The “lamestream media” coverage of passage of the COVID-19 Relief bill tended to focus on the fact that it was not “bipartisan,” i.e., that not one Republican in Congress voted for the most popular bill since raising the minimum wage in 2007, supported by 76% of Americans and even 60% of Republicans. That is almost … Read more
While his twice impeached, twice David Duke endorsed, and twice popular vote loser predecessor was undergoing the third day of his record second impeachment trial, President Joe Biden was doing three things Donald Trump never could: Governing, working to help people and living up to his oath. Readers may not know it because of the … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court heard the legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act aka “Obamacare” a week after Election Day in November. A collection of Republican state attorneys general relied on the bogus legal theory of inseverability, claiming that since the GOP tax act of 2017 repealed the individual mandate in an act of political sabotage, … Read more
Last week Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, who defend the filibuster, voted in favor of a budget resolution by the reconciliation process. That budget resolution includes President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief package that includes $1,400 relief payments to Americans (combined with the $600 enacted in December, rounds up to $2,000). Sens. Joe Manchin … Read more
A word of caution: one should never draw conclusions from oral argument because justices frequently play devil’s advocate and test attorneys on their theory of the case. That being said, however, there is reason for optimism after oral argument in California v. Texas today, the lawsuit brought by Republican Attorneys General and joined by the Trump … Read more