Politics Mar 11 Criticism of President by Justice Is as Rare as Criticism of Court During SOTU Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts made headlines Tuesday when he said at the University of Alabama that President Obama's criticism of the Court's decision on a landmark campaign finance case during January's State of the Union speech was…
Politics Mar 02 Supreme Court Considers Whether Gun Right Extends to States Updated 4:15 p.m. ET | The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in McDonald v. City of Chicago, a gun rights case that could redefine the constitutionality of firearms regulation across the country. In the McDonald case, 76-year-old Chicago…
Politics Feb 22 Tea Party, GOP Messages Converge at CPAC At this year's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, we spoke with journalists and attendees about the future of the Republican Party after the emergence of the Tea Party movement. Conservatives said that the Tea Partiers were making a…
Politics Feb 19 Voices from CPAC: RedState.com and Talking Points Memo We caught up with RedState.com editor-in-chief Erick Erickson in the hallway at the Conservative Political Action Conference, which is billed as the nation’s largest annual gathering of conservatives. Erickson spoke with us about the goal of his site,…
Economy Feb 18 President Obama Creates National Commission on Debt Reduction President Obama Thursday morning signed an executive order to create a commission tasked with helping the nation reduce its debt. Mr. Obama selected Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson to head the commission, the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility…
Nation Feb 02 Military Explores Dismantling of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Top U.S. military officials on Tuesday echoed President Obama's call for a repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, telling a Senate panel that they were preparing for an eventual undoing of the rule that prohibits gays from serving…
Politics Jan 28 Lawmakers Praise, Deride President Obama’s First State of the Union Speech Several lawmakers spoke with us in the U.S. Capitol immediately after President Obama's State of the Union address Wednesday night. Here's what they had to say about the speech and the road ahead: Rep. Mike Pence, R- Ind., is a…
Politics Jan 22 The Rundown With Shields and Brooks: Political Shakeups and Helping Haiti New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields stopped by the Rundown Friday to talk with Hari Sreenivasan about what this week’s political upset in Massachusetts says about independent voters; David’s column about what hasn’t worked…
Politics Jan 21 Supreme Court Frees Corporations to Spend on Federal Campaigns UPDATED 5:15 p.m. ET| In a much-anticipated decision in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court in a 5-to-4 decision Thursday removed the distinction between individuals and corporations as it applies to spending on federal…
Politics Jan 20 Cillizza: Obama Agenda May Be Less Ambitious After Upset in Massachusetts _pap_embed_custom('news01s3924qd89',482,304,""); On the heels of a stunning GOP victory in the Massachusetts Senate race, Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post explains how the Democrats managed to lose a reliable U.S. Senate seat and what it may mean politically for the…