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John Nichols: Feingold: ‘The Constitution provides that the Senate should advise and consent, not simply jam something through’

Russ Feingold knows his way around politics, as a former Wisconsin legislator who served three terms in the United States Senate. But even he was taken aback by the haste with which President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, began talking about naming and confirming a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the hours after the death of the pioneering jurist.

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Paul Fanlund: Strength of Cap Times Idea Fest 2020 — its hyperlocal focus

Our fourth annual Cap Times Idea Fest, which is virtual this year, is bookended by sessions featuring two major national celebrities — former U.S. AG Eric Holder to lead off and legendary journalist Bob Woodward wrapping things up on Oct. 10 in a conversation with longtime Washington Post colleague and fellow Pulitzer Prize-winner David Maraniss.

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John Nichols: Feingold: ‘The Constitution provides that the Senate should advise and consent, not simply jam something through’

Russ Feingold knows his way around politics, as a former Wisconsin legislator who served three terms in the United States Senate. But even he was taken aback by the haste with which President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, began talking about naming and confirming a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the hours after the death of the pioneering jurist.

Read More »

Paul Fanlund: Strength of Cap Times Idea Fest 2020 — its hyperlocal focus

Our fourth annual Cap Times Idea Fest, which is virtual this year, is bookended by sessions featuring two major national celebrities — former U.S. AG Eric Holder to lead off and legendary journalist Bob Woodward wrapping things up on Oct. 10 in a conversation with longtime Washington Post colleague and fellow Pulitzer Prize-winner David Maraniss.

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