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I’m definitely one of those weirdos who thinks it’s more or less nuts to not get the vaccine, and also thinks it’s more or less nuts to not return to

I see there is some interest in the issue of statehood as it relates to contemporary hardball politics. I wrote a full dissertation on the topic! Here's a short article

There’s no chance a justice won’t be confirmed if 50 votes for him/her.With 53 seats, very unlikely there won’t be 50. Even if Collins/Murkowski bail, need 2 more.Likely result: new

The idea Biden was going to endorse court packing 12 days before an election that the Democrats believe they are heavily favored to win was always ridiculous. The next 12

When I said that nothing would stop the nomination if there were 50 votes in the Senate, it didn’t occur to me specify that meant 50 votes *physically present* in

Ok. Let's do a quick succession tweetstorm.First, if a POTUS dies, under the 25th amendment, sec 1, the Vice-President becomes president. (Previously, a similar provisions in Article II, Sec 1,

It’s gonna be crazy in five years when so many people are going to pretend they either didn’t vote for Trump in 2016 or stopped supporting him early in 2017.

I really enjoyed the new @SuzanneMettler1 and @r_lieberman book, Four Threats. I highly recommend it, for the following reaons. 1/https://www.amazon.com/Four-Threats-Recurring-American-Democracy/dp/1250244420 First, it's not an anti-Tru

Here's five political science-y things might want to know before you watch the debate tonight, in one quick tweetstorm.1. There's very little chance these debates will significantly affect the election.

I'll write more later, but one thing people get wrong about legislative parties is idea maxing seats is the primary goal. Parties are happy to trade seats for durable policy

I’m all for clever procedural moves in Congress, but this would...not work. Under current Senate rules, the House could likely force the Senate to *dispose* of articles of impeachment, but

The weird thing about Barr is that his intellectual positions about the executive branch are extreme but not outrageous/unique, but his approach to public politics is so combative, contemptuous and