House Republicans Push to Suppress Speech & Change Ethics Rules (video)
January 25, 2020
The Arizona House Republican leadership wants to change the House rules again this year. We have not voted on their proposed changes… yet…and if we do, there will be a floor battle because the Democrats don’t like the changes and neither do some of the more reasonable Republicans. The suggested GOP changes would further suppress … Read more
Having conceded the facts, and lied about the law, Team Trump will ‘pound the table and yell like hell’ smearing the Bidens with Russian propaganda
January 25, 2020
“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.” – Carl Sandburg. Team Trump has already conceded the facts in this impeachment trial. They have argued that even if everything … Read more
On Opening Day of #AZLeg, Right-Wing Ideology & the Peoples’ Response on Display (video)
January 24, 2020
Monday, January 13, 2020, was opening day at the Arizona Legislature. Opening day is always fun and full of political drama because there are protests, press conferences with multiple Progressive groups (labor unions, Planned Parenthood, teachers, and others), the House and Senate Democratic Caucus Press Conference, and a big party with great food hosted by … Read more
Mitzi Epstein and the Girl Scouts Introduce Two Bills to Combat Pollution.
January 24, 2020
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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
‘This is how autocracy comes to America’ … An unconstitutional verdict of acquittal by a roll-call vote in the Senate
January 23, 2020
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
A reminder that Republicans wanted to impeach Trump since before he was sworn into office
January 23, 2020
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
Some early observations about the Senate impeachment trial
January 22, 2020
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 more to consider in 2020 than just the Presidential and McSally-Kelly Senate Races
January 22, 2020
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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
