Even if Kate Masur is right that partisanship and race define the politics of granting representation to the District, Congress still has an obligation to uphold the Constitution. Congress lacks the power to grant the District representation by legislation alone.

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from January 12^th to January 14^th.

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from December 21^st to December 23^rd.

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from August 9^th to August 11^th.

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from June 29^th to July 2^nd.

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web on May 22^nd

What happens when the House of Representatives and Senate pass slightly different versions of the same legislation? Any schoolkid can answer that: the House and the Senate send delegates to negotiate a compromise bill. If only it actually worked that way. All too often, the negotiators don’t split the difference during the House-​​​​Senate conference, particularly […]