Stephen Sachs has posted his forthcoming article, The Twelfth Amendment and the ERA, on SSRN. The article is forthcoming in volume VCII of the University of Chicago Law Review (2025). The abstract is ...

Sick of all the hyper-partisanship and legislative paralysis? What if we force our political parties to share the power? It’s the way we started — in 1796, Federalist John Adams won the presidency, ...

Editor: Your April 1 editorial makes a claim about the 12th amendment that isn’t true to the literal text when it claims that those ineligible to run for president may not seek the vice presidency ...

At this moment of deep political division, bold ideas to preserve American democracy are more important than ever. The Washington Monthly is an independent voice, listened to by insiders and willing ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated to clarify that a narrative discussing an election was fictional. We regret the error. Last week, I speculated about the ...

Last week, I speculated about the possibility of Donald Trump seeking a de facto third term by running as vice president with a puppet as president. I received a flurry of responses citing the ...