It all started with a letter to State Representative Mitzi Epstein from nine-year-old Amber Chen. The letter asked Arizona Lawmakers to write legislation that would combat balloon and plastic pollution to help save animals. Later in the legislative session, girl scouts helped write a bill as an educational exercise to address this issue. Over the … Read more
The House managers have been treating the Senate impeachment trial as a solemn judicial proceeding, just as the Founding Fathers intended. To paraphrase Mark Sumner at Daily Kos, the House managers have been presenting a master class of an impeachment prosecution: For anyone tuning in from outside the Senate, Schiff’s opening was a master class … Read more
Last week 100 Senators swore a constitutionally mandated oath. “Do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald John Trump, now pending, you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws: So help you God?” They all responded “I do,” and then signed their names to … Read more
You may have been exhausted by the marathon session of arguments for amendments to the McConnell Rules for the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump on the first day of the impeachment trial, but as a trial attorney I found it fascinating and brilliant lawyering by the House managers. It was painfully obvious to me … Read more
Arizona Voters have an important decision to make in the 2020 elections. Make no mistake about the significance of the 2020 elections. They are a referendum on what direction to steer Arizona and the country. Do Arizona and the country go forward, stand still, or move backward? Does the nation continue on the path of … Read more