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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has already vowed to hold a floor vote on President Trump's nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The country needs four patriotic Republican senators to block him.
2020 will be an election in which the stakes have rarely been higher.
Imagine if a new justice is the deciding vote on abortion rights, the Affordable Care Act — and even the outcome of the presidential election.
The rule is that the Senate majority rules in this matter.
After four years, we are barely holding it together.
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The justice lived as a pioneer for women, and for the people who worked for her — like me.
  • 2 days ago
In Northern California, we make escape plans, take photos for insurance and watch for flames. Unless we get serious about addressing the causes of wildfires, this will become an annual ritual for the West Coast.
  • 3 days ago
Farms produce the gases that cause climate change. Here's how we can change that — and help farmers, too.
  • 3 days ago
Access to a gun in moments of crisis is dangerous because suicide is, as they say, opportunistic.
  • 4 days ago
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The GOP Senate majority must do its constitutional duty in barring Judy Shelton.
The accords between Israel, Bahrain and the UAE were designed to bolster Trump’s reelection prospects.
How many more limitations on Trump's abuses of power would remain after another term?
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The Senate should confirm Roderick Young now.
  • 6 days ago
TJ parents want to continue the school’s race-blind, merit-based admissions.
  • Sep 11
There is no reform more fundamental than giving defendants a choice over jury sentencing.
  • Sep 11
Let’s address the root cause of violence, not just the symptoms.
  • Sep 11
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Bob Costas, Kenny Stills: The NFL's patriotism was cynical. The national anthem protests were not.
Bob Costas, Kenny Stills: The NFL's patriotism was cynical. The national anthem protests were not.
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