The Constitution

Bolton Tells All Too Late

Bolton Tells All Too Late Bolton Tells All Too Late

Behind the scenes. After the fact.

Jun 23, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Shouldn’t Congressional Approval Be Required to Deploy Troops at Home Too?

Shouldn’t Congressional Approval Be Required to Deploy Troops at Home Too? Shouldn’t Congressional Approval Be Required to Deploy Troops at Home Too?

Congressional Progressive Caucus leaders promise action after Trump threatens “to weaponize the US military against its own citizens.”

Jun 5, 2020 / John Nichols

Jim Mattis vs. Tom Cotton: No Contest

Jim Mattis vs. Tom Cotton: No Contest Jim Mattis vs. Tom Cotton: No Contest

The former defense secretary’s scathing attack on Trump’s shredding the Constitution showed how wrong The New York Times was to publish Cotton.

Jun 4, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Trump in front of an American flag

Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security

The challenge for his successor will be how to dig out from the rubble.

Jun 2, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A women in a car with a poster reading

There Is Only One Way to Prevent Mass Deaths in Prisons: Let Them Out There Is Only One Way to Prevent Mass Deaths in Prisons: Let Them Out

A lawsuit about conditions at Danbury prison shows why it is impossible to keep the incarcerated safe.

May 14, 2020 / Daniel Fernandez

Census form

Out for the Count? Terri Ann Lowenthal on the Coronavirus Threat to the Census Out for the Count? Terri Ann Lowenthal on the Coronavirus Threat to the Census

The Census expert explains the impact of the pandemic on the decennial count.

Apr 24, 2020 / Q&A / Sam Adler-Bell

Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Representative Jamie Raskin

Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Representative Jamie Raskin Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Representative Jamie Raskin

The Maryland representative and Nation editorial director/publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel and national affairs correspondent John Nichols for our weekly virtual series.

Apr 22, 2020 / The Nation

Congress Desperately Needs to Call Out Trump’s Authoritarianism

Congress Desperately Needs to Call Out Trump’s Authoritarianism Congress Desperately Needs to Call Out Trump’s Authoritarianism

His claims of monarchical powers don’t just politicize the Covid-19 fight. They also threaten our constitutional democracy.

Apr 21, 2020 / John Nichols

Family of 5 pose for a photograph.

Refugees in the Time of Covid-19 Refugees in the Time of Covid-19

Fleeing gangs and stalked by violence, thousands of asylum-seekers trapped in Mexico now face the pandemic.

Apr 21, 2020 / Arun Gupta and Michelle Fawcett

Adjourn Trump—and the Imperial Presidency

Adjourn Trump—and the Imperial Presidency Adjourn Trump—and the Imperial Presidency

A constant ceding of authority to the executive branch has empowered 45 to make everything worse.

Apr 16, 2020 / John Nichols

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