Matt Ford

@fordm

Trump was not charged in the indictments handed down by the Manhattan district attorney, but his legal and financial perils still continue to mount.

The Republican Party’s ongoing effort to scuttle electoral democracy got a big boost from Justice Samuel Alito and his colleagues.

Don’t be fooled by the burst of moderation from the justices this term.

Attorney General Merrick Garland is suing the state over its voter suppression law—the administration’s first major response to the Republicans’ nationwide assault on elections.

The events of January 6 have made reforming the Electoral Count Act of 1887 a vital step to protect our democracy.

The Roberts court deals a blow to California farmworkers’ ability to organize, in a ruling that may have dire implications for unions and regulators.

The Arizona senator has offered the most illegible defense of the filibuster yet.

It starts with “F” and ends with “ilibuster.”

The court’s liberal and conservative bloc combined to deliver a needle-threading ruling on a major religious freedom challenge.

For opponents of the Affordable Care Act, this latest slapdash effort to gut the landmark law may be the last hurrah.

The party once freely condemned the would-be insurrectionists who attempted to waylay democracy. You’d hardly know it now.

The former president and his enablers abused their power to spy on lawmakers. What will Congress do about it?

The attorney general wants to restore the DOJ’s independence, to the chagrin of progressives who want a more forceful response to the Trump era.

Why is the Democratic senator from West Virginia echoing Republican talking points about American elections?

His outdated view of marijuana legalization is blinding him to the will of the District’s voters.

Over the weekend, Republicans in the state tried to pass an extreme voter-suppression bill and hosted a conference in which Michael Flynn endorsed a military coup.

Newt Gingrich’s team-up with the former president seeks to ignite the spirit of ’94, but only shows how far the GOP has retreated from governance.

An impenetrable web of statistics is being used to deflect criticisms and reshape the media narrative around policing.

A fishing dispute with the federal government is raising deeper questions about the island territory’s legal and constitutional status.

Party leaders, taking their cues from Donald Trump, are trying to shove the violence he instigated into the memory hole.