Congress and the Courts – The Towerlight

The battle of the filibuster: leveraging majority power

January 31, 2021February 1, 2021Associate Editor Comment

By: Abdalrahman Abou-Sar, Columnist Views expressed in opinion columns are the author’s own. In drafting power-sharing resolutions in the early days of the [...]

The president may have gone too far to protect his friend

February 17, 2020Associate Editor Comment

By: Tim Klapac, Senior Editor Americans have grown accustomed to the president’s constant tweeting, some may have even stopped caring about what he [...]

It’s time to move on now that impeachment is over

February 10, 2020Associate Editor Comment

By: Tim Klapac, Senior Editor It’s finally over. After months of rule settings, hearings, arguments, conspiracies and finger pointing, the impeachment as ended [...]

Analyzing the Mueller report: What’s next for Congress?

April 22, 2019Associate Editor Comment

By: Connor McNairn, Columnist On Thursday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller finally released his long-awaited inquiry into President Trump’s potential collusion with Russia. For [...]

Mueller issues report, questions abound

April 1, 2019April 8, 2019Associate Editor Comment

By: Connor McNairn, Columnist In May 2017, just a few short months after President Donald Trump assumed the presidency, Special Counsel Robert Mueller [...]

Latest Omar comments draw criticism

March 11, 2019March 25, 2019Associate Editor Comment

By: Connor McNairn, Columnist Representative Ilhan Omar, a freshman congresswoman from Minnesota, has dominated headlines in recent weeks. Following a string of Omar’s [...]

National emergency: Abuse of power

February 4, 2019March 12, 2019Associate Editor Comment

By: Connor McNairn, Column Putting an end to the longest government shutdown in US history, President Donald Trump announced last week that he [...]

Dysfunction and petulance: Longest shutdown in U.S. history

January 23, 2019Associate Editor Comment

By: Connor McNairn, Columnist Though large swaths of his supporters seem to have forgotten, the president quipped on Dec. 11, “I am proud [...]

Whitaker appointment threatens rule of law, Mueller investigation

November 26, 2018December 5, 2018Associate Editor Comment

By: Connor McNairn, Columnist Since the Democrats’ commanding victory in the 2018 midterms, President Donald Trump has spent much time railing against the [...]

Midterm elections signal major Democratic victories

November 12, 2018Associate Editor Comment

By: Connor McNairn, Columnist Last Tuesday’s midterm elections featured a variety of high stakes races. And since returns began flooding news headlines, party [...]