Ask Americans what they think the First Amendment protects, and they will tell you “freedom of speech.”  But few will think of the amendment’s third protection: “freedom of assembly.” In his provocative new book, “Liberty’s Refuge, The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly,” Washington University School of Law professor John Inazu implores Americans to keep in mind the importance of this protection.

Political dysfunction. Partisanship at record levels. Attack politics run amok. And public approval of Congress scraping the single digits (Sen. John McCain is fond of saying it's down to blood rlatives and paid staff).

Jan. 21 is an auspicious day, for two reasons. It is the date of the South Carolina primary, and it is the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.

A now-irrelevant provision of the Voting Rights Act may soon be no more.

Five works that illuminate the shared heritage of America and Britain.

To craft a majority will still require securing one more vote. A delicate equipoise of principle and politics, prudence and persuasion, will prove necessary.

Jack Kemp's premature passing was America's loss. Barack Obama should nominate someone with political experience to replace David Souter.

Norman J. Ornstein examines the fight over Supreme Court nominations, the investigations into the activities of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, and Gulf Coast reconstruction efforts.