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The Supreme Court’s immunity decision sidesteps history

The Supreme Court is right that presidents have powers Congress can’t infringe upon. But that doesn’t mean those powers can never be exercised in a criminal fashion. Indeed, the ruling goes well beyond setting a “core” of presidential autonomy to lay out a vague but expansive set of principles overextending immunity and undermining accountability.

Andrew Rudalevige

Elections

Imagining a different presidential contest

A post-Biden candidate should bring something more to the table than non-Trumpness.

The Hill

Impeachment is just another weapon in a time of deep polarization

“You had people who cared about our country and knew that Nixon had done unconstitutional and illegal things.”

Barbara Perry

Supreme Court

Yes, the Fourteenth Amendment Covers the Presidency

The Supreme Court should not twist the Constitution for Trump.

The Messenger

Biden’s ‘low-drama’ green Cabinet is sticking around

“Biden just generally is very low drama,” said Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution who studies turnover in presidential administrations. That applies both to turnover in his Cabinet as well as other senior positions that don’t require Senate confirmation. “You don’t hear much about when people are leaving. And when you do, there’s always a successor lined up, so it seems like they knew this departure was planned."

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

As House Republicans Veer Right, Moderates Like Jen Kiggans Come Under Fire

Jennifer Lawless, chair of the politics department at the University of Virginia, said Speaker Kevin McCarthy has done a "terrible job" protecting his moderate members from taking tough votes, especially in wake of the impeachment inquiry brought forth against President Joe Biden.

Jennifer Lawless