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N.Y. prosecutors are coming for Trump’s associates
The indictment of Paul Manafort by New York state prosecutors on Wednesday is a shot across the bow of the presidency.
Commentary: Sources of surprise in the coming elections
What will shape the outcome of the 2018 elections nationally and in Minnesota?
Commentary: Key Minnesota races highly competitive
Democrats lead in races for both Senate seats and the governorship, but only in one case — Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s 53-38 percent lead over Jim Newberger — does the race appear to be noncompetitive.
Commentary: Blue wave or Trump trend in Minnesota?
Let’s consider several aspects of the primary and post-primary situations to parse the big question.
Commentary: A blizzard of candidates for Minnesota in 2018
The confusion at the DFL convention suggested the renewed timeliness of the Will Rogers’ crack from 1935: “I am not a member of any organized party — I am a Democrat.”
Law says troops can’t be cops; history disagrees
Trump’s plan for sending troops to the border raised alarm bells about possible violations of the 19th-century Posse Comitatus Act, which forbids the military from active involvement in civilian law enforcement.
Commentary: The fallout from Franken’s Senate resignation
How has the state and national political world changed?
Assessing Trump’s ‘political capital’ after 100 days
Now that he has occupied the White House for a bit more than 100 days, how is Donald Trump faring politically?
Five challenges for national, state Republicans
The Republican Party now has total control of our national legislature and executive and is newly empowered with control of Minnesota’s state Legislature. That brings with it a series of risks and problems. Let’s consider then in turn. First, there’s the challenge of “issue ownership.” That involves responsibility for the outcome of public problems during a party’s time of dominance[...]
Constitutional suit against Trump faces hurdles
The headline issue in the first lawsuit against President Donald Trump is whether it is a violation of the emoluments clause of the Constitution for his hotels and properties to be paid by foreign governments. But if a court actually decides this tough question, that will already be an accomplishment for the watchdog organization that brought the suit and the distinguished lawyers and academics re[...]
Anti-abortion Republicans stronger than ever
John Ashcroft stood in the place of Jeff Sessions the last time a new Republican administration came to power. Like Sessions, Ashcroft was a conservative senator who had been nominated to be attorney general. Also like Sessions, Ashcroft became a top target of Senate Democrats. Although he was confirmed, Ashcroft drew more opposing votes than any other George W. Bush nominee in 2001. Some of th[...]
How ‘unpresidented’ is Donald Trump?
In mid-December, Donald Trump tweeted the following: “China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters — rips it out of the water in an unpresidented act.” This hasty composition with the humorous misspelling actually suggests a crucial question: How unpresidented will Trump’s service in the White House turn out to be? The question actually has two meanings. In [...]
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