Mitch McConnell Has Already Won  —  Mitch McConnell has just one goal: to preserve and extend Republicans' advantage in Washington and beyond.  He'll do anything to achieve that goal, indifferent to everything but the will to power.  We see this most clearly in McConnell's approach to the Supreme Court.

The Republican Court and the Era of Minority Rule  —  Democrats have won the national vote in six of the last seven presidential elections, which, with the retirement of Anthony Kennedy, will have resulted in the appointment of eight of its nine justices.  And yet four of those justices …

So Much For the Institutions  —  Kennedy's retirement proves we can't count on elites to constrain Trump's worst excesses  —  When he heard that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy was retiring on Wednesday, a friend in his twenties told me: “Today is the darkest political moment my generation has experienced.”

GOP plans to steamroll Dems on Supreme Court pick  —  Senate Republicans will move quickly to replace Anthony Kennedy before the midterm elections.  —  Senate Republicans plan to confirm a new Supreme Court justice to replace retiring Anthony Kennedy before the midterm elections …

Exit Kennedy  —  Yes, elections have consequences.  —  Justice Anthony Kennedy's announcement on June 27 that he will retire from the Supreme Court came as a bracing relief for conservatives and a prophecy of woe for liberals.  —  Kennedy, though nominated in 1988 by Ronald Reagan …

Trump takes over America  —  President Trump, with his refusal to take advice or yield to experts, is the West Wing.  Republicans who control both halves of Congress won't lift a finger against him and fully support his every move.  —  The big picture: With his chance to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy …