With the filibuster removed from their toolkit, Republican lawmakers forced the cancellation of confirmation hearings, even for candidates with home-state GOP support.

Donald Verrilli, who as the Obama administration’s top litigator won landmark cases on the Affordable Care Act, same-sex marriage, and immigration, will step down this month.

A better version of the independent state legislature theory is proving difficult to figure out.

It just doesn’t know how.

The state killed Anthony Boyd last night, and the process was anything but humane.