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Alex Swoyer

aswoyer@washingtontimes.com

Alex Swoyer serves as The Washington Times' editor-at-large, covering law and politics in Washington. Alex leads "The Sitdown with Alex Swoyer" and her column, "Seen, Heard & Whispered," where she interviews officials and discusses the latest political noise echoing through the nation's capital.
She also hosts a podcast, "Court Watch," showcasing high-stakes legal battles. She has covered presidential campaigns, Capitol Hill, and the Supreme Court for more than a decade.
Originally from Texas, Alex left the Lone Star State to attend the Missouri School of Journalism where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism with an emphasis in broadcast.
After graduating from Ave Maria School of Law in Florida, she decided to leave the courtroom and return to the newsroom with The Washington Times.
She can be reached by email at aswoyer@washingtontimes.com.

Seen, Heard & Whispered

Written by Alex Swoyer, "Seen, Heard & Whispered” is a weekly column taking you inside the conversations happening in Washington’s power corridors, the moves being made and the whispers that explain what’s really going on in the nation’s capital. Email tips to whispered@washingtontimes.com

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The Sitdown with Alex Swoyer

Washington Times' Editor-at-Large Alex Swoyer dives into political and legal news with lawmakers, administration officials and politicos inside Washington.

Court Watch Podcast

The 'Court Watch' podcast breaks down the Supreme Court's major cases and top news stories about the justices, federal courts and perplexing legal battles with key insight from court watchers from both sides of the aisle.

Articles by Alex Swoyer

This July 29, 2015, file photo shows Amazon's Echo speaker, which responds to voice commands, in New York. A prosecutor investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a hot tub wants to expand the probe to include a potential new kind of evidence: the suspect’s Amazon Echo smart speaker. Amazon has called the request “overbroad or otherwise inappropriate." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Amazon Echo, Google Home devices raise privacy rights questions

Legal experts say Congress and the states need to step in to protect Americans' privacy rights from the proliferation of voice-activated personal assistant devices such as Amazon's Echo and Google's Home, after a murder case in Arkansas raised questions about how much the devices are hearing -- and whether the government can demand access to its recordings.

May 29, 2017
Americans generally discount Democrats' fears that requiring voters to show identification at the polls will keep many legitimate voters from casting ballots, a study has found. (Associated Press/File)

Voter ID laws popular as fraud fears rise

Most Americans, including Democrats, think voter fraud is a real problem and don't mind voter ID laws as a solution, according to academic research that suggests Republicans are winning the argument over voting rights and suppression.

May 28, 2017
In this March 1, 2017, file photo, an Iraqi soldier inspects a recently discovered train tunnel, adorned with an Islamic State group flag, that belonged to the former Baghdad to Mosul line, that was turned into a training camp for IS fighters, in western Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

Jeff Flake, Tim Kaine push for new AUMF to cover ISIS

Two senators demanded Thursday that Congress update the outlines of the war on terror, introducing a new Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) that would explicitly grant the president powers to strike at the Islamic State, as well as still go after al Qaeda and the Taliban.

May 25, 2017
FILE - In this April 7, 2017 file photo, visitors arrive at the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court on Monday, May 15, 2017, rejected an appeal to reinstate North Carolina's voter identification law that a lower court said targeted African-Americans "with almost surgical precision." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Voter ID laws harm minorities unfairly: courts

The 2010 GOP wave swept in a number of new governors and state legislators eager to crack down on voter fraud with stricter voter ID, registration and early-voting laws.

May 21, 2017
Sen. Al Franken is one of the Senate Democrats being closely watched as Trump advisers have particular concern about Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Joan Larsen, who was nominated to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (Associated Press/File)

‘Blue slip’ use watched for judicial nominees

President Trump hopes to have the rest of his first slate of federal appeals court judges seated by June, but his advisers increasingly are worried that Democrats may use an obscure tactic to try to block some of them through what is called a "soft filibuster."

May 14, 2017
Bystanders assist first responders at the scene at SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, where 2 people died and dozens more were injured after a hit and run. Amos Guiora, a law professor at the University of Utah is leading a push to impose a duty on bystanders to take affirmative action to assist those they see in peril. (AP Photo/Colin Kerrigan, File)

Amos Guiora pushes for more stringent bystander laws

Kordel Davis, a member of Beta Theta Pi at Penn State University, says he told his fraternity brothers to call 911 after noticing a 19-year-old pledge who had been drinking tumble down the stairs, then end up comatose on a couch.

May 11, 2017
In this Tuesday, March 28, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with the Fraternal Order of Police, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Trump says that the United States is prepared to act alone if China does not take a tougher stand against North Korea’s nuclear program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Democrats push law to limit Trump’s use of nuclear weapons

As tension builds with North Korea, Democratic lawmakers say they're increasingly concerned with President Trump's finger on the nuclear trigger and want to pass a law prohibiting him from striking without congressional approval.

May 3, 2017