Thomas Koenig, Author at The Dispatch

A Change in GOP Senate Leadership Could Mean Filibuster Reform

Sen. John Cornyn once sought to change the filibuster for judicial nominees. Would he be willing to go further as Republican leader?

But reducing warped electoral incentives might.

The world is too perilous for Republicans to continue wasting time with unserious lawmakers.

It’s possible to restore the Senate to a place of cool, reasoned deliberation.

Michael Waldman’s ‘The Supermajority’ doubles down on caricatures of the Supreme Court.

Here’s a way to do it effectively.

Integralists and national conservatives see the slow pace of American politics as a vice. But it’s what the Founders intended.

Those who are weary of extremists—on both the left and right—should come together to emphasize the truth above all else.

The Congressional Apportionment Amendment—the first First Amendment—called for one member per 50,000 constituents.

A review of Akhil Reed Amar’s ‘The Words That Made Us.’