One question is playing out in courtrooms, on ballots, and in legislatures across the country: who controls primary elections, the parties or the voters. Only SCOTUS can settle it, and when it does, it will put both parties on one side and the voters on the other.
A legal analysis of Trump's defeated birthright citizenship executive order reveals six fatal mistakes, including failure to research the justices' own naturalization histories and a misunderstanding of 14th Amendment jurisdiction.
Young Turks host Ana Kasparian delivered a sharp critique of California Governor Gavin Newsom's handling of prisons and crime policy, arguing his prison closures have backfired and undermine public safety.
If Kiley wins in the newly-drawn CA-6, a district drawn to create a safely Democratic seat, the only independent in the House will have proven that the label can beat the gerrymander that created it.
The U.S. is quietly disengaging from international election scrutiny at home while deploying partisan observers abroad, creating a troubling parallel to tactics used by authoritarian regimes.
Arizona lets independent voters participate in its taxpayer-funded primaries—but only after they choose a party ballot, accept limited candidate options, and rely on party leaders to keep the door open.
Recent polling has Osborn +5 on the incumbent, with earlier polls showing him down 1. No poll shows the Republican pulling clear in a state Trump carried by 20 points.
Senator Lisa Murkowski defies Trump on the SAVE America Act, arguing it would create impossible barriers for Alaska voters. Her opposition shows how nonpartisan elections give lawmakers freedom from party pressure.
"Thank God you're running as an independent. This place is deeply broken and it needs fixing." The people closest to the machinery, he says, know best how failed it is.
After two Charter Revision Commissions, five op-eds in one week, and a new poll blowing up the "donor scheme" narrative, independent voters are done waiting to be invited into the conversation.
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