Politics & Elections
Congress, the courts, campaigns, the White House — the fights over American power.
Politics is the meta-debate that contains the others — about how decisions get made, who gets to make them, and what counts as legitimate use of power. Conservatives argue for federalism, original constitutional design, and restraint on executive overreach. Liberals argue for institutional reform, voting access, and structural fixes to a system that doesn't scale to the modern country. Bilateral covers the live institutional fights: Supreme Court legitimacy, Senate procedure, election integrity, executive orders, congressional dysfunction.
18 debates
- Why Congress is fighting over a central tool of American surveillanceApr 14, 2026
- Should Elon Musk have a position in Trump's White House?Apr 14, 2026
- Should Trump's tariffs on Canada and Mexico stay in place?Apr 14, 2026
- Should the Supreme Court's power of judicial review be curtailed?Apr 13, 2026
- Should Election Day be a federal holiday?Apr 13, 2026
- Should Congress have term limits?Apr 13, 2026
- Should partisan gerrymandering be banned?Apr 13, 2026
- Should the United States adopt ranked choice voting?Apr 13, 2026
- Should universal mail-in voting be the national standard?Apr 13, 2026
- Should the Senate filibuster be eliminated?Apr 13, 2026
- Should Supreme Court justices have term limits?Apr 13, 2026
- Should voter ID laws be required for all elections?Apr 13, 2026
- White House ballroom construction can continue for now, appeals court saysApr 13, 2026
- Stock market plunges after Trump announces new semiconductor tariffsApr 13, 2026
- Supreme Court rules 8-1 against Colorado conversion therapy ban Chiles v SalazarApr 13, 2026
- Talbot house relocation Apr 12, 2026
- Trump touts newly released plans for D.C. triumphal archApr 12, 2026
- Trump claims U.S. will close strait of Hormuz after Iran peace talks collapseApr 12, 2026