Mary McCord, former acting assistant attorney general for national security at the Justice Department from 2016 to 2017, in a recent op-ed in the New York Times wrote, Bill Barr Twisted My Words in Dropping the Flynn Case. Here’s the Truth. At the direction of Attorney General Bill Barr, the Justice Department last week moved … Read more
After listening to oral argument today, it became clear that there is a majority on the court ready to reconsider U.S. v. Nixon and Clinton v. Jones, and willing to devise a new standard for presidential subpoenas. It is yet another departure from precedent by the Roberts Court. And it will allow Donald Trump to … Read more
The Democrats in the House of Representatives released the details of a fifth Coronavirus related Stimulus bill that costs as much as the first four legislative measures combined. In releasing this bill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have just framed the choice voters will have to make when they vote in November 2020. Will they support … Read more
Despite a pandemic and public health emergency, the Trump Administration, disregarding the advice of its Attorney General and Republican officeholders like Senator Lamar Alexander, is intent on pursuing the destruction of Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) at the United States Supreme Court. Recent reporting by Axios reveals that approximately 27 million Americans have lost their … Read more
I drove to Phoenix last Thursday (May 7) because Speaker Rusty Bowers and President Karen Fann had called the Legislature back for a sine die vote (a vote to end the second session of the 54th Legislature). We have been adjourned and working remotely since March 23. Unfortunately, I made that trip for nothing. On May 7, … Read more