The Constitution

Senator Mitch McConnell

How to Hold Senate Republicans Accountable How to Hold Senate Republicans Accountable

Defeat them at the polls.

Feb 16, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Senate Has Failed America

The Senate Has Failed America The Senate Has Failed America

A refusal to convict a guilty insurrectionist, and a failure to call witnesses against him, is a tragic abandonment of accountability.

Feb 13, 2021 / John Nichols

Senator Lindsey Graham

Republicans Won’t Convict Trump—Because They Won’t Convict Themselves Republicans Won’t Convict Trump—Because They Won’t Convict Themselves

The Republican senators who are being asked to judge Trump are guilty of the very same high crime for which the former president has been impeached.

Feb 12, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Senator Lindsey Graham

If Impeachment Managers Want Witnesses to Trump’s High Crimes, Start With Lindsey Graham If Impeachment Managers Want Witnesses to Trump’s High Crimes, Start With Lindsey Graham

The senator’s on-the-record statements after the January 6 attack on the Capitol confirm that he knows Trump is guilty of dereliction of duty.

Feb 12, 2021 / John Nichols

Representative Jamie Raskin

Jamie Raskin’s Passionate Prosecution Is Convicting Trump in the Eyes of History Jamie Raskin’s Passionate Prosecution Is Convicting Trump in the Eyes of History

Senate Republicans may not permit accountability. But the lead impeachment manager’s argument leaves no doubt how history will judge Trump.

Feb 10, 2021 / John Nichols

GOP Senators Face a Reckoning Over Impeachment

GOP Senators Face a Reckoning Over Impeachment GOP Senators Face a Reckoning Over Impeachment

They’re in a politically perilous position: If they defend Trump, they alienate the majority of voters; if they vote to convict, they alienate their own base.

Feb 9, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

How Progressive District Attorneys Are Leading the Charge to Fix Our Broken Justice System

How Progressive District Attorneys Are Leading the Charge to Fix Our Broken Justice System How Progressive District Attorneys Are Leading the Charge to Fix Our Broken Justice System

From Philadelphia to Portsmouth, Va., the successes are piling up.

Feb 9, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Representative Liz Cheney

Liz Cheney Is Right on Impeachment, and Wrong on Everything Else Liz Cheney Is Right on Impeachment, and Wrong on Everything Else

Don’t make a hero of this neoconservative, warmongering, hate-amplifying apologist for Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Feb 8, 2021 / John Nichols

Representative Jamie Raskin Is Going to Prosecute the Hell Out of Donald Trump

Representative Jamie Raskin Is Going to Prosecute the Hell Out of Donald Trump Representative Jamie Raskin Is Going to Prosecute the Hell Out of Donald Trump

The lead impeachment manager’s letter demanding that Trump testify is a masterstroke that signals Raskin will pull no punches.

Feb 5, 2021 / John Nichols

Rand Paul Is a Monarchist—and Donald Trump Is His King

Rand Paul Is a Monarchist—and Donald Trump Is His King Rand Paul Is a Monarchist—and Donald Trump Is His King

To defend his sovereign from accountability, the Kentucky senator is peddling the GOP’s latest Big Lie.

Jan 28, 2021 / John Nichols

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