Justice Scalia's passing has inspired an enormous outpouring of commentary, some adulatory, some critical, some confused.  There's no shortage of standard-issue commentary on Scalia and his legacy; SCOTUSblog is keeping a running tally.  I … [Read more...]

I was on NECN's Broadside with Sue O'Connell the other night talking about the vacancy on the Supreme Court.  Here's the video, should you care to view it. … [Read more...]

We have always valued a diversity of voices here at BMG.  Since the very beginning, we've encouraged "differently-winged" contributors to participate, believing that a variety of viewpoints makes the site a more interesting place.  And … [Read more...]

So much to say, so little time.  A few random thoughts on this 9.9 on the politico-judicial earthquake scale. For decades, the Court has had five basically conservative Justices and four basically liberal ones.  The replacement of … [Read more...]

Do you like math?  I do.  So does Sam Wang, a very smart numbers guy at Princeton who publishes the indispensable Princeton Election Consortium blog.  His new, must-read post shows that unless something quite dramatic and, frankly, … [Read more...]

With Donald Trump's massive win in NH and his big lead in South Carolina as well as nationally, the anti-Trump faction of the GOP needs to act fast to avoid the catastrophe of a Trump nomination.  But what's their move? It seems to me … [Read more...]

On the dot of 8 pm, CNN declared Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump the winners of the New Hampshire primary.  The results apparently are that clear.  It appears that a big battle for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place may be shaping up on the GOP side; … [Read more...]

A very interesting night in Iowa.  The big stories appear to me to be: Ted Cruz's investment in his Iowa ground game appears to have paid off. A lot of people who tell pollsters that they like Donald Trump actually do show up. Marco … [Read more...]

OK folks, we've all been watching debates, scouring polls, and otherwise reading tea leaves for months now.  But on Monday evening, actual voting begins.  The Iowa caucuses are a weird way to kick off the selection of a presidential nominee … [Read more...]

As you know, the final Republican debate before the voting actually begins on Monday went ahead without the clear Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump.  Let's review what we learned from seeing how these guys (and they were all guys, as … [Read more...]