Thoughts on Boehner
John Boehner: One criminal is leaving. But you cannot trust the next one either.
Obamacare Decisions Undermine American Constitutional System
With the Supreme Court saving Obamacare’s hide yet again, what does its decision and the actions of the administration in implementing the law mean for Congress’s authority to write legislation? More fundamentally, what do they mean for the constitutional system itself. From the beginning, Obamacare has been riddled with dubious political moves by both the executive…
Obamcare’s Gruber: It’s Not About Calling You Stupid
Economist Jonathan Gruber gained wide notoriety in November when it seemed that each new day revealed a new video of the MIT professor arrogantly crowing about his uber-insider participation in what he portrayed as deception of “too stupid” American voters and Congress in the effort to get the health care law passed. I think it […]
Immigration Executive Order: Fortenberry Parrots Party Line
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry's special statement on Pres. Obama's executive order benefiting millions of illegal immigrants displays inherent misunderstanding of the message sent by voters on November 4 and what's required to deal with President's abuse of power.
Lee Terry’s Loss Misinterpreted by Nebraska Ruling Class
GOP Election Misinterpretation 2014 seems very much like GOP Election Misinterpretation 2012. Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District voters sent a message November 4, but will the party powerful willfully ignore it?
Senate Moves Closer to Seizing Control of Cyberspace
Just when you thought it was safe to get back on the Internet. Tuesday, the Senate Select Committee passed the Cyber Information Security Act (CISA) by a vote of 12-3. This clears another hurdle in the path toward consideration by the body of the Senate. CISA is in large part a substantially similar redux of…
Bill that Threatens Privacy Passes US Senate Committee
Congressional efforts to fortify dragnet domestic surveillance advanced last week when a Senate committee approved the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISA). CISA is an addition to the current National Security Act of 1947 creating a subsection 1104 which incorporates private companies into the intelligence community under voluntary measures. It is intended to make…
Will the Barry Goldwater of 2014 please stand up!!!
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Can the House Sue the President (More Seriously this Time)?
I can accept, as an original matter, the general proposition that the "Case or Controversy" language means at minimum that everyone can't sue everyone for everything. How modern standing law derives its particular intricacies from this basic proposition is a mystery to me. But that doesn't matter in this case, which seems fundamentally about an abstract injury common to everyone.
We Lead, They Follow: How to Effect Change
The feds lost the war on marijuana long ago. They know it. Now we get to watch Congress play catch-up.The will trip over each other desperately trying to position themselves on the "right" side of the issue.