Tag: US Senate
Debunking the myth of legislative gridlock
Jeb Barnes, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
So much for gridlock.
President Joe...
What’s the gold standard, and why does the US benefit from...
Michael Klein, Tufts University
The phrase “the gold standard” means, in common parlance, the best available benchmark – as in double-blind randomized trials are the...
Can Trump and McConnell get through the 4 steps to seat...
Caren Morrison, Georgia State University
United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Sept. 18, thrusting the acrimonious struggle for control of the...
Business liability shield is holding up another coronavirus bailout – a...
Timothy D. Lytton, Georgia State University
Senate Republicans’ push to grant companies sweeping immunity from civil liability for failure to adequately protect workers and customers...
Limiting Senate inquiry ignores Founders’ intent for impeachment
Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University
Senators will soon decide whether to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump without hearing any witnesses....
Impeachment trial senators swear an oath aimed at guarding ‘against malice,...
Susan P. Fino, Wayne State University
The 100 United States senators who are jurors in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump have taken a...
Senators’ silence suggests they may be taking their impeachment trial duty...
Lynne H. Rambo, Texas A&M University
Several Republican senators have taken a “vow of silence” on the impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives.
Maine...
The Senate filibuster explained – and why it should be allowed...
Daniel Wirls, University of California, Santa Cruz
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the latest Democrat to argue an arcane Senate rule governing debate stands in the...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
