I still think Mr. Trump is unfit for office. But the American founders knew they were building a Republican system that would check executive power.

Clinton's loss says more about the enduring presence of sexism in our society than about populism.

That comment about “clinging to their guns and Bibles”—maybe that was the beginning.

No one should feel complacent about the divisions this election emphasized and exploited, which run far deeper than political allegiances.

The Eighth Amendment prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment.”