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Checks and balances
Checks and balances news and analysis from The Nation
May 13, 2019
The Michigan representative just accepted petitions signed by 10 million Americans who say it is time to act.
February 15, 2019
Three ways to stop the scam to steal the money to build the wall.
January 8, 2019
The president’s speech was a mangled mess of lies and fearmongering that further discredited his shutdown gambit.
October 19, 2018
America needs a Congress that will challenge this president when he attacks freedom of the press, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution.
September 7, 2018
Trump’s anonymous lieutenant was wrong to reject a constitutional remedy for an erratic and amoral presidency.
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July 19, 2018
While liberals call for restoration of basic democracy, the left fears this will only revive the neoliberalism partly responsible for driving people to the right.
May 4, 2018
Giuliani seems to think that President Trump is above the law.
April 30, 2018
The senator has always championed the causes of veterans. Apparently, this enrages the president.
February 2, 2018
The Speaker of the House has abandoned his duty to defend the authority of the House in order to serve as an agent of the president.
January 30, 2018
Along with citizen activism, they have proven to be an important safeguard of constitutional liberty—but the Supreme Court has yet to weigh in.
