Amy Davidson Sorkin

Last week’s debate was largely about how radical, or just how ambitious, the Party and its candidates are prepared to be.

Even if Trump loses, the Democrats will need to take the Senate in order to turn their ambitious plans into legislative reality. If he wins, control of that chamber will be crucial.

Money offers one explanation for why people seemed to ignore the obvious. But money, here, is really shorthand for a range of ways to exert influence.

The words the Democrats and the Republicans used may have been the same, but their meanings were not.

The latest Republican effort to destroy the Affordable Care Act appears likely to reach the Supreme Court in the heat of the 2020 Presidential race.

In the first debates, radical ideas were as much at the center of the action as at the fringes.

Even the similarities between the two men are revealing.

The unsettled mood after the European Parliamentary elections makes this a dangerous moment, but also a potentially promising one.

Polls show that Democrats want someone who is “electable,” but there is little agreement about what that term means.

Mueller’s prosecutorial demurral doesn’t mean that the President is above the law.

The next two weeks will test how deeply a nation can immerse itself in self-delusion.

The Justices agree to hear another Second Amendment case, this time with Brett Kavanaugh on board.

If Trump does declare a national emergency, a humanitarian crisis could become a constitutional one.

Amid talk about Democrats who could run in 2020, why should the G.O.P. be off the hook? It’s time for some primary challengers to Trump.

A fair approach to the migrants’ situation would begin with recognizing that a person seeking asylum has a right to be heard.

In firing the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, the President is bringing the country closer to a constitutional crisis. Many Republicans seem fine with it.

Once the Senate Republicans decided to countenance demagoguery, one step led to another.

The Party needs to fight Supreme Court battles in a way that is consistent with its principles—and reject as many untenable nominees as Trump names.