Matt Ford

@fordm

What would the founders have done if they’d known we were going to inflict this terrible system upon ourselves?

A federal judge just put the kibosh on the president’s attempt to slip Ken Cuccinelli past the Senate.

The Supreme Court will decide whether Elizabeth Warren’s brainchild will continue to exist, or if it’ll merely expand Donald Trump’s power over it.

The high court’s taken a dim view of targeted regulation of abortion providers in the past, but that was before Brett Kavanaugh.

As primary competitors toss around “internal numbers” to claim victory in the early contests, they’re setting a Trumpian precedent.

There is no easy remedy for the ways in which President Trump threatens the sanctity of our elections.

The former New York mayor isn’t subverting the American electoral system. He’s exploiting its intentional flaws.

The president showered mercy on a rogues’ gallery led by disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.

The Roberts court is poised to undo the late Justice’s landmark ruling on religious freedom and government overreach.

This is how the no-longer-independent Justice Department can be deployed against the president’s 2020 opponent.

The president's crony attorney general is bent on whitewashing the administration's misdeeds, forever scarring the department's integrity.

The ideals that prompted a revival of classical edifices in America are stronger, and better, than the president who wants to force their return.

With impeachment behind him, Trump is already steering his cruel reign in a darker direction.

The justifications offered by Republicans who acquitted Trump will have lasting ramifications for the republic.

In a fiery speech, the California Democrat warned Republican senators that they'll never be able to say they weren't told about their president's corruption.

Republican lawmakers, blanching at the prospect of removing the president from power, remove themselves instead.

The Trump defense team's resident legal surrealist insists that presidents can abuse their power in the service of their political careers.

Jerry Falwell Jr. has proposed a "Vexit" that would transfer conservative border counties to West Virginia. Maybe he needs to dream a little bigger.

Taking a cue from the grifter in chief, the president's former national security adviser plotted his own big payout.

A conservative legal scholar presents an exculpation of the president that's worth engaging.