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Wall Street Journal

Gorsuch Makes a Mark on the Court

The Republican gamble to stiff-arm Merrick Garland and hold open Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat appears to have hit the jackpot. In his abbreviated first year on the Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch has lived up to supporters’ greatest hopes and critics’ worst fears.
Saikrishna Prakash
USA TODAY

Democrats will keep failing until they do their own autopsy

After four straight losses in recent special elections for congressional seats, on top of more than 1,030 seats lost nationally by Democrats in state legislatures, governorships and Congress since 2009, the Democratic National Committee needs to figure out the cause of what can only be called the party’s slow death. It’s time for the DNC to perform an autopsy.
Mary Kate Cary
Washington Post

Why are Republicans trapped on health care? Because Democrats stole their best idea.

Republicans negotiated in secret because they are trapped by the history of the health-care policy debate over the last half-century. Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi passed the ACA using conservatives’ best health-care idea — individual and employer mandates. Now Republicans are compelled to repeal the ACA even though they are stuck with inferior policy solutions.
Guian McKee