Kimberly Atkins Stohr

O n Tuesday night, Republican Senator JD Vance and Democratic Governor Tim Walz faced off in the first — and only — vice presidential debate of the 2024 election.

Tim Walz cut through JD Vance’s attempt to smooth talk his way out of acknowledging the truth: He is the running mate of a man who tried to fraudulently, forcefully, and unconstitutionally stay in office against the will of voters, and who stands criminally indicted for doing so.

Tim Walz cut through JD Vance's attempt to smooth talk his way out of acknowledging the truth: He is the running mate of a man who tried to fraudulently, forcefully, and unconstitutionally stay in office against the will of voters, and who stands criminally indicted for doing so.

Here's the thing about bad law: Sooner or later, facts will always come along to demonstrate just how awful it is.

We can see the decline in the former president’s ability to hold a train of thought, speak coherently, or demonstrate a command of the English language, to say nothing of policy. So why are Republicans and the press holding Trump to a different standard than Biden?

So far, judges are protecting our democracy from the GOP’s flood of baseless election-related legal attacks. Can that safeguard hold?

Donald Trump has repeatedly called the American people "the enemy within." Harris called on their better angels with a pitch-perfect case for a better way. Still, with the press, she can’t win.

This week Kamala Harris, in the final stretch of her campaign to win the White House — and end Donald Trump's political career — displayed what I think is one of her most relatable traits: her frustration.

My job may be to sort out what the election means for the Supreme Court, reproductive health care, and the guardrails of our democracy. And I’ll get to that. But first, I have to get past the sting of, once again, feeling like the nation that I love and believe in just backhanded me.

What will the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, which Trump helped to build, have to say about Trump’s view that biding by the nation’s laws and its foundational document is optional?