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March 31 is Kristi Noem’s last day at DHS. She and her unofficial chief of staff, Corey Lewandowski, are gone.

During Noem’s March 3 Senate oversight hearing, the one that seems to have led Donald Trump to fire her, ...

Jesse Wegman spent a decade on the New York Times Editorial Board before coming to the Brennan Center as a Senior Fellow earlier this year. His new venture is a newsletter about the Supreme Court that he plans on publishing twice a month (yes, I’ve warned him that good intentions of writing once or twice a month have a habit of growing into daily and then twice daily in this ...

A friend expressed concern last week about how difficult it must be for me to write the newsletter every night. She was worried I was working too hard. I reassured her, and wanted to share with you all, how much I enjoy doing this. It’s not easy. It does take time and a lot of careful thought and research. But I keep a running file of notes, and every evening, I look forward ...

My Brennan Center colleague Jesse Wegman joined the Brennan Center this year as a Senior Fellow, after 12 years on the New York Times editorial board. At the Times, Jesse, who is also a lawyer, wrote about the Supreme Court, law, politics, and democracy. He is the author of Let The People Pick The President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College. He has a new book, “T...