MISCHIEFS OF FACTION

John Boehner’s new memoir underscores the challenges of governing in today’s Congress.

Mondale saw statemanship inextricably linked with partisanship.

Mondale got annihilated in his run against Reagan; does that mean he was a bad nominee?

The recent debate over the Senate filibuster has led to a lot of fruitful conversation, but also the revival of bad arguments I hoped to...

If you're a publicly engaged scholar, there are critics who want to silence you. Here's how to keep them from winning.

House Republicans wrestle with an age-old dilemma: cooperation versus confrontation.

You can have a democratic system with weakly defined sovereignty, but you can’t have a sovereign democracy that excludes groups of people.

Covid restrictions have kicked lobbyists out of some state legislatures, and that's both a relief and a loss for legislators.

Experiment shows Republicans' fealty to Trump overrides their desire for stimulus money

The House Freedom Caucus is not only highly influential in Congress; it has inspired state lawmakers to form caucuses of their own. Why?

Majority party members often get punished for being part of a productive party, not rewarded.

By Dominik Stecula After over 9 months of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the United States and over 400,00 lost Americans, the initial...

By Amy Erica Smith [Note: This is the English version of an essay that appeared in the 18 January 2021 issue of the Brazilian...

How does the US compare to so-called "banana republics"? Public opinion data show the US is not exceptional.

Trump is more likely to "go public" in dealing with senators of his own party than to use presidential "soft power."

How the House Freedom Caucus abandoned its constitutional conservatism and led an effort to subvert the 2020 presidential election.

Guest post by Carolyn Holmes At 1:24 PM on Wednesday, Congressman Steve Scalise stood to speak on the floor of the House of...

Political scientists have been taking Trump seriously and literally since 2015. We told you this would happen.

The person inciting insurrections can not also be the person in charge of federal law enforcement. This is how democracies die.

At around 2pm eastern time yesterday, I watched the speeches on the Senate floor, both struck by the contrast between Pat Toomey and Ted...