American government succeeded, Tocqueville thought, because it didn’t empower the people too much.

The longest running theme in the history of the party might be charges of incoherence and disorganization.

They are both racists who killed thousands and thought nothing of it.

The quest for radical equality in the American grain

Congress is allowed to change the size of the Supreme Court, and it has done so seven times. The country survived just fine.

How John Marshall built the Supreme Court around his political agenda

What will Trump do if the justices rule against him?

There are no good old days to return to in U.S. politics. The truth about a post-Trump era.

How the divide between rich and poor has undermined the Constitution.

Forget Nixon. Trump is more like Andrew Jackson than Tricky Dick—and the consequences of his crimes will be far more devastating.

They're in great demand by the media. But will many Americans even believe what they’re saying, or accuse them of partisan bias?

His bizarre and mistaken beliefs about the past are a window into his mind—and serve his political agenda.

Yes, we have—but you have to go back to the nineteenth century.