Jonathan Bernstein, Author at The American Prospect

Three’s a Crowd

The two-party system isn’t going anywhere—it’s stronger now than ever.

Republicans want to take their party back from “The Crazy.” Here’s how they should do it.

The D.C. Court of Appeals decision knocking out recess appointments leaves Democrats with one option: End the filibuster.

President Obama shouldn’t try to be the liberal version of the conservative hero. He should just get stuff done.

We don’t have a strict separation of powers.

Short-term thinking geared toward maximum electoral success leads to long-term rule changes that don’t do much good for our democracy.

Term limits sound like a nice idea, but they have the net effect of shifting power from elected represenatatives to bureaucrats and lobbyists.

Will filibuster reform turn the Senate into the House?