Last week I posted about the Libertarians to File Challenge To Invest In Ed, Prop. 208. The plaintiffs’ lawyer, Logan Elia, at one time worked at the Goldwater Institute and the American Legislative Exchange Council, and was a recipient of the prestigious Koch Fellowship. Now the “Kochtopus” Death Star, the Goldwater Institute, is getting directly … Read more
Quinta Jurecic, the managing editor of Lawfare blog, writes at The Atlantic, There Aren’t Serious-Enough Consequences for Those Trying to Break American Democracy (excerpt): [T]rump and his team are doing lasting damage to American democracy as the president struggles to come to grips with the reality of his loss. And yet, these lawyers and officials … Read more
For years, Republicans have tried to brush off Donald Trump’s tweets, saying either they have not read them, it is Trump being Trump, or they do not take them seriously. Apparently, these same Republicans who thought Trump’s tweets were taken too seriously by the media and the left, think those from Neera Tanden, the head … Read more
This is disheartening. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Randall Warner knows better, but apparently was more concerned about the unlikely possibility of being overturned on appeal than in enforcing the rules of procedure and the rule of law. A plaintiff must present some evidence in support of their request for extraordinary relief and cannot rely on mere speculation … Read more
In what may be a preview of how to accomplish forward legislation in the incoming Biden/Harris Administration, a bipartisan group of problem solving United States Senators have released the framework of a proposed $908 billion dollar COVID 19 relief measure. The Senators directly involved in these bipartisan discussions are: Senator Susan Collins. Senator Maggie Hassan. … Read more