A New Mexico court enforces the disqualification clause of the fourteenth amendment for the first time in a century. Much bigger targets may be in sight.
Category: Political issues
Chile and Colombia
Chile votes on a new constitution, while Colombia sets out a path to drug legalisation.
On saving the governor-general, part II
A governor-general with no discretionary power might seem to be something of a waste, but there's a widespread reluctance to inquire about it. And a republic would be unlikely to help.
On saving the governor-general, part I
The secret ministries affair in Australia has thrown up important questions about the role of the governor-general. The solicitor-general's advice on the matter fails to cast much light.
Progress in Singapore?
Fifteen years after first floating the idea, Singapore moves to decriminalise homosexuality, in a sign of changing times.
Kosovo is not Crimea
A war scare in the Balkans offers a warning against being misled by the force of bad analogies.
Kansas votes for choice
A shock defeat for an anti-abortion initiative in Kansas gives hope to Democrats facing an otherwise bleak political landscape.
Lessons for Taiwan
A planned visit by Nancy Pelosi has again raised the question of Taiwan's future, and of what lessons can be learned from the invasion of Ukraine.
Fixing American elections, revisited
Reform of the US Electoral Count Act has advanced on the agenda, but progress is by no means assured.
Trump and the Tea Party
Donald Trump's obsession with his election loss is not just personal; it draws on demons in the Republican Party's soul.
The World is Not Enough 