States administer federal elections under the U.S. Constitution. A state Supreme Court interpretation of its own state constitution is entitled to due deference from the federal courts. These two principles should have made this case a no-brainer, but four conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court demonstrated that they are willing to disregard these principles. … Read more
Above: New York Daily News cover mocking Rudy Giuliani and Rupert Murdoch’s yellow rag, the New York Post. Donald Trump says he is going to participate in Thursday’s presidential debate. By that he means he will be there in a last ditch attempt to smear Joe Biden with the Russian disinformation campaign for which he was … Read more
It takes some serious chutzpah for Donald Trump, a man who paid no taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years, and chipped in only $750 a year in his first two years in the White House to even dare to raise the subject of taxes. Long-Concealed Records Show Trump’s Chronic Losses And … Read more
Update to Trump’s unconstitutional executive order to exclude non-citizens for purposes of congressional reapportionment. Unsurprisingly, a three-judge panel in New York ruled Trump’s July 21 memorandum on the matter was “an unlawful exercise of the authority granted to” him by Congress. They said in a lengthy but unsigned opinion that the question is “not particularly close or … Read more
I was sorting out this past week’s outrages from TrumpWorld when a New York Times editorial dropped into my in-box on Friday, and it hit me, I could do no better than to amplify its message. If you haven’t seen it, you should. It is the complete answer to support our call to oust this … Read more