Lee Drutman
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His plan for Republican control relies on a conservative Supreme Court.
Here’s why one law professor thinks we should stop talking about corruption.
Looks like 2016 will be another do-nothing year in the Senate.
Big donors don’t support Trump or Sanders. So how did they get so far?
In the 1970s, few retiring members of Congress then registered to lobby. Now roughly half do.
Yes, Cruz lied about the $1.2 million in low-interest loans he got from big Wall Street banks. But the bigger story is that Congress is full of rich people like Cruz who could secure those kinds of loans.
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) is the latest in a long line of retiring members of Congress to complain about the campaign finance system. Maybe in the future, though: less complaining, more reform?
We’ve seen periods like this before in American politics — they come about every 60 years. And we’re just about due for one.
Here’s why $60 million in ad spending has been a huge waste so far for presidential candidates.
Most likely, the damage Trump could do is pretty limited, because the powers of the presidency are pretty limited.