Nancy Pelosi retreats on emergency border aid, giving ‘Grim Reaper’ Mitch McConnell a win (Updated)
June 27, 2019
Piling more bad news on top of bad news from the U.S. Supreme Court, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today agreed to clear the Senate’s version of emergency border aid package for strapped federal agencies dealing with the migrant humanitarian crisis, “jettisoning the House’s strict controls on the $4.6 billion in a stinging defeat. In Defeat, Pelosi … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: partisan gerrymandering is ‘non-justiciable,’ and Census case is remanded to Commerce Dept.
June 27, 2019
I’m going to take today’s decisions out of order, and review them by relevance instead. As I expected, the two partisan gerrymandering cases (Lamone v. Benisek and Rucho v. Common Cause) were combined together into a single opinion. The court has for years avoided addressing the issue of partisan gerrymandering, with former Justice Kennedy suggesting that … Read more
Four Labor Unions Endorse Steve Farley for Mayor
June 26, 2019
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Union representatives from the Teamsters, teachers, city police and firefighters gathered to endorse Steve Farley, a Democratic candidate for Mayor of Tucson. “I am so humbled by your endorsements,” he said. “These are the people who do the work out on our streets, in our schools, and in our buses. Everywhere we need them, our … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: the court saves its most controversial decisions to the last day
June 26, 2019
The Chief Justice Roberts Supreme Court has demonstrated over the years a penchant for the reality TV show cliffhanger: build up the tension and suspense, and then tell viewers “tune in for the next episode” to find out what happens. This is what happened again today, with the court leaving its most controversial cases to … Read more
Robert Mueller will testify to Congress on July 17
June 25, 2019
Mark your calendars: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff in a joint press release announced that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is to testify pursuant to subpoenas on Wednesday, July 17: Washington, DC – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff … Read more
If You Needed More Proof That Warren is On the Move
June 25, 2019
There’s this: If you you needed proof that Democratic activists are hungry for substantive changes, look no further. Warren, who has a plan for that, is far out in the lead as the overwhelming first AND second choice of over 60% of Moveon’s membership. Warren’s recent movement in the polls is clearly reflected here, cementing … Read more
House to vote on migrant aid bill today – Trump threatens to veto it (Updated)
June 25, 2019
Federal officials say they desperately need emergency aid to help manage the humanitarian crisis at the southwestern border. Both the Senate and the House have put forward their own versions of legislation that would allocate about $4.6 billion to the border, and both chambers are expected to vote as early as today. Donald Trump has … Read more
This should derail the Census case; we’ll soon find out
June 25, 2019
If the U.S. Supreme Court issues a decision in Department of Commerce v. New York, the challenge to the Trump administration’s decision to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census, it should be considered a gross act of legal malpractice — and pure partisan politics. The court has been kept apprised of recent developments … Read more
