion surveys reveal about changing attitudes toward the Supreme Court.
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We are moving toward a general election that could be even more divisive than the primaries.
Political science has held that being moderate gets a candidate votes in the presidential election. So how then do Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump fit in?
Neither Democratic candidate for president has gotten the endorsement of Massachusetts’ junior senator. Here’s a look at Elizabeth Warren’s long game playbook.
Even with free, private ballots, a quarter of us still end up voting for the ‘wrong’ presidential candidate. Here’s how to make sure you vote for the one who best matches your beliefs and hopes.
Black women turn out to vote like no other demographic group, and they overwhelmingly vote Democratic. So who are they going to back in the southern primaries?
The last time a president nominated a Supreme Court justice during his last year in office was in the tumultuous year of 1968. It didn’t go well.
The 10th Republican debate offered a chance for establishment candidates to slow Donald Trump’s momentum just five days before Super Tuesday.
Nevada gave Trump his third victory and a widening lead over his GOP rivals. It’s not his conservative values winning votes.
Scalia’s legacy as an activist against judicial activism will be long-lived.
Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio each want to appeal to Latino voters in Nevada, but actually being Latino may not be enough to seal the deal.
A constitutional legal scholar argues that Justice Scalia’s death set off a partisan fight precisely because Supreme Court justices are very much political actors, driven by values as much by law.
Five takeaways from Trump’s South Carolina win.
Hillary’s narrow victory in Nevada could be the beginning of a winning streak. Here’s why.
South Carolina is a red state. The GOP candidates know that a win here can lead to the party nomination.
The ACLU describes the release of photos of DoD detainees as an important victory for the cause of transparency, but are they?
Republican presidential candidate John Kasich likes to tout his record as governor of Ohio. Is it a case of oversell?