A Question For All The Constitutional Scholars Out There

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Sunday February 14, 2016 · 10:33 AM PST

2016/02/14 · 10:33

McConnell has laid down the gauntlet. I think it is a safe bet that there isn’t anyone that Obama could nominate that the Republican controlled senate will approve. So my questions are these:

1. What cases are currently on the SCOTUS schedule for this term?

2. If the court has only 8 judges, are tie votes referred back to a lower court?

3. Does the ruling of that lower court stand until such time as it can be taken up by a new SCOTUS?

4. Of the cases currently on the docket, which ones favor the conservatives if the lower court ruling stands?

5. Which ones favor the liberals?

6. Can the court add more cases to this term?

Where Are All of Putins Fans?

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Saturday February 28, 2015 · 5:02 PM PST

2015/02/28 · 17:02

Less than a year ago Rudy Giuliani was telling us Putin is what a "real leader" looks like. Lindsey Graham clutched his pearls in admiration. McCain practically saluted. Fox News wished he could run for President. That camp has grown rather quiet.

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Saturday January 31, 2015 · 12:55 PM PST

2015/01/31 · 12:55

This might be the shortest blog on record, but with income inequality at it's highest point since the 1920's, I have one simple question that should be asked of every politician. If trickle down economics works, when is it going to start trickling?

Who Edits The News?

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Sunday December 21, 2014 · 11:24 AM PST

2014/12/21 · 11:24

If you only watched the news reports of the president's news conference and not the news conference itself, you might think that the only topic of discussion was Seth Rogan vs. Kim Jung Un. However, through out the news conference, President Obama laid out a pretty convincing case for his presidency so far. Plus he also spent about 6 minutes making a pretty convincing case against the Keystone Pipeline. While the highlight of the news conference according to Chuck Todd was the fact that only female reporters got to ask the questions. Who edits the news?

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Tuesday July 01, 2014 · 11:05 AM PDT

2014/07/01 · 11:05

There were two decisions especially detrimental to the well being of American women this session. Here's a way to protest both of them simultaneously.

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Saturday December 21, 2013 · 11:51 AM PST

2013/12/21 · 11:51

A self proclaimed redneck makes some statements on the record. His comments about "sin" are beliefs shared by millions of Americans. A religious belief is, after all, just that, one's belief. His comments about race displayed a level of ignorance one might not expect from a college educated man like Phil Robertson, but the south is still the south in some places.
Immediately there is indignation on the left. A & E "suspends" a star of it's biggest show. Just as quickly there is outrage on the right. The talking heads of TV and radio go to work. There are hours of discussion on virtually every media outlet. We divide into our tribes of progressive and conservative. The battle is on. Income inequality? Who cares? Duck Dynasty is sooo much more important. Women's rights? Voting rights? What about redneck rights? And let's hear what Sarah Palin has to say.

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Tuesday July 16, 2013 · 5:13 PM PDT

2013/07/16 · 17:13

How long will the lack of justice in America go on before resentment boils over. The Zimmerman verdict is no surprise. It is just another example of the outrageous inequality built into our legal system

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Tuesday May 28, 2013 · 9:09 PM PDT

2013/05/28 · 21:09

Why John McCain's trip to Syria to negotiate with the rebel factions is not an act of treason?

Obama Should Veto Air Traffic Control Bill

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Saturday April 27, 2013 · 5:46 PM PDT

2013/04/27 · 17:46

The whole idea of the sequester is shared pain across the board. The congress hasn't acted to aid the long term unemployed. The congress hasn't been moved by cuts in aid to the poor or hungry. Help for students or head start? Forget it. But dammit, don't delay my flight.

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Thursday January 31, 2013 · 10:16 AM PST

2013/01/31 · 10:16

A close look at the NRA reveals that they really operate much like our own government. Let me explain

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Monday January 14, 2013 · 5:13 PM PST

2013/01/14 · 17:13

The odds of getting an assault weapons ban through this congress are slimmer than a super model. Not only would the battle suck all of the energy out of the political will to do "something" after Newtown, an assault weapon ban would actually do nothing to reduce gun violence even if it were to pass.

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Thursday October 04, 2012 · 12:46 PM PDT

2012/10/04 · 12:46

Maybe it stems from his work as a community organizer.Maybe it stems from not wanting to appear the "angry black man." But Obama is simply not a confrontational man. All one needs to look at is his interaction with his congressional opposition to see that here is a man that can make a fiery speech, but who avoids being confrontational.

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