The Constitution

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The Supreme Court Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It. The Supreme Court Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It.

Progressives need to take back the Senate, and then consider constitutional reforms.

Oct 10, 2018 / John Nichols

Brett Kavanaugh Laughing

Brett Kavanaugh Has Lied His Way Onto the Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh Has Lied His Way Onto the Supreme Court

The House has a duty to do what the Senate has failed to do: investigate this shameful jurist and hold him to account.

Oct 6, 2018 / John Nichols

Kavanaugh Pointing

Senators Have a Duty to Reject Kavanaugh’s Threat to Equal Justice Under the Law Senators Have a Duty to Reject Kavanaugh’s Threat to Equal Justice Under the Law

Justice John Paul Stevens spoke an essential truth when he said that the furiously partisan nominee has proven himself to be unfit.

Oct 5, 2018 / John Nichols

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If Kavanaugh Is Confirmed, We Need to Mobilize Like Never Before If Kavanaugh Is Confirmed, We Need to Mobilize Like Never Before

His record indicates that he would stonewall movements against poverty, militarism, and racism for a generation.

Oct 5, 2018 / Phyllis Bennis and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Mitch McConnell press conference

Mitch McConnell Is Killing the Senate Mitch McConnell Is Killing the Senate

Six things he’s done to turn it into a weak arm of Trump’s White House.

Oct 4, 2018 / John Nichols

Demonstrators opposed to the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh protest inside the Hart building on Capitol Hill.

This Is Our Chance to Stop Kavanaugh This Is Our Chance to Stop Kavanaugh

Uplift the actions of brave protesters, attend a vigil, or head to DC.

Oct 2, 2018 / NationAction

Jeff Flake Kavanaugh meeting

If the Senate Applies the Jeff Flake Standard, Brett Kavanaugh Must Be Rejected If the Senate Applies the Jeff Flake Standard, Brett Kavanaugh Must Be Rejected

The Republican senator says evidence of lying to the Judiciary Committee should prevent confirmation of Trump’s pick.

Oct 1, 2018 / John Nichols

Jeff Flake Judiciary vote

Note to Jeff Flake: A Limited FBI Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh Is Entirely Insufficient Note to Jeff Flake: A Limited FBI Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh Is Entirely Insufficient

The nominee’s full record should be examined, including his many misleading and false statements to the Senate.

Sep 28, 2018 / John Nichols

No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh’s Nomination

No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh’s Nomination No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh’s Nomination

Senators cannot provide advice and consent when basic questions have not been answered.

Sep 27, 2018 / John Nichols

Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation

Brett Kavanaugh and the Case of the Vanishing Rape Victim Brett Kavanaugh and the Case of the Vanishing Rape Victim

Long before the recent charges against him, we already had evidence of Kavanaugh’s disturbing lack of empathy for rape victims.

Sep 27, 2018 / Bruce Shapiro

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