Matt Ford

@fordm

The debate is no longer about whether his removal is warranted. It's about the political and practical calculations.

It's one of the most effective tools for reducing mass incarceration, but few are taking advantage of it.

The new senator from Utah has too much in common with Trump to become part of the #Resistance.

The Massachusetts senator is pitching her campaign as a war on corruption in the broadest sense.

Congress is on the brink of passing the First Step Act. Here's what the second step may look like.

The president agreed to shut down his un-charitable foundation. Is his biggest scam—The Trump Organization—the next to fall?

Two cases down under show how lower libel standards silence accusers and the press, while protecting the wealthy and powerful.

The special counsel has spun a web of investigations that draw closer to Trump every day.

It will make a real difference in Americans' lives, but fails to correct decades of overly punitive policies.

The president could face charges the moment he leaves office.

Does it help or harm justice when state and federal governments can separately prosecute a defendant for the same crime?

The consequences of his Supreme Court picks are still felt today—as Trump's will be for decades to come.

Republicans in multiple states are using lame-duck sessions to disempower the Democrats who won in last month's blue wave.

The Supreme Court has a chance to rebuke President Trump and reaffirm judicial independence. Will the justices take it?

Why did Michael Cohen plead guilty to lying to Congress now?

Both conservative and liberal justices on the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that they think the Eighth Amendment's ban on unreasonable fines also applies to the states.

The Supreme Court may declare that half the state is still Indian country under federal law.