Matt Ford

@fordm

The president has spent most of his career fudging the math, but his outstanding debt to the truth is finally coming due.

American democracy is broken. Here’s how to fix it.

Much like their client, the White House’s lawyers don’t seem to understand what a president does, but they’re not letting that stop them.

Attorney General Bill Barr’s transparent corruption has reached farcical new levels. And he’s not done by a damn sight.

Judge Justin Walker is the worst of a long line of right-wing dilettantes fast-tracked by Mitch McConnell in his relentless quest to subvert the judiciary.

Faced with having to choose between the president and Congress, the justices want to permanently abdicate their role as adjudicators.

Within a plainly just ruling on criminal procedures, conservatives have built a sandbox for tomorrow’s battles over gay rights and abortion.

It's commonly held that letting the cops do crimes is a big no-no, but thanks to a zany lower court ruling the question is in the Supreme Court's hands.

Legislators have fled Washington and won’t meet again until May—a colossal, bipartisan failure of leadership in a time of crisis.

There’s a simple formula for getting on the judicial bench in the MAGA era.

The White House’s coronavirus response is a screwup for the ages. Here’s how to hold the president accountable.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Trump and his allies are prioritizing their hypothetical grip on power over the life-and-death needs of voters.

Law professor Adrian Vermeule thinks America would be better off without individual liberty. It’s an increasingly popular view among a faction of conservatives.

Dying for the Dow Jones Industrial Average is now an essential part of MAGA dogma.

Last week, he appeared to finally take the coronavirus seriously. But it’s becoming clear that he’s only worried about his presidency and bank account.

There’s only one sure way to balance the needs of public health and the health of our democracy.

He has pledged to pick a woman for vice president and a black woman for the Supreme Court. That’s not as unusual as it sounds.

Congress should launch an inquiry into the administration’s botched response to the pandemic.

Whoever gets tapped as the next Democratic attorney general could potentially define a presidency and reset a wayward Justice Department.

The vanquished Democratic presidential candidate understands power better than any of her rivals.